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Contents:
- ‘GAME OF THRON’ ACTOR KRISTIAN NAIRN COM OUT AS GAY
- ‘GAME OF THRON’ ACTOR OUT AS GAY
- BURY YOUR GAYS: A LOOK AT HBO’S GAME OF THRON
- 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’ ACTOR KRISTIAN NAIRN COM OUT AS GAY
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In the mystil land of Wteros, they’ve got everythg — dragons, Whe Walkers, and a whole lot of gays.
‘GAME OF THRON’ ACTOR OUT AS GAY
"When you talk about 'the gay muny,' you're talkg about my muny," he says * gay game of thone *
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.
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BURY YOUR GAYS: A LOOK AT HBO’S GAME OF THRON
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. * gay game of thone *
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GAME OF THRON AUTHOR EXPLAS WHY THERE'S NO GAY SEX HIS BOOKS
And the list of gay men that the show has killed weighs heavy. 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. 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.
'HOE OF THE DRAGON' FANS ACCE SHOW OF PARTAKG ANTI-GAY TROPE
)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.
"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. “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.
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. "Game of Thron" actor Kristian Nairn has nfirmed he's gay.
'GAME OF THRON' ACTOR OUT AS 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. Weiss do not shy away om sexual taboos like ct, and they have clud a few homosexual relatnships wh their predomantly heteronormative world.
However, their treatment of one of the most proment among the few relatnships ultimately falls to the trope known as “bury your gays, ” where homosexual characters are quickly killed off and removed om a seri predomantly focsed on heterosexual characters. The homosexual relatnship between Renly Baratheon and Loras Tyrell did not ultimately transcend the social stigma wh the world of Game of Thron as fans might have hoped, as Renly was killed only a season after their relatnship began.