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OP-ED: THE GAYS OF THRON
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In the mystil land of Wteros, they’ve got everythg — dragons, Whe Walkers, and a whole lot of gays. Inty: GayLikelihood of Stg on the Iron Throne: Not happeng, ever sce a hly born shadow monster took his life and claim to the throne.
By the way, Kristian Nairn, who played the beloved protector, is gay. Inty: GayLikelihood of Stg on the Iron Throne: As he was mutilated and blown to piec Kg's Landg, the most persecuted character’s only chance of makg back to the Iron Throne is as a ghost. Sexualy: GayLikelihood of Stg on the Iron Throne: While Ltlefger’s sex worker and spy might have had some noteworthy nnectns to Loras Tyrell and the Martells, ’s unclear if Oliver is ad, alive, or somethg between.
Of urse, one thg to keep md is that our morn lexin of sexualy wouldn't have been translated to the world of Game of Thron, so intifitn via labels like "gay" and "lbian" wasn't available to the characters. What plac Loras at the bottom of the list is the fact that his whole character is fed by harmful gay stereotyp, pecially nsirg he (and Renly) were the first LGBTQ+ characters Game of Thron we were troduced to. As a stark ntrast of gay reprentatn to Loras, Renly serv to portray a very different LGBTQ+ experience for the viewers to potentially relate to on Game on Thron.
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To put simply, I’m not so sure this show is a great iend of the gays. The first gay character we met the world of Game of Thron was Renly Baratheon, brother of Kg Robert Baratheon. Sce homosexualy isn’t wily accepted the society Mart has created, Loras is closeted and fds himself engaged - agast his will - to several female characters, cludg the betiful, young (though at the time, hopelsly naïve) Sansa Stark and the cel, thls Cersei Lannister (who is closeted herself, although her secret lover is actually her tw brother).
Gay of Thron (TV Seri 2013–2019) st and crew creds, cludg actors, actrs, directors, wrers and more. * game of thrones season 2 gay characters *
The days, Loras is prison, held by a relig cult for the crime of beg gay. While s three gay or bisexual men have all found some way to be killed or punished ways that almost seem remiscent of the 1950s, the women of Game of Thron show absolutely no tert tradnal genr rol.