'Hoe of the Dragon' Fans Acce Show of Partakg Anti-Gay Trope

Contents:

• THE BOY AND THE DRAGON GAY
• JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY
• CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS ULD REMOVE NEXT YEAR
• 'HOE OF THE DRAGON' FANS ACCE SHOW OF PARTAKG ANTI-GAY TROPE

THE BOY AND THE DRAGON GAY

Perhaps bee the language to scribe and fe multiple sexual orientatns don’t exist Wteros, his fay speaks only phemism, but Laenor is gay and his lover is Jofey Lonmouth (Solly McLeod).

And while n be argued that most characters the seri experience some form of horrific vlence, queer characters’ aths are often also marked by homophobic subtext that n’t be ignored.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY

He is arrted by a relig sect for the crime of beg gay and havg been timate wh other men. And for those who will try to pat the homophobia as some sort of “historil accuracy, ” “Hoe of the Dragon” is a fictnal show set a world wh dragons and ice queer women of “Game of Thron” fared slightly better.

CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS ULD REMOVE NEXT YEAR

)For those who hoped that Laenor’s troductn might signal that “Hoe of the Dragon” had learned the same lsons about LGBTQ reprentatn as has Daenerys’ arc, Lonmouth’s ath is particularly troublg bee of the way evok the homophobic “panic” that has long been ed to try to fend vlence agast queer people. But the sequence still amounts to a man, after beg approached by a gay man who knows his secret, beatg the gay man to the first episo, the prequel seri has been clear that the misogyny of the Realm is a mark agast . It’s past time the anchise do the same wh homophobia.

Jacksonville Jaguars assistant strength and ndng ach Kev Maxen cid on Thursday to e out publicly as gay hop of livg his life whout fear and to spire others. Before jog Jacksonville’s achg staff, he was a strength ach for the football teams at Baylor and Febary 2022, Maxen reached out to NFL player Carl Nassib, who me out as gay 2021, to seek advice.

California still has an anti-gay marriage law on the books. Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed a subsequent legislative attempt to legalize gay marriage. Supreme Court legalized gay marriage natnally two years later.

'HOE OF THE DRAGON' FANS ACCE SHOW OF PARTAKG ANTI-GAY TROPE

Warng: this story ntas spoilers for episo five of Hoe of the one week after Hoe of the Dragon fans celebrated Wteros' first black — and gay — dragon rir, they are now llg the show out and accg of homophobic the most recent episo of the HBO seri, viewers were troduced officially to Laenor Velaryon's (Theo Nate) male partner, Jofey Lonmouth (Solly McLeod) and wnsed the ep love the pair had for each by the end of the episo, Jofey would be ad one of the show's most gome murr scen yet. Fans have acced the show of an anti-gay plotle. Criston, who also serv as Rhaenyra's protector, seeth at the prospect of her marryg someone else and tri to enurage her to n away wh him, but be enraged when she do not, at the welg dner for Rhaenyra and Laenor's weddg ftival, Jofey works out that Criston is the prcs' approach him wh a proposal, sayg they uld work together to protect their loved on durg their marriage and that way ensure they would always be near a clearly upset Criston lash out at Laenor and vicly attacks him the middle of the receptn beatg his face to a bloody was this scene that lead to outrage amongst the show's viewg public who acced Hoe of the Dragon of relyg on a trope known as 'Bury Your Gays.

"Anyway, Hoe of The Dragon is homophobic and I'd give a MAJOR trigger warng for homophobia-duced MURDER for the latt episo, " wrote one fan on Twter. Another add: "Wow, so Hoe of the Dragon really went for the one-two homophobia/misogyny punch this week. "And a third mented: "[tw: homophobia] that has to be a rerd for troducg the gayns of a character the same episo you have him btally murred thanks hoe of the dragon!!