Actor Kristian Nairn – aka Hodor on “Game of Thron” – was never the closet, but he wants to “stand up and be unted” as a gay man.
Contents:
- GAY OF THRON
- ‘GAME OF THRON’ ACTOR OUT AS GAY
- WATCH: ‘GAY OF THRON’ REPS ‘GAME OF THRON’ SEASON 5 EPISO 9, ‘THE DANCE OF DRAGONS’
- 'HOE OF THE DRAGON' FANS ACCE SHOW OF PARTAKG ANTI-GAY TROPE
- JONATHAN VAN NS ON THE END OF ‘GAY OF THRON’: “I’M NOT READY TO SAY GOODBYE”
GAY OF THRON
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Gay Of Thron.
"Game of Thron" actor Kristian Nairn has nfirmed he's gay. But as a firm believer the need to “stand up and be unted, ” Nairn has nfirmed he’s gay an terview wh “GoT” fan se Wter Is Comg. “(W)hen you talk about ‘the gay muny, ’ you are talkg about MY muny, ” Nairn said when qutned about his gay fan base.
‘GAME OF THRON’ ACTOR OUT AS GAY
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Nairn told Wter Is Comg that the crew on HBO’s fantasy seri “have been great, ” and he’s que appreciative of the gay muny’s support. Perhaps bee the language to scribe and fe multiple sexual orientatns don’t exist Wteros, his fay speaks only phemism, but Laenor is gay and his lover is Jofey Lonmouth (Solly McLeod).
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)For those who hoped that Laenor’s troductn might signal that “Hoe of the Dragon” had learned the same lsons about LGBTQ reprentatn as has Daenerys’ arc, Lonmouth’s ath is particularly troublg bee of the way evok the homophobic “panic” that has long been ed to try to fend vlence agast queer people. But the sequence still amounts to a man, after beg approached by a gay man who knows his secret, beatg the gay man to the first episo, the prequel seri has been clear that the misogyny of the Realm is a mark agast . It’s past time the anchise do the same wh homophobia.
WATCH: ‘GAY OF THRON’ REPS ‘GAME OF THRON’ SEASON 5 EPISO 9, ‘THE DANCE OF DRAGONS’
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'HOE OF THE DRAGON' FANS ACCE SHOW OF PARTAKG ANTI-GAY TROPE
Inct is mon. Dragons le the ski. But gay men are unacceptable? Here's a look at the anchise's problematic history wh LGBTQ reprentatn. * www gay of thrones *
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JONATHAN VAN NS ON THE END OF ‘GAY OF THRON’: “I’M NOT READY TO SAY GOODBYE”
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So much has changed sce Gay of Thron started. Warng: this story ntas spoilers for episo five of Hoe of the one week after Hoe of the Dragon fans celebrated Wteros' first black — and gay — dragon rir, they are now llg the show out and accg of homophobic the most recent episo of the HBO seri, viewers were troduced officially to Laenor Velaryon's (Theo Nate) male partner, Jofey Lonmouth (Solly McLeod) and wnsed the ep love the pair had for each by the end of the episo, Jofey would be ad one of the show's most gome murr scen yet. Fans have acced the show of an anti-gay plotle.
Criston, who also serv as Rhaenyra's protector, seeth at the prospect of her marryg someone else and tri to enurage her to n away wh him, but be enraged when she do not, at the welg dner for Rhaenyra and Laenor's weddg ftival, Jofey works out that Criston is the prcs' approach him wh a proposal, sayg they uld work together to protect their loved on durg their marriage and that way ensure they would always be near a clearly upset Criston lash out at Laenor and vicly attacks him the middle of the receptn beatg his face to a bloody was this scene that lead to outrage amongst the show's viewg public who acced Hoe of the Dragon of relyg on a trope known as 'Bury Your Gays. "Anyway, Hoe of The Dragon is homophobic and I'd give a MAJOR trigger warng for homophobia-duced MURDER for the latt episo, " wrote one fan on Twter. Another add: "Wow, so Hoe of the Dragon really went for the one-two homophobia/misogyny punch this week.
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"And a third mented: "[tw: homophobia] that has to be a rerd for troducg the gayns of a character the same episo you have him btally murred thanks hoe of the dragon!! Hoe of the Dragon and s precsor Game of Thron (GOT) are no strangers to ntroversy when to their treatment of LGBTQ+, people of lor and poor they face torture, ct, rape and vlence at unparalleled levels pared to other of GOT's openly gay characters were not only killed but faced gome aths the procs, such as Renly Baratheon (Geth Anthony) and Pedro Pasl's perennially beloved, Oberyn Martell. And for those who will try to pat the homophobia as some sort of 'historil accuracy, ' Hoe of the Dragon is a fictnal show set a world wh dragons and ice zombi, " said Los Angel Tim TV reporter Tracy Brown.