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Contents:

• INTRODUCG MORTAL KOMBAT'S FIRST GAY CHARACTER
• DID MORTAL KOMBAT WASTE ITS FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTER?
• KUNG J IS MORTAL KOMBAT'S FIRST GAY CHARACTER
• MORTAL KOMBAT SERI INTRODUC FIRST GAY CHARACTER, KUNG J
• KUNG J IS MORTAL KOMBAT’S FIRST GAY KOMBATANT
• HERE’S MORTAL KOMBAT’S FIRST NONILLY GAY CHARACTER
• BLK AND YOU MIGHT MISS MORTAL KOMBAT'S FIRST GAY CHARACTER
• HOMOPHOB UPSET ABOUT MORTAL KOMBAT X’S GAY FIGHTER ARE HILAR
• MORTAL KOMBAT GETS ITS FIRST GAY CHARACTER

INTRODUCG MORTAL KOMBAT'S FIRST GAY CHARACTER

Kung J is a gay character om Mortal Kombat.

DID MORTAL KOMBAT WASTE ITS FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTER?

Kung J began to exprs his fear of the Shaol rejectg him bee of his homosexualy, but was terpted by Rain statg that "(The Shaol) re only about what is your heart, not what your heart sir.

It is later nfirmed by the game's director that he is gay[1]. ↑ Kung J is Gay.

"Mortal Kombat’s first gay male character may be new playable Mortal Kombat X character Kung J, acrdg to an terpretatn of flashback scen explorg the character’s past. We've prevly explored -pth why we need more gay characters gam and noted that “subtlety wrg should always be praised and ’s more reprentative of real LGBT people.

KUNG J IS MORTAL KOMBAT'S FIRST GAY CHARACTER

However, observant gamers have disvered that Mortal Kombat X featur the first openly gay character the anchise’s history. In Chapter 4, one of the cutscen strongly impli that the character Kung J is gay.

MORTAL KOMBAT SERI INTRODUC FIRST GAY CHARACTER, KUNG J

— Domic Cianclo (@domcianclo) April 14, 2015 [Source: GayStarNews]. However, after meetg the Thunr God, he let go of his rentment and traed unr the Whe Lot Society, who J origally thought would not accept him bee of his homosexualy. A disurse between Kung J and Rain, as well as one of J's ments durg an teractn wh Tanya the game's ar, and a half-nfirmatn on the speculatn of fans by one of the game's wrers has led a strong implitn J beg the first homosexual character the Mortal Kombat seri.

KUNG J IS MORTAL KOMBAT’S FIRST GAY KOMBATANT

[1] Later, via Twter, creator Domic Cianclo nfirmed that J is ed homosexual. An teractn wh Liu Kang shows that Kang do not approve of eher Kung J's homosexualy or his thief past.

HERE’S MORTAL KOMBAT’S FIRST NONILLY GAY CHARACTER

For the first time, players of the massively popular Mortal Kombat seri have the optn to play as a gay character the anchise's latt stallment, "Mortal Kombat X.

BLK AND YOU MIGHT MISS MORTAL KOMBAT'S FIRST GAY CHARACTER

Gay Star News was observant enough to notice that Kung J is a homosexual, thanks to one of Mortal Kombat X‘s cutscen. What do you thk of Mortal Kombat‘s first gay character? ” A tweet om Mortal Kombat X‘s cematic director, Domic Cianclo, suggts that Kung J is the fightg anchise’s first (nonilly) gay character.

HOMOPHOB UPSET ABOUT MORTAL KOMBAT X’S GAY FIGHTER ARE HILAR

“I see people are pickg up on the subtle exposn ntaed Kung J’s flashback, ” he said a tweet picked up by Gay Star News. Can we talk about Kung-J beg the first gay character!

Observant fans have jt outed a closeted gay character Mortal Kombat X, said to be the first the seri. His orientatn is somethg slipped subtly to the game, and appears to be first spotted by Gay Star News who was payg close attentn durg one of his flashback cutscen. While I suppose that uld be terpreted as Kung J fallg for say, the razor-toothed cloned villa Mileena, which no orr of monks would approve of, Mortal Kombat X’s cematic director Domic Cianclo nfirmed that the scene was ed alludg to Kung J beg gay.

It’s a small thg, but given that Kung J would be the first gay character MK history, ’s not signifint. Gay fightg game characters are few and far between, and only a few LGBTQ characters even seem to exist the landspe at all.

MORTAL KOMBAT GETS ITS FIRST GAY CHARACTER

The pot is, legimately, nfirmed gay characters are a rary fightg gam. In recent years, more and more gay characters have ma their way to gam, most notably the sts of Bware’s Dragon Age and Mass Effect seri, many of whom are gay, where the player character has the optn to be gay (or bi) as well.

There’s also The Last of Us: Gone Home, which revealed Ellie as gay as she shar a tenr moment wh her (unfortunately soon-to-be-killed) iend.

Only recent years have more fully-flhed out gay characters started to appear gam.