Gays In Anime: Round Two – The Good: Another Introspective Look on the 2016 Anime “Yuri On Ice!!!” – OutWre

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I saw echo of myself Yuri — many gay or bisexual teens experience a siar awakeng bee of a favore celebry — but as I expected, the implitn that Yuri had a csh on Victor ially remaed jt that: an implitn. Homosexualy Japan is a difficult proposn. Civil rights laws natnwi don’t protect sexual orientatn, and many gay men and women choose to stay closeted.

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| InquisrMany anime seri have flirted wh gay reprentatn before. Not only did feature the first on-screen kiss between the two leads, but also a flashback where Viktor performed an outf spired by openly gay figure skater Johnny Weir. Homosexualy figure skatg is a ght topic.

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