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- ‘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
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. * gay game of thone *
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‘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 *
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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 *
Perhaps “gay for pay” exists Wteros too?
GAME OF THRON AUTHOR EXPLAS WHY THERE'S NO GAY SEX HIS BOOKS
And the are homophobic tim. 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.
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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.
'HOE OF THE DRAGON' FANS ACCE SHOW OF PARTAKG ANTI-GAY TROPE
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. )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.
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'GAME OF THRON' ACTOR OUT AS GAY
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.