“I tried to bring him a bit more dimension”
Frank was unable to accept his son being gay, which is very easy to see in the horrendously homophobic dialogue between Moneo and Duncan in GEoD, that's pretty transparently Frank putting his own internal struggles on the page. And the two sides of what was going on in his head are equally vile. On top of that, he is described with a repulsion that makes it clear that nothing about this character is redeemable, from his sexuality to his body and the way the two combine. Instead, he now resembles a looming pale-bodied parasite who commands the room with his stature and political power.
Rereading Dune 14+ years later confirms that I still cringe
Brian Patrick Herbert (born June 29, ) is an American author, known for his work on the Dune franchise, which was created by his father, Frank Herbert. Brian Herbert's novels include Sidney's Comet, Prisoners of Arionn, Man of Two Worlds (written with his father), and Sudanna Sudanna. Since childhood, Tacoma-born Frank Herbert had been determined to become a published author. For years, he wrote fiction with limited success while working as a journalist.
Bland 'Dune'
According to his son, Brian Herbert’s biography, Dreamer of Dune, Frank Herbert and his other son Bruce were not on good terms due to the latter’s homosexuality. Herbert was so against his son’s lifestyle that he reportedly forbade him from seeing his mother on her deathbed. He also villainized the Baron, who is the only character in the novel to be queer-coded. The central conflict arises when the great House Atreides is sent from their home planet of Caladan to the desert planet of Arrakis, which is the homeworld of Spice Melange. Arrakis, home to the Fremen, was previously ruled by the Harkonnens who squeezed the Spice Melange from the planet, oppressing the Fremen population. So with Dune coming out soon I wonder how did Frank Herbert
Unfortunately Frank Herbert disowned his gay son Bruce Herbert, so he clearly did hate gay people. I too hope that the film adaptations eschew this aspect of the books. When the original novel was written in the s, it reflected issues like environmentalism with a prescient and progressive lens. But Dune had a blind spot when it came to another burgeoning movement: the underground fight for gay liberation that would emerge after the Stonewall riots in Herbert, Frank Patrick (1920
Dune | Frank Herbert’s Homophobia, Baron Harkonnen, and Queer Menace An incestuous pedophile as originally written, we explore the homophobic legacy of Dune’s queer-coded Baron Vladimir Harkonnen. . Why did Frank Herbert Disown his son Bruce Calvin Herbert
author Frank Herbert Herbert's 'dislike' of his gay son Judgments aside, I was wondering whether there were any LGBTQ moments in the original texts or ones that I overlooked in the film. Googling "Dune homosexuality" supplied me with the following: In the film, the villainous Baron Vladimir Harkonnen (Stellan Skarsgård) is dastardly. Think a hefty Rudy Giuliani. But in the text, Travis. . 
‘Dune
He was attracted to his teenage nephew and frequently drugged his (non-consensual) lovers. He played on all the worst stereotypes about gay men, and it was no accident — per his biography Dreamer of Dune: The Biography of Frank Herbert, the author was very homophobic and didn’t accept his gay son, Bruce. .
Here’s why the ‘Dune’ movies don’t have any queer characters
The most objectionable part is not the depiction of women but making the primary villain a gay pederast rapist. Before anyone says 'making one character evil and gay doesn't mean the author believes that there is a causal link' Herbert disowned his own son for being gay. Herbert was a bad person. Bad on the inside. .