Is ford pines gay

Stanford "Ford" Filbrick Pines[3][10] (born June 15th [11] or 16th [12]), also known as The Author, or simply Great Uncle or Grunkle Ford, is a paranormal investigator who came to Gravity Falls, Oregon, to study the huge concentration of supernatural activity in and around the town.

I always read the two cop characters as a gay couple - but they are never explicit about it and that’s the only gay couple I remember from the show.