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• HOW TO TRA YOUR DRAGON 3 CONFIRMS [SPOILER] IS GAY, AND IT'S GREAT
• MEET THE GAY CHARACTER IN "HOW TO TRA YOUR DRAGON 2" [SPOILER]{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;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/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;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;}NEWSBY ALEXANR STEVENSONMAY 17, 2014/7:04 PMBY ALEXANR STEVENSONMAY 17, 2014 / 7:04 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"MEET THE GAY CHARACTER IN \"HOW TO TRA YOUR DRAGON 2\" [SPOILER]","DATEPUBLISHED":"2014-05-17T23:04:47.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2014-05-17T23:04:47.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"ALEXANR STEVENSON","ARTICLESECTN":"NEWS"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HOW TO TRA YOUR DRAGON 2, THE NEW SEQUEL TO THE 2010 ANIMATED H, FEATUR A GAY CHARACTER, DIRECTOR DEAN DEBLOIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN A SCENE OM THE FILM, GGED VIKG GOBBER THE BELCH(CRAIG FERGON) WATCH A WIFE AND HBAND BICKER AND SAYS THAT'S WHY HE NEVER GOT MARRIED. AFTER A BEAT, HE ADDS THERE'S "ANOTHER REASON."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DEBLOIS TOLD TOLD E! NEWS AT CANN THAT GOBBER WAS ED REFERRG TO HIS SEXUAL ORIENTATN: “WHEN WE WERE RERDG CRAIG FERGON, I HAD WRTEN THE LE, ‘THIS IS WHY I NEVER GOT MARRIED,’ AND HE, AS HE OFTEN DO, ADD AS AN AD LIB AND HE SAID, ‘YUP, GOBBER IS G OUT OF THE CLOSET,'” HE SAID. “I THK THAT'S A REALLY FUN [AND] DARG MOVE TO PUT . I LOVE THE IA THAT GOBBER IS BERK'S RINT GAY.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE FIRST MASTREAM ANIMATED MOVIE TO FEATURE AN OUT GAY CHARACTER WAS 2012'S PARANORMAN, WHICH JOCK MCH OUT AT THE FILM'S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HTTYD2, WHICH OPENS JUNE 16, IS SET FIVE YEARS AFTER THE ORIGAL AND SE HICCUP AND TOOTHLS GETTG SUCKED TO AN EPIC BATTLE TO PROTECT ALL NEW SPECI OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BELOW, WATCH THE TRAILER FOR HOW TO TRA YOUR DRAGON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{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
• SO, HOW GAY IS ‘HOW TO TRA YOUR DRAGON 2’?
• HOW TO TRA YOUR DRAGON: AN AD-LIB MA GOBBER A RARE GAY ANIMATED HERO
• CHARACTER 'HOW TO TRA YOUR DRAGON 2' OUT AS GAY
• ‘HOW TO TRA YOUR DRAGON’ CHARACTER COM OUT AS GAY, DIRECTOR CONFIRMS
• CHARACTER 'HOW TO TRA YOUR DRAGON 2' OUT AS GAY
• HOW TO TRA YOUR DRAGON: AN AD-LIB MA GOBBER A RARE GAY ANIMATED HERO
• SO, HOW GAY IS ‘HOW TO TRA YOUR DRAGON 2’?

HOW TO TRA YOUR DRAGON 3 CONFIRMS [SPOILER] IS GAY, AND IT'S GREAT

How to Tra Your Dragon 3 Confirms [SPOILER] Is Gay, and It's Great. How to Tra Your Dragon: The Hidn World fearlsly nfirms a major character is gay.

MEET THE GAY CHARACTER IN "HOW TO TRA YOUR DRAGON 2" [SPOILER]{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;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/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;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;}NEWSBY ALEXANR STEVENSONMAY 17, 2014/7:04 PMBY ALEXANR STEVENSONMAY 17, 2014 / 7:04 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"MEET THE GAY CHARACTER IN \"HOW TO TRA YOUR DRAGON 2\" [SPOILER]","DATEPUBLISHED":"2014-05-17T23:04:47.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2014-05-17T23:04:47.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"ALEXANR STEVENSON","ARTICLESECTN":"NEWS"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HOW TO TRA YOUR DRAGON 2, THE NEW SEQUEL TO THE 2010 ANIMATED H, FEATUR A GAY CHARACTER, DIRECTOR DEAN DEBLOIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN A SCENE OM THE FILM, GGED VIKG GOBBER THE BELCH(CRAIG FERGON) WATCH A WIFE AND HBAND BICKER AND SAYS THAT'S WHY HE NEVER GOT MARRIED. AFTER A BEAT, HE ADDS THERE'S "ANOTHER REASON."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DEBLOIS TOLD TOLD E! NEWS AT CANN THAT GOBBER WAS ED REFERRG TO HIS SEXUAL ORIENTATN: “WHEN WE WERE RERDG CRAIG FERGON, I HAD WRTEN THE LE, ‘THIS IS WHY I NEVER GOT MARRIED,’ AND HE, AS HE OFTEN DO, ADD AS AN AD LIB AND HE SAID, ‘YUP, GOBBER IS G OUT OF THE CLOSET,'” HE SAID. “I THK THAT'S A REALLY FUN [AND] DARG MOVE TO PUT . I LOVE THE IA THAT GOBBER IS BERK'S RINT GAY.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE FIRST MASTREAM ANIMATED MOVIE TO FEATURE AN OUT GAY CHARACTER WAS 2012'S PARANORMAN, WHICH JOCK MCH OUT AT THE FILM'S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HTTYD2, WHICH OPENS JUNE 16, IS SET FIVE YEARS AFTER THE ORIGAL AND SE HICCUP AND TOOTHLS GETTG SUCKED TO AN EPIC BATTLE TO PROTECT ALL NEW SPECI OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BELOW, WATCH THE TRAILER FOR HOW TO TRA YOUR DRAGON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{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

One way the anchise's creators add dimensns to Gobber was to subtly imply that he was gay prev films. The openly gay DeBlois told outlets at the time that the reason he kept the improvised le the film was bee, "I thk 's nice.

The only other character who filled the mentor archetype and was openly gay was Dumbledore om the Harry Potter seri, but that wasn't ma clear until the after the seri had nclud.

SO, HOW GAY IS ‘HOW TO TRA YOUR DRAGON 2’?

By ntrast, Gobber beg gay is troduced right smack dab the middle of the seri. Gay characters animatn are still a rary, even the morn day. He's a great mentor figure for the film seri and a great example of a gay character.

As the cultural landspe chang and grows, 's important that characters om the broad spectm of humany be reprented, and, by makg Gobber quietly but nfintly gay, the How to Tra Your Dragon anchise manag to actually stand out among other fantasy anchis. How To Tra Your Dragon 2, the new sequel to the 2010 animated h, featur a gay character, director Dean DeBlois a scene om the film, gged vikg Gobber the Belch(Craig Fergon) watch a wife and hband bicker and says that's why he never got married.

I love the ia that Gobber is Berk's rint gay. ”The first mastream animated movie to feature an out gay character was 2012's ParaNorman, which jock Mch out at the film's end. “How to Tra Your Dragon’s Gobber the Belch Com Out As Gay, ” headl screamed the weeks prr to the release of DreamWorks’ animated sequel How to Tra Your Dragon 2.

HOW TO TRA YOUR DRAGON: AN AD-LIB MA GOBBER A RARE GAY ANIMATED HERO

First, the ia that Gobber is gay is a new addn to his character, not somethg the filmmakers tend om the start. “Comg out” impli revealg a prevly secret realy; if the filmmakers have now cid that Gobber is gay, that’s a newly vented fact about him, not a prevly secret one.

CHARACTER 'HOW TO TRA YOUR DRAGON 2' OUT AS GAY

“I thk that's a really fun [and] darg move to put , ” wrer–director Dean DuBlois (who is gay) told E! “I love the ia that Gobber is Berk's rint gay.

Is there any evince that Gobber’s gayns go beyond this one le?

‘HOW TO TRA YOUR DRAGON’ CHARACTER COM OUT AS GAY, DIRECTOR CONFIRMS

As gay nuendo go, “one other reason” is a lot ls overt than some of the humor DreamWorks’ Madagasr 2: Espe 2 Ai or Happy Feet Two, say. (It’s startg to look like a sequel thg, although there was gay humor the origal Happy Feet too.

To say that I got a lot of flak for my “So, How Gay IS Disney’s Frozen? Ironilly, my observatns were wily shared by many other crics and observers, cludg many who embraced Frozen’s gayns. (As Adams accurately characterized me his IndieWire piece, my answer to my own qutn “How gay is Frozen?

As I noted my post, any gay them Frozen are “not that big a al, asmuch as the them are subtle and ambiguo enough not pose eher a signifint annoyance to even savvy parents or a rptg fluence on children.

CHARACTER 'HOW TO TRA YOUR DRAGON 2' OUT AS GAY

I n unrstand parents and others who have embraced Frozen, Happy Feet and other animated films takg umbrage at arguments about gay them the films.

To the pure all thgs are pure, and I have no wish to thwart those who n and want to enjoy the movi whout beg troubled by qutns of gay them. How To Tra Your Dragon: An Ad-Lib Ma Gobber A Rare Gay Animated Hero.

How To Tra Your Dragon’s Gobber wasn’t imaged as a gay character but thanks to Craig Fergon’s improvisatn he beme an animated gay champn. The ad-lib ronated wh trilogy director Dean DeBlois, who is openly gay and cid to keep the le. Havg a gay character the How To Tra Your Dragon trilogy was a progrsive move for a fay-oriented animatn, which typilly aren’t very LGBTQ clive.

HOW TO TRA YOUR DRAGON: AN AD-LIB MA GOBBER A RARE GAY ANIMATED HERO

In fact, Gobber is one of the few openly gay characters a mastream animated film alongsi Casey Affleck’s Mch 2012’s ParaNorman. The tis are changg, however; Disney’s Zootopia featured the subtle cln of a married gay uple (antelop Bucky and Pronk Oryx-Antlerson) and Netflix animated seri She-Ra And The Prcs Of Power featur several LGBTQ characters.

Hopefully, Goober How To Tra Your Dragon and other openly gay characters like him is a sign of thgs to e. Next: Why Disney's First Gay Character Matters. Did you know How to Tra Your Dragon 2 ntas a very subtle scene where one of the beloved Vikgs of Berk reveals he's gay???

SO, HOW GAY IS ‘HOW TO TRA YOUR DRAGON 2’?

You might spect that DreamWorks got ld feet about potentially polarizg dienc a societal climate that holds gay rights as a hot button issue. While promotg the pic at the prtig ft, Dean DeBlois, who is himself openly gay, told E!

But I'd argue that Gobber beg gay this ntext is not about sex, but about inty and difference. If Vikgs n learn to love and accept dragons--who they once saw as enemi--how difficult uld be to accept that one of their rank is gay? CANNES – Is the world ready for s first animated gay Vikg?