Gobber Is How To Tra Your Dragon’s Gay Hero

Contents:

• HOW TO TRA YOUR DRAGON 3 CONFIRMS [SPOILER] IS GAY, AND IT'S GREAT
• HOW TO TRA YOUR DRAGON: AN AD-LIB MA GOBBER A RARE GAY ANIMATED HERO
• 'HOW TO TRA YOUR DRAGON 2': IS GOBBER REALLY GAY?— SPOILERS
• HOW TO TRA YOUR DRAGON 2 : GOBBER GAY AND WILL HAVE A GAY ROMANCE
• THE REAL REASON STEVE HOWEY CAME OUT AS GAY, EVEN THOUGH HE'S STRAIGHT
• HOW TO TRA DRAGON'S GOBBER IS GAY
• 'HOW TO TRA YOUR DRAGON' CHARACTER GOBBER OUT AS 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
• SO, HOW GAY IS HOW TO TRA YOUR DRAGON?

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: AN AD-LIB MA GOBBER A RARE GAY ANIMATED HERO

How to Tra Your Dragon: The Hidn World fearlsly nfirms a major character is gay. 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.

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.

'HOW TO TRA YOUR DRAGON 2': IS GOBBER REALLY GAY?— SPOILERS

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: 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. In fact, Gobber is one of the few openly gay characters a mastream animated film alongsi Casey Affleck’s Mch 2012’s ParaNorman.

HOW TO TRA YOUR DRAGON 2 : GOBBER GAY AND WILL HAVE A GAY ROMANCE

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.

Or… is Gobber gay? Bee I'm a gay man, and I don't draw attentn to myself for that reason. " Gobber isn't the first gay character a mastream animated movie; Mch (Casey Affleck) was a gay dumb jock 2012's ParaNorman.

In the margs of Craig's script where he was suppose to say "This is why I never married", Dean wrote "That and one other reason", referrg to himself sce he (Dean) is gay. After HTTYD2 me out, fans started askg what the "other reason" was, and fally an terview Dean explaed: Gobber never got married for the same reason Dean had never gotten married, therefore Gobber was also gay. They were somewhat subtle about bee 's still a touchy topic children's entertament (and as much as we want to ny , the HTTYD anchise is directed towards children) "Cshg It" was one of the first RttE episos wrten, and was probably wrten even before HTTYD2 me out much ls that le that Gobber says beg famo, was not yet known by even the st and crew that Gobber would be nfirmed gay.

THE REAL REASON STEVE HOWEY CAME OUT AS GAY, EVEN THOUGH HE'S STRAIGHT

So his love tert "Bertha" was created before anyone cid that he was gay.

What many people of relign realize is that most religns, cludg Christiany, do not speak agast homosexualy or transgenr dividuals. " In an effort to fight the stigma around g out Hollywood, he me out wh a tweet that simply read, "I'm gay and proud. There was speculatn that Howey's tweet was wrten character, as he plays a gay man on Netflix's film "Game Over, Man!

HOW TO TRA DRAGON'S GOBBER IS GAY

Rich is a gay man who is also a "bad guy and a goon, " and the layerg works for the film. How To Tra Your Dragon 2 will be cemas JulyHow To Tra Your Dragon character Gobber is set to e out as gay the sequel, has been macho Vikg, who is voiced by Late Late Show host Craig Fergon the animatn, appeared the first movie and returns How To Tra Your Dragon is seen watchg a hband and wife argue the new film, and says that's why he never got married, then adds there is another reason. I love the ia that Gobber is Berk's rint gay.

Casey Affleck voiced teenage jock Mch the edy horror movie, who out as gay the To Tra Your Dragon 2 - which has an all-star voice st cludg Cate Blanchett, Gerard Butler, Jonah Hill and Game Of Thron actor K Harrgton - follows a new battle to keep the peace between humans and dragons. Gobber the Belch is a gay character om How To Tra Your Dragon.

Word of Gay. Of the film's several rare creatur is a particularly important one: a matter-of-fact gay character. The movie's openly gay director, Dean DeBlois, kept , explag to Fox 411, "I thk 's nice.

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

"That Gobber is butch and otherwise not intifiably gay mak his g out that much more powerful.

He's jt gay, that's jt part of him. This is jt a recent example of a growg relaxatn wh gay characters rtoons. Much has been wrten about the perceived queerns of Frozen's Elsa, a societal reject who implor herself to "let go" and be herself, but there's even a ls ambiguoly gay moment that blockbter: Oaken, the proprietor of Wanrg Oaken's Tradg Post and Sna, lls out to his fay across the room the sna and a grown man surround by four children wave back.

Introducg gay characters to children such relaxed ways refut s of homophobic nventnal wisdom: gays will nfe children, or worse, they'll make children turn gay themselv. "Protectg" children om gays is jt shorthand for bigotry. Homophobia has long been jtified by patg gays, particularly gay men, as child predators—'s the ratnale for Uganda's recent and vilently homophobic legislatn, for example.

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

As Vo Rso wrote his history of queer cema, The Celluloid Closet, "Although at first there was no equatn between sissyhood and actual homosexualy, the danger of gayns as the nsequence of such behavr lurked always the background. Disney's Crella, 1950, featur a moment of gay panic and wary regardg when two male mice get zy and one lik a ltle too much. You n see what is more or ls a progrsn: gay-seemg characters are the butts of jok, and then they're nuisanc, and then they're evil, and then they're normal.

Conversely, 2012's Wreck-It Ralph ntas the most explicly homophobic sentiment that I've ever seen a rtoon: Ralph ridicul the lispg and flamboyant antagonist Kg Candy by llg him a "nelly wafer. " (That blow to progrs is remiscent of the creased gay bashgs New York the wake of marriage equaly.

SO, HOW GAY IS HOW TO TRA YOUR DRAGON?

But seems to me that havg posive, openly gay characters children's culture uld make a difference to imprsnable mds. If nothg else, shows kids that beg gay is no big al. Given the alternativ of stereotypg, maligng, and all-out bashg, I thk animatn is a good place now, and 's gettg, the vio above was partially sourced om Js DePl and Zach Barnard's YouTube vio/llege project Gay Characters Disney/Pixar Movi, which also ntas exampl not vered by the montage I put together above:.

If you’ve seen How to Tra Your Dragon 2 (I have and I give like 14 thumbs up), you will know by now – or spect – that Gobber the Belch, Stoick’s one-legged si-kick, is gay. Bee I’m a gay man, and I don’t draw attentn to myself for that reason.

Of urse the producers are gog to reveal the mentor as homosexual, ” Swanson said. “That answer is obv: for the same reason why the Greek mentors were homosexual, and they were foced on what the Christian fathers ed to refer to as the rptn of boys, and we n also throw out the term pedophilia.