He is definitely, at the very least, coded as such, yes.
The trolls in general always read to me as commentary on kids who are online at a very young age and end up seeing stuff and interacting with people they shouldn't have. More importantly, speaking as someone who was definitely that type of kid, how you just take that as normal most of the time until it comes back to haunt you.
"Because a child doesn't know what normal is."
-- The Butch