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Middle Earth is, for many of , a very gay place, and I would like to see that queer legacy reflected Amazon's new Lord of the Rgs seri.

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LORD OF THE RG TAPS A GAY ARCHETYPE

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'LORD OF THE RGS' ACTOR VIGGO MORTENSEN FENDS CISN TO PLAY GAY ROLE

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Frodo and Sam’s gay romance Lord of the Rgs is more than a theory - Polygon .

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