After the Netflix mistake of keeping It Chapter One under gay films, there was a big shipping of pennywise being gay and dating Babadook and end up part of the meme and gay pride.

Was that the reason for introducing homosexuality angle in It Chapter Two? Which was missing in previous adaptation. Or is it added based on novel?

After Netflix accidentally categorised It Chapter One under "gay films", there was a big meme about Pennywise being gay and dating the Babadook, and he ended up part of gay pride.

Was that the reason for introducing the homosexuality angle in It Chapter Two? This was missing from the previous adaptation. Is it based on the novel?