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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

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.

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).

‘GAME OF THRON’ ACTOR OUT AS GAY

And while n be argued that most characters the seri experience some form of horrific vlence, queer characters’ aths are often also marked by homophobic subtext that n’t be ignored. He is arrted by a relig sect for the crime of beg gay and havg been timate wh other men. 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 queer women of “Game of Thron” fared slightly better.

WATCH: ‘GAY OF THRON’ REPS ‘GAME OF THRON’ SEASON 5 EPISO 9, ‘THE DANCE OF DRAGONS’

)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. HBO’s h seri “Game of Thron” would not be plete whout Funny or Die’s equally important rep seri “Gay of Thron”, narrated by the imprsively succct and opnated Jonathan Van Ns.

'HOE OF THE DRAGON' FANS ACCE SHOW OF PARTAKG ANTI-GAY TROPE

READ MORE: Watch: If You Missed ‘Game of Thron’ This Week, ‘Gay of Thron’ Will Fill You In On Episo 8. (“Gay of Thron” go live on Funny or Die the Tuday followg.

Here’s Funny or Die’s ‘Gay of Thron’ Rep of This Week’s Episo. Whout Game of Thron, Gay of Thron would jt be Gay — which hontly isn’t a bad ia for a show, but ’s not what we were there to do. At Gay of Thron, we repped every sgle episo of Game of Thron om si a geo fake hair salon a cramped office space off Melrose Avenue.

JONATHAN VAN NS ON THE END OF ‘GAY OF THRON’: “I’M NOT READY TO SAY GOODBYE”

To be weled to a small muny wh the Gay of Thron fay was the talyst I need to disver how much I love to make people lgh. 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. "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.

Criston's murro rage was also ma worse by the fact he reacted impulsively, remiscent of an act of "gay panic. "The "gay panic" fense was often ed to jtify acts of vlence agast LGBT people, pecially after perceived sexual advanc. "But the sequence still amounts to a man, after beg approached by a gay man who knows his secret, beatg the gay man to ath.