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- ‘GAME OF THRON’ ACTOR KRISTIAN NAIRN COM OUT AS GAY
- OP-ED: THE GAYS OF THRON
- ‘GAME OF THRON’ ACTOR OUT AS GAY
- GAME OF THRON AUTHOR EXPLAS WHY THERE'S NO GAY SEX HIS BOOKS
- 'HOE OF THE DRAGON' FANS ACCE SHOW OF PARTAKG ANTI-GAY TROPE
- 'GAME OF THRON' ACTOR OUT AS GAY
- 'GAME OF THRON': KRISTIAN NAIRN COM OUT AS GAYTHE HBO SERI' IENDLY GIANT SPEAKS OUT ABOUT HIS SEXUALY A NEW {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY JOSH WIGLERMARCH 12, 2014/1:17 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}BY JOSH WIGLERMARCH 12, 2014 / 1:17 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"'GAME OF THRON': KRISTIAN NAIRN COM OUT AS GAY","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2014-03-12T05:17:59.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2014-03-12T05:17:59.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"JOSH WIGLER","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ON "GAME OF THRON," ACTOR KRISTIAN NAIRN SAYS LTLE MORE THAN ONE WORD: "HODOR."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT A NEW TERVIEW, THE IRISH ACTOR (WHO IS ALSO A PROFSNAL DJ) REVEALED A WHOLE LOT MORE THAN HIS SIGNATURE DIALOGUE WOULD EVER SUGGT. IN ADDN TO TEASG UP WHAT'S STORE FOR HIS LOVABLE, DIMWTED GIANT HODOR THE UPG FOURTH SEASON OF THE HBO SERI, NAIRN MA A REVELATN ABOUT HIS LIFE OUTSI OF THE SHOW: HE'S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I'VE NEVER HIDN MY SEXUALY OM ANYONE, MY WHOLE LIFE FACT," NAIRN SAID A NEW TERVIEW WH , A WEBSE VOTED TO "GAME OF THRON" AND S ASSOCIATED NOVEL SERI. "I'VE BEEN WAG FOR SOMEONE TO ASK ABOUT AN TERVIEW, S 'S NOT SOMETHG YOU JT BLURT OUT. I'VE TRIED TO LEAD THE QUTNS A FEW TIM, TO NO AVAIL!"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I HAD AN UPBRGG TO RPECT OTHER PEOPLE'S PRIVACY, AND THEIR RIGHT TO BE AND CHOOSE WHAT THEY WANT, AND I EXPECT, NO, MAND NO LS FOR MYSELF," HE NTUED. "IT'S A VERY SMALL PART OF WHO I AM ON THE WHOLE, BUT NOHELS, THIS DAY AND AGE, 'S IMPORTANT TO STAND UP AND BE UNTED. I HAVE AND ALWAYS WILL STAND MY GROUND. SO, YEAH, PEOPLE HAVE BEEN GREAT, ON THE SHOW, BUT I DON'T SEE WHY WOULD BE AN ISSUE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BEYOND THE REVELATN, NAIRN SPOKE ABOUT HOW JOG THE ST OF "GAME OF THRON" HAS CHANGED HIS LIFE, AND HOW FANS HAVE REACTED TO HIS CHARACTER, THE SIMPLE BTE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I KNEW HODOR WOULD BE A POPULAR CHARACTER," HE SAID, "BUT I DIDN'T THK TO THE LEVEL HE HAS SO FAR! I LOVE THE GUY, I N SEE WHY PEOPLE LIKE HIM. IT'S A TTAMENT TO ["GAME OF THRON" CREATOR GEE R.R. MART] AND THE SHOW THAT THEY N MAKE EVERY CHARACTER SO WONRFUL."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NAIRN N BE SEEN ON THE LATT SEASON OF "GAME OF THRON," PREMIERG ON APRIL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
- KRISTIAN NAIRN, HODOR ON ‘THRON,’ FALLY GETS TO SAY HE’S GAY
- HOW "GAME OF THRON" ED LORAS TYRELL: HBO'S “GAY RTOON” IS SO MUCH MORE THE BOOKS
- THE GAME OF THRON CAST AS IMAGED BY ‘GAY OF THRON’
- JONATHAN VAN NS ON THE END OF ‘GAY OF THRON’: “I’M NOT READY TO SAY GOODBYE”
‘GAME OF THRON’ ACTOR KRISTIAN NAIRN COM OUT AS GAY
Inct is mon. Dragons le the ski. But gay men are unacceptable? Here's a look at the anchise's problematic history wh LGBTQ reprentatn. * game of thrones is gay *
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OP-ED: THE GAYS OF THRON
"When you talk about 'the gay muny,' you're talkg about my muny," he says * game of thrones is gay *
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. )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. 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.
‘GAME OF THRON’ ACTOR OUT AS GAY
Actor Kristian Nairn – aka Hodor on “Game of Thron” – was never the closet, but he wants to “stand up and be unted” as a gay man. * game of thrones is gay *
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.
GAME OF THRON AUTHOR EXPLAS WHY THERE'S NO GAY SEX HIS BOOKS
* game of thrones is gay *
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. This show will be screened untri where homosexualy is illegal, where women’s sexual choic are ntrolled and where trans inti are vlently subjugated.
'HOE OF THE DRAGON' FANS ACCE SHOW OF PARTAKG ANTI-GAY TROPE
A variety of social patterns ncerng genr and sexualy n be observed the Known World of A Song of Ice and Fire. Morn terms such as "gay", "homosexual", or "LGBT" do not appear the novels. Moreover, no analogo -universe term has ever been troduced. * game of thrones is gay *
If ed those men were gay had a signifint effect upon history and has a somewhat signifint effect on the events my book … I wanted to clu the full range of humany, cludg the full range of sexual preferenc and sex is an important part of the books. The first big gay relatnship is between Renly Baratheon and Loras Tyrell.
Perhaps “gay for pay” exists Wteros too? And the are homophobic tim.
'GAME OF THRON' ACTOR OUT AS GAY
"Game of Thron" actor Kristian Nairn, who plays the "ltle lord"-totg Hodor the lavish HBO fantasy drama, is gay. * game of thrones is gay *
Vto Rso, the gay film cric, noted a trend some film reprentatn where the gay man is prented only to meet an unhappy, punishg and often fatal endg. But world where Bnei has jt joed the list of pariah natns that have the ath penalty for male homosexualy, a queer character’s murr might reasonably be argued to rry more ntemporary weight and ronance. And the list of gay men that the show has killed weighs heavy.
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Gee R.R. Mart wrote Loras as roundly as any other Wterosi man, but on HBO, he's jt Maergery's gay brother * game of thrones is gay *
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. "When you talk about 'the gay muny, ' you're talkg about my muny, " he says.
Actor Kristian Nairn, who plays Hodor on Game of Thron, me out as gay a recent terview wh, a fan se for the show.
KRISTIAN NAIRN, HODOR ON ‘THRON,’ FALLY GETS TO SAY HE’S GAY
“When you talk about ‘the gay muny, ’ you are talkg about my muny, ” he said, later addg, “I’ve never hidn my sexualy om anyone, my whole life fact, and I’ve been wag for someone to ask about an terview, ’e ’s not somethg you jt blurt out.
HOW "GAME OF THRON" ED LORAS TYRELL: HBO'S “GAY RTOON” IS SO MUCH MORE THE BOOKS
After the story began circulatg onle, Nairn mented on Twter that he thought people already knew that he was gay and that he had always assumed was no big al. To put simply, I’m not so sure this show is a great iend of the gays.
THE GAME OF THRON CAST AS IMAGED BY ‘GAY OF THRON’
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). The days, Loras is prison, held by a relig cult for the crime of beg gay.
JONATHAN VAN NS ON THE END OF ‘GAY OF THRON’: “I’M NOT READY TO SAY GOODBYE”
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.
"Game of Thron" actor Kristian Nairn has nfirmed he's gay. But as a firm believer the need to “stand up and be unted, ” Nairn has nfirmed he’s gay an terview wh “GoT” fan se Wter Is Comg.
“(W)hen you talk about ‘the gay muny, ’ you are talkg about MY muny, ” Nairn said when qutned about his gay fan base. Nairn told Wter Is Comg that the crew on HBO’s fantasy seri “have been great, ” and he’s que appreciative of the gay muny’s support.