There is no way of knowing for sure, but there is enough evidence to make it a distinctly possible. He did not have close relationships with women, and did have them with men. Some contemporaries commented on how little he seemed interested in women, (Huttenbrenner, Kreisle) while others bemoaned the gap between the heavenliness of his music and the "slime" that his pleasures covered him in. (Bauerenfeld and Kenner) He spent most of his adult life living with Franz von Schober, a man with a reputation for loose living, to whom Schubert wrote passionate letters.

The cast of Beethopia - 2011 includes: Robyn Achelpohl as Reporter Audrie Black as Appointee Ben Brotherton as Ludwig - age 7 Ben Dolan as Ludwig Melissa Featherston as Ambassador Giuliettt Myron Freedman as Anselm Huttenbrenner Charles Heuvelman as Inquirer Mike Ketcher as Derby-Clad Thug Christopher Limber as Ludwig van Beethoven Michael Schoelhamer as Nathan Erchmann Rena Stephens as Dorothea Erchmann Brenda Sue Fowler as Governess Josephine Brady Williams as Chief of Police