Today, DreamWorks' terrific How To Tra Your Dragon 2 glis to theaters. Of the film's several rare creatur is a particularly important one: a matter-of-fact gay character. In a blk-and-miss asi, vikg character Gobber ments on a hband and wife's rnn after several years of trangement by sayg, "This is why I never , and one other reason."
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: The Hidn World nfirms that a longtime character is gay - and that's great. * gobber gay *
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’s Gobber wasn’t imaged as a gay character but thanks to Craig Fergon’s improvisatn he beme an animated gay champn. * gobber gay *
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.
'HOW TO TRA YOUR DRAGON 2': IS GOBBER REALLY GAY?— SPOILERS
'How to Tra Your Dragon 2': Is Gobber really gay?— SPOILERS * gobber gay *
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. 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.
HOW TO TRA YOUR DRAGON 2 : GOBBER GAY AND WILL HAVE A GAY ROMANCE
How To Tra Your Dragon character Gobber is set to e out as gay the sequel, has been revealed. * gobber gay *
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.
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.
THE REAL REASON STEVE HOWEY CAME OUT AS GAY, EVEN THOUGH HE'S STRAIGHT
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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.
HOW TO TRA DRAGON'S GOBBER IS GAY
* gobber gay *
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. So his love tert "Bertha" was created before anyone cid that he was gay.
'HOW TO TRA YOUR DRAGON' CHARACTER GOBBER OUT AS GAY
Acrdg to Kev Swanson, Gobber, bee he is gay, is not only moltg Hiccup, he's stroyg civilizatn * gobber gay *
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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
We all know that Gobber is gay. How would you… * gobber gay *
" 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! 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.
SO, HOW GAY IS 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. "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.