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- JAGS' MAXEN IS FIRST MALE AMERIN PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY
- VIO GAME PLAYERS AVOID GAY CHARACTERS
- DN ACTOR TALKS ABOUT HIS FAL FANTASY 16 CHARACTER, GAY REPRENTATN, AND MORE
JAGS' MAXEN IS FIRST MALE AMERIN PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY
Jaguars assistant Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach major Amerin men's pro sports to publicly e out as gay, tellg he ma the cisn bee he didn't want to hi who he is any longer. * gay characters in game *
-- Jaguars assistant strength and ndng ach Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach major Amerin men's profsnal sports to publicly e out as gay, tellg he ma the cisn bee he didn't want to hi who he is any longer and to possibly spire others siar 's a cisn and move that drew praise and support om owner Shad Khan, who was a vol and emphatic supporter of a cy ordance that expand protectns on the grounds of sexual orientatn, genr inty and genr exprsn. Outsi lebacker Carl Nassib beme the first active NFL player to e out as gay and to play a game Associated Prs ntributed to this report.
A study of gamer behavr fds they shy away om gay characters, regardls of their strengthsA person drsed as the character Genji om the vio game Overwatch durg a recent tournament. However, backlash uld ter the pani om supportg margalized groups and disurage gay players om participatg.
He wrote that Soldier: 76 had been a romantic relatnship wh another man and intified as gay. Though Soldier: 76 had prevly been assumed by most to be straight, Tracer had been openly gay sce the game was published.
VIO GAME PLAYERS AVOID GAY CHARACTERS
The majory had heard about Soldier: 76 beg gay but didn’t re. They got tired of homophobic slurs and nstant harassment and temporarily swched to other characters to avoid .
Some players reported the survey that they felt other players see lbians as appealg and tertg, but that the same players voice disgt toward gay men.
DN ACTOR TALKS ABOUT HIS FAL FANTASY 16 CHARACTER, GAY REPRENTATN, AND MORE
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. Dorian is proud of who he is, both as a gay man and as a Tevter mage.