Voltron: Legendary Defenr wrer Joaquim Dos Santos has apologised to fandom followg a backlash for the handlg of gay character Shiro’s storyle.
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- NETFLIX JT REVEALED ONE OF THE MA CHARACTERS ON ‘VOLTRON’ IS GAY — AND FANS WENT WILD
- NETFLIX'S VOLTRON: LEGENDARY DEFENR NFIRMS GAY RELATNSHIP FOR SHIRO
- NETFLIX’S VOLTRON: LEGENDARY DEFENR NFIRMS ONE OF S SUPERHERO IS GAY
- NETFLIX'S VOLTRON: LEGENDARY DEFENR NFIRMS LEAD CHARACTER IS GAY
- VOLTRON SHOWNNER APOLOGIZ FOR SERI' HANDLG OF GAY RELATNSHIP
- VOLTRON SHOWNNER APOLOGIS TO FANS AFTER BACKLASH OVER TREATMENT OF GAY CHARACTER
- NETFLIX'S 'VOLTRON' JT CONFIRMED ONE OF THE MA HERO IS GAY
- NETFLIX'S 'VOLTRON' ALMOST DIDN'T GET ITS GAY LEAD CHARACTER SEASON 7
- TURNS OUT, BARBIELAND ISN'T AS GAY AS S QUEER FANS HAD HOPED
- HOW "VOLTRON: LEGENDARY DEFENR" QUEERBAED ITS FANSWH ONLY ONE SEASON LEFT, IS THERE STILL TIME FOR THE SHOW TO SALVAGE S QUEER FANDOM?{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}TVBY CAMERON GLOVERAUGT 16, 2018/4:29 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:675PX;WIDTH:1200PX;}NETFLIXBY CAMERON GLOVERAUGT 16, 2018 / 4:29 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"HOW \"VOLTRON: LEGENDARY DEFENR\" QUEERBAED ITS FANS","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2018-08-16T20:29:28.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2018-08-16T20:29:28.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"CAMERON GLOVER","KEYWORDS":"GEEK","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AT THIS YEAR'S SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON JULY, THE EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS OF THE NETFLIX SHOW VOLTRON: LEGENDARY DEFENR, NFIRMED THAT ONE OF THE MA CHARACTERS IS GAY, AND THAT FANS WOULD SEE HIM WH HIS FIANCé ON SCREEN TOGETHER THE SHOW'S SEVENTH SEASON. BUT WHEN THE NEW SEASON PREMIERED ON AUGT 10, FANS WERE DISAPPOTED. WHAT PROMISED TO BE AN IMPORTANT MOMENT FOR QUEER REPRENTATN ULTIMATELY ME DOWN TO A SE OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DURG SDCC, THE PANEL NFIRMED THAT SHIRO—ONE OF THE VOLTRON PALADS (OR WARRR-PILOTS)—IS A GAY MAN. THE CISN TO CLU THIS REVEAL WH THE SEVENTH SEASON WAS MEANGFUL FOR MANY REASONS BUT WAS PARTICULARLY ANTICIPATED BY A NOTABLE PORTN OF THE FANDOM WHO HAD BEEN ADVOTG FOR MORE QUEER REPRENTATN ON THE SHOW. BUT THIS REVEAL WAS SOMETHG THAT ALMOST DIDN'T MAKE TO THE SHOW AT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FROM THE SEASON PREMIERE, WE LEARN THAT SHIRO (BELOW) LEFT HIS FIANCé, ADAM, ON EARTH BEFORE TAKG OFF TO SPACE WH THE OTHER VOLTRON PALADS. THROUGH A SERI OF FLASHBACKS, VIEWERS ARE GIVEN ONLY ONE SCENE WHICH THE TWO ARE TOGETHER, SPE ALLNS WH THE EPISO THAT THEY HAVE BEEN A UPLE FOR SOME TIME. THOUGH ADAM AND SHIRO WERE BOTH MEMBERS OF THE GALAXY GARRISON, THE ARY-LIKE FORCE THAT PROTECTS EARTH, THE TWO ARGUE (AND BREAK UP) OVER SHIRO'S CISN TO GO ON ONE FAL MISSN TO SPACE. THE ONLY OTHER SCENE THAT ADAM APPEARS DURG THE SHOW'S ENTIRETY (WHICH LATER SEASON 7) IS OF HIM DYG THE LE OF DUTY WHEN THE EARTH IS ATTACKED BEFORE SHIRO AND THE VOLTRON PALADS N RETURN TO EARTH. THERE IS NO SCENE WHICH EHER CHARACTER EXPLICLY OUT, NOR DO EHER MAN ENGAGE AFFECTN OR ACTN THAT WOULD HELP REARS UNRSTAND THE NTEXT OF THEIR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FANS' DISAPPOTMENT WH THE PICTN OF SHIRO'S SEXUALY AND THE ATH OF ADAM WAS HARD TO AVOID FAN SPAC FOR THE SHOW ON SOCIAL MEDIA, PARTICULARLY ON GEEK TWTER. FANS WERE SO UPSET BY THE WAY THIS STORYLE WAS HANDLED THAT ALMOST TORE THE FANDOM APART. THE WAY THAT ADAM DIED APPEARS TO BE YET ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE "KILL YOUR GAYS" TROPE TROPE, WHICH QUEER CHARACTERS ARE TRODUCED ONLY TO BE KILLED OFF TO ADVANCE THE OVERALL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE SUATN BEME SO ARSE THAT JOAQU DOS SANTOS, ONE OF THE SHOW'S EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS, TOOK TO TWTER TO ISSUE AN APOLOGY TO FANS ON THE EVENTS OF THE SHOW. IN THE FOUR-PAGE LETTER, DOS SANTOS EXPLAS THAT WAS "NEVER [HIS TENTN] TO HURT THE FANDOM, BUT RATHER TO TELL A STORY ABOUT WAR AND GRIEF."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}INTENTNS ASI, THIS QUEERBAG HAS HAD A DRASTIC IMPACT ON THE THOSE WHO HAVE SUPPORTED THE SHOW OM THE BEGNG, LEAVG THEM FEELG CREASGLY TRATED. VOLTRON: LEGENDARY DEFENR HAS ALREADY NFIRMED THAT THE EIGHTH SEASON WILL BE S FAL ONE, SO THERE ARE FEW OPPORTUNI TO RECTIFY THE SHOW'S APPROACH TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT'S HARD TO SEE IF THE SHOW N REVER OM THIS MISSTEP. AND SPE THE PUBLIC APOLOGY OM DOS SANTOS, MANY WHO HAVE SUPPORTED THE SHOW OM THE BEGNG ARE LEFT FEELG TRATED AND ED. IF ANYTHG, THIS NTROVERSY HIGHLIGHTS THE WAYS QUEERBAG IS STILL A HARMFUL PLOT VICE WH ENTERTAMENT, AFFECTG FANS AND THE FUTURE SUCCS OF THE SHOW MORE THAN A PRODUCTN TEAM MAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
NETFLIX JT REVEALED ONE OF THE MA CHARACTERS ON ‘VOLTRON’ IS GAY — AND FANS WENT WILD
Is classic rtoon mech Voltron gay? SHIRO IS GAY CONFIRMED AND HIS BOYFRIEND WAS ADAM!! me, screamg and cryg already: SHIRO IS GAY!!!
Fellow Voltron voice actor Bex Taylor-Kls, who intifi as gay and genrfluid, shared her excement over the addn of a Voltron gay character.
NETFLIX'S VOLTRON: LEGENDARY DEFENR NFIRMS GAY RELATNSHIP FOR SHIRO
Are you exced by the Voltron gay reveal? NetflixFellow shownner Joaquim Dos Santos said that "'s somethg that's been part of his character om the get-go", addg that the reveal was layed due to them shiftg around how they revealed character backstori, and the cisn to not kill off asked by a fan if Shiro and Adam intified as gay or bisexual, Dos Santos said: "They're a relatnship. A ma character Netflix’s Voltron: Legendary Defenr is gay, has been revealed.
— SHIRO’S GAY @ packg hell (@rou_tan_tan) July 22, 2018.
Fans of popular Netflix animated seri Voltron: Legendary Defenr are celebratg the news that one of the show's ma characters is announcement was ma durg a panel discsn at San Diego Comic-Con, wh shownner Lren Montgomery revealg that character Takashi ‘Shiro’ Shirogane is gay, acrdg to reports om also hted that fans of the show will soon meet a new character, Adam, who Shiro was once ready to marry before breakg off. In an onle statement through Santos' Twter acunt, the executive producer explaed the ratnale behd how the Netflix seri portrayed Shiro's relatnship wh Adam and the tratn fans felt how the show's first nfirmed gay character was ultimately picted. We were credibly exced and proud when news broke (post SDCC) of Shiro beg revealed as a gay man.
NETFLIX’S VOLTRON: LEGENDARY DEFENR NFIRMS ONE OF S SUPERHERO IS GAY
We were aware of the "bury your gays" trope but hoped agast hope that our stggle to nfirm Shiro's orientatn would take center stage here. RELATED: Voltron Creativ Confirm Key Character Is Gay.
RELATED: Voltron Shownner Apologiz for Seri' Handlg of Gay Relatnship.
The show ends wh them kissg at their weddg, a moment that off as a fairly weak attempt to pacify fans who lashed out at the "Bury Your Gays" trope Adam's mise embodied. Most people didn't know Shiro was gay the first place, rultg a revelatn that off feelg shed, as though the Voltron wrers never really valued LGBT reprentatn the first place.
NETFLIX'S VOLTRON: LEGENDARY DEFENR NFIRMS LEAD CHARACTER IS GAY
Voltron: Legendary Defenr wrer Joaquim Dos Santos has penned an emotnal open letter to fans who have been eply hurt by the show's pictn of s first two gay Netflix animatn had been ially wily praised when announced that the seventh season would acknowledge that Shiro (aka the Black Palad) is gay and a long-term relatnship wh a prevly-unseen character named boss said that they always tend for Shiro to be gay and waed for to play out on-screen bee the world of Voltron is one of where "acceptance and cln is part of everyday life". "We were credibly exced and proud when news broke (post SDCC) of Shiro beg revealed as a gay man.
VOLTRON SHOWNNER APOLOGIZ FOR SERI' HANDLG OF GAY RELATNSHIP
"Dos Santos strsed that his wrers were aware of and keen to avoid the 'Bury Your Gays' trope TV and film wrg, but he unrstood why fans see Adam's ath as an example of that trope. San Diego Comic-Con 2018 has been a hotbed for gay nerd sh — first wh Ryan Reynolds sayg that he has hop for Deadpool to explore his sexualy, and now wh the animated seri Voltron. Super gay.
VOLTRON SHOWNNER APOLOGIS TO FANS AFTER BACKLASH OVER TREATMENT OF GAY CHARACTER
Well luckily the gayns won’t jt be people’s fan art anymore as one of the leads, Shiro, will be revealed to be attracted to men the upg season.
EntertamentNetflix's 'Voltron' Jt Confirmed One of the Ma Hero Is GayNetflixOne of the hero Netflix’s Voltron Legendary Defenr is gay, and the upg season he will return to his ex-fiancé after a long time the Voltron Legendary Defenr panel at San Diego Comic-Con on Friday, the st and shownners of the popular Netflix animated seri gathered to preview the show’s upg seventh season, slated to premiere on Augt 10 wh 13 new a reveal that stunned the dience, -shownner Lren Montgomery nfirmed that Shiro, the lear of Voltron and pilot of the Black Ln (voiced by Josh Keaton), is gay. That he is also gay adds even more plexy to Shiro’s whole inty. This is the same phrasg gays and lbians fought durg the ‘70s, and ’s found a new target.
In a 1978 victory speech on California’s Prop 6, which sought to ban LGBT om teachg public schools, gay activist and polician Harvey Milk said part:.
NETFLIX'S 'VOLTRON' JT CONFIRMED ONE OF THE MA HERO IS GAY
And, most importantly, most importantly, every gay person mt e out. Last year, GLAAD analyzed the ble work shows om the 2015-’16 season and found that 35 out of 881 (4 percent) regular characters intified as gay, lbian, or bisexual wh 35 addnal LGB recurrg characters. TV prov to be generally more clive, spe cints like the rurfaced “Bury Your Gays” trope on The 100 and The Walkg Dead.
Earlier this summer at San Diego Comic-Con, fans of the Netflix seri Voltron Legendary Defenr were stunned, and then llectively phoric, to learn that ex-Black Ln pilot Shiro is gay. 'NetflixBut the st and crew of Voltron never gave up, knowg full well what meant to have a character like Shiro be gay an all-ag, actn-adventure rtoon.
At San Diego Comic-Con this past weekend, the acclaimed Netflix seri Voltron: Legendary Defenr ma a splash as the st and crew previewed the seventh season premiere ont of thoands of adorg among all the excg news, cludg the revelatn that one of the Voltron Palads is gay, the biggt story is that Team Voltron is fally returng to Earth the penultimate season of the ’s everythg we learned about Season 7 of Voltron: Legendary Defenr, which premier Augt 10 on Is Gay!
NETFLIX'S 'VOLTRON' ALMOST DIDN'T GET ITS GAY LEAD CHARACTER SEASON 7
Ined, the big news that took the breath of many Voltron fans away is the fact that the square-jawed lear of the Voltrons, Black Ln pilot Shiro (voiced by Josh Keaton), is gay. Back on Earth, Shiro’s ex-fiancé, Adam, will be there, but thgs aren’t lookg too bright for the is now one of the few openly gay characters a children’s rtoon. And none of that was based on his sexual orientatn … and to reveal that he is a gay man and that no way chang his relatnships wh any of the people, anythg that he’s done.
TURNS OUT, BARBIELAND ISN'T AS GAY AS S QUEER FANS HAD HOPED
“First of all, I’m gay, ” he said, “and this movie is gog to be gay non.
"Alex AvilaAnd Gay Tim, a Brish LGBTQ news se, celebrated Friday, the day of the film’s official release, as “Barbie day“ and lled the world-renowned doll a “queer cultural phenomenon.
PicturIn an terview wh Fandango, actor Kate McKnon, who is openly gay and plays “Weird Barbie” the film, said Barbie is about “imagatn. Many also flagged the teased scene which Barbie, now the real world, exchang a longg look wh Ameri Ferrera’s Gloria character; though, the relatnship between the two turns out to be a tribute to motherhood and the tradnal, nuclear before the film’s release, Robbie all but squashed the mors that some or any of the Barbi and Kens would be gay, tellg the Brish LGBTQ magaze Attu: The dolls don’t “actually have sexual orientatns.
HOW "VOLTRON: LEGENDARY DEFENR" QUEERBAED ITS FANSWH ONLY ONE SEASON LEFT, IS THERE STILL TIME FOR THE SHOW TO SALVAGE S QUEER FANDOM?{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}TVBY CAMERON GLOVERAUGT 16, 2018/4:29 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:675PX;WIDTH:1200PX;}NETFLIXBY CAMERON GLOVERAUGT 16, 2018 / 4:29 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"HOW \"VOLTRON: LEGENDARY DEFENR\" QUEERBAED ITS FANS","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2018-08-16T20:29:28.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2018-08-16T20:29:28.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"CAMERON GLOVER","KEYWORDS":"GEEK","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AT THIS YEAR'S SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON JULY, THE EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS OF THE NETFLIX SHOW VOLTRON: LEGENDARY DEFENR, NFIRMED THAT ONE OF THE MA CHARACTERS IS GAY, AND THAT FANS WOULD SEE HIM WH HIS FIANCé ON SCREEN TOGETHER THE SHOW'S SEVENTH SEASON. BUT WHEN THE NEW SEASON PREMIERED ON AUGT 10, FANS WERE DISAPPOTED. WHAT PROMISED TO BE AN IMPORTANT MOMENT FOR QUEER REPRENTATN ULTIMATELY ME DOWN TO A SE OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DURG SDCC, THE PANEL NFIRMED THAT SHIRO—ONE OF THE VOLTRON PALADS (OR WARRR-PILOTS)—IS A GAY MAN. THE CISN TO CLU THIS REVEAL WH THE SEVENTH SEASON WAS MEANGFUL FOR MANY REASONS BUT WAS PARTICULARLY ANTICIPATED BY A NOTABLE PORTN OF THE FANDOM WHO HAD BEEN ADVOTG FOR MORE QUEER REPRENTATN ON THE SHOW. BUT THIS REVEAL WAS SOMETHG THAT ALMOST DIDN'T MAKE TO THE SHOW AT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FROM THE SEASON PREMIERE, WE LEARN THAT SHIRO (BELOW) LEFT HIS FIANCé, ADAM, ON EARTH BEFORE TAKG OFF TO SPACE WH THE OTHER VOLTRON PALADS. THROUGH A SERI OF FLASHBACKS, VIEWERS ARE GIVEN ONLY ONE SCENE WHICH THE TWO ARE TOGETHER, SPE ALLNS WH THE EPISO THAT THEY HAVE BEEN A UPLE FOR SOME TIME. THOUGH ADAM AND SHIRO WERE BOTH MEMBERS OF THE GALAXY GARRISON, THE ARY-LIKE FORCE THAT PROTECTS EARTH, THE TWO ARGUE (AND BREAK UP) OVER SHIRO'S CISN TO GO ON ONE FAL MISSN TO SPACE. THE ONLY OTHER SCENE THAT ADAM APPEARS DURG THE SHOW'S ENTIRETY (WHICH LATER SEASON 7) IS OF HIM DYG THE LE OF DUTY WHEN THE EARTH IS ATTACKED BEFORE SHIRO AND THE VOLTRON PALADS N RETURN TO EARTH. 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VOLTRON: LEGENDARY DEFENR HAS ALREADY NFIRMED THAT THE EIGHTH SEASON WILL BE S FAL ONE, SO THERE ARE FEW OPPORTUNI TO RECTIFY THE SHOW'S APPROACH TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT'S HARD TO SEE IF THE SHOW N REVER OM THIS MISSTEP. AND SPE THE PUBLIC APOLOGY OM DOS SANTOS, MANY WHO HAVE SUPPORTED THE SHOW OM THE BEGNG ARE LEFT FEELG TRATED AND ED. IF ANYTHG, THIS NTROVERSY HIGHLIGHTS THE WAYS QUEERBAG IS STILL A HARMFUL PLOT VICE WH ENTERTAMENT, AFFECTG FANS AND THE FUTURE SUCCS OF THE SHOW MORE THAN A PRODUCTN TEAM MAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
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