On Dragon Ball - General, a GameFAQs msage board topic tled "Which Z fighter do you thk is gay?".
Contents:
- ‘DRAGON BALL SUPER’ CAST ADDRS WHETHER BEES & WHIS ARE GAY
- WHICH Z FIGHTER DO YOU THK IS GAY?
- DRAGON BALL Z GAY COMICS
‘DRAGON BALL SUPER’ CAST ADDRS WHETHER BEES & WHIS ARE GAY
General Blue is heavily d as gay. Gay villas n be handled well, but 's problematic that the only openly gay character Dragon Ball happens to be signed like a Nazi, wh a very Nazi-que uniform and Aryan appearance. All of this feeds to the predatory gay stereotype, meang gay men as dangero people who prey on children.
No one will watch Dragon Ball and bee nvced that all gay men are pedophil.
However, characters like the serve to nfirm bigoted beliefs that already exist, which ultimately rerc the bigotry gay men face real life.
WHICH Z FIGHTER DO YOU THK IS GAY?
In fact, when Bulma and Krill acce him of beg gay, he reacts a very shocked manner, as if he's tryg (and failg) to hi his sexualy.
Which, to many fans, nfirmed that this character was meant to be gay. In fact, this whole scene plays on the horribly outdated and offensive trope of gay men beg sexual predators. Also, General Blue's general personaly is built around several offensive homosexual stereotyp.
Havg one of the few obvly gay d characters be nstantly ridiculed and heavily implied to be a Nazi is highly offensive, pecially when no other gay characters are prent the story to unteract this. The other implied gay character the seri is Otokosi. " A jab at his obv homosexual dg.
DRAGON BALL Z GAY COMICS
And this is another example of a gay-d character actg a predatory manner.
The public perceptn of LGBT people, pecially gay men, is very different om how was the 1980s and 1990s. However, is a shame that the only gay characters play on rogatory stereotyp and only exist to be lghed at. In a universe as big as Dragon Ball's, there is room for a new gay character, one who isn't based on horrible and offensive stereotyp.