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Contents:

• STAR WARS IS GAY! 7 CANONILLY QUEER AND NON-BARY CHARACTERS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT
• STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER’S GAY CHARACTERS EXPLAED
• 'STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER' FEATUR FIRST GAY KISS A GALAXY FAR, FAR AWAY
• TOM HOLLAND’S THE CROWD ROOM GAY SEX SCENE SPARKS APPALLG HOMOPHOBIC BACKLASH
• ‘STAR WARS’ UNIVERSE GETS S FIRST GAY CHARACTER
• STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER HAS ANCHISE'S FIRST GAY KISS
• DISNEY OPENS NEW IMMERSIVE ‘STAR WARS’-THEMED GAY CONVERSN CAMP
• ‘STAR WARS’ CHARACTERS ARE ‘ABSOLUTELY A GAY UPLE,’ PRODUCER NFIRMS

STAR WARS IS GAY! 7 CANONILLY QUEER AND NON-BARY CHARACTERS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT

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STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER’S GAY CHARACTERS EXPLAED

When I talk about clivy ’s not excludg gay characters. Abrams recently said that “of urse” gay characters would soon be seen  the “Star Wars” galaxy. And Mark Hal said that Le Skywalker uld be gay.

Juhani (right), a lbian thar alien, was featured the vio game “Knights of the Old Republic” 2004, and was the first nfirmed and openly gay character Star Wars. Lord Cytharat is a gay Sh troduced “Star Wars: The Old Republic” 2013, and was the first character the long-nng onle game who uld share a kiss wh a player character of the same is a bisexual woman troduced “Star Wars: The Old Republic” 2013.

'STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER' FEATUR FIRST GAY KISS A GALAXY FAR, FAR AWAY

The first nonilly gay character was troduced the 2015 novel Lords of the Sh.

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Disney actually removed the kiss om The Rise of Skywalker natns wh strict laws surroundg homosexual relatnships. In Sgapore, male homosexual acts are technilly illegal. Female homosexual acts are legal, but the The Rise of Skywalker's gay kiss was removed anyway, so that the film uld mata s PG-13 ratg.

TOM HOLLAND’S THE CROWD ROOM GAY SEX SCENE SPARKS APPALLG HOMOPHOBIC BACKLASH

Dubai cut the kiss too, as all homosexual relatnships are agast the law  Uned Arab Emirat. On the other end of the spectm, The Rise of Skywalker's gay kiss also me unr cricism for not gog far enough. But sce dienc had no attachment to the characters, there was no emotnal payoff to this quick reprentatn for gay characters.

Marvel touted their first-ever gay character leadg up to Avengers: Endgame.

‘STAR WARS’ UNIVERSE GETS S FIRST GAY CHARACTER

That reprentatn only end up beg -director Joe Rso meog as a gay man who discs an upg date. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker's gay kiss was a baby step the right directn, but not enough to be nsired legimate LGBTQ reprentatn.

STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER HAS ANCHISE'S FIRST GAY KISS

More: Onward’s Gay Character Prov Disney’s Reprentatn Problem. Abrams went on a whirlwd prs tour to tout the first gay kiss all of Star Wars. Flix and Orka are a fully nonil gay uple.

The game’s 2009 release mak Juhani one of the first openly gay characters (that didn’t get retnned) the Star Wars universe.

A regular human, Rath is the first openly gay character the seri.

DISNEY OPENS NEW IMMERSIVE ‘STAR WARS’-THEMED GAY CONVERSN CAMP

This year Star Wars has said would celebrate Pri month by lettg gay and trans artists “pay homage to some of the LGBT+ characters habg a galaxy far, far away” a special le of ic book vers. Sjir Rath Vel is the first major hero a Star Wars story to be gay. Author Chuck Wendig troduced the first gay ma character to the Star Wars universe the Imperial turnat Sjir Rath Vel.

Sjir Rath Vel, troduced Star Wars: Aftermath, was the first gay protagonist a Star Wars story.

The novel also troduced two background characters who are gay. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker may not have Baby Yoda, but do feature the first-ever gay kiss the 40-pl year history of the anchise. "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker" will feature the anchise's first gay kiss.

‘STAR WARS’ CHARACTERS ARE ‘ABSOLUTELY A GAY UPLE,’ PRODUCER NFIRMS

Earlier this year, Avengers: Endgame featured Marvel’s first openly gay character. “We’ve done four of the films and was credibly important to to have a gay character reprented somewhere one of the four movi. Aga, the moment was highly touted by director Bill Condon, who lled an “exclively gay moment a Disney movie.

It seemed the Star Wars universe might troduce s first gay characters 2016’s Rogue One wh Chirt (Donnie Yen) and Baze (Jiang Wen); however, their relatnship was kept platonic. Marvel’s The Eternals is said to have a gay character and Thor: Ragnarok‘s Tsa Thompson has said she pched and played her character as bisexual, as she is the ics; however, none of her appearanc Marvel films th far have portrayed her this way.