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- OP-ED: THE GAYS OF THRON
- HOW "GAME OF THRON" ED LORAS TYRELL: HBO'S “GAY RTOON” IS SO MUCH MORE THE BOOKS
OP-ED: THE GAYS OF THRON
Photo Illtratn by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/HBOAs a lbian who watch TV for my job, I am no different om other queer people who grew up whout posive reprentatn on screen: I see gay women almost anythg I watch. This don’t mean I only nsume queer media (unfortunately, there isn’t enough for this), but that I jt fd queerns a rult, I’ve heard more than my fair share of exasperated rpons like, “Not everythg is gay.” But ’s not someth * gay loras *
In the mystil land of Wteros, they’ve got everythg — dragons, Whe Walkers, and a whole lot of gays. Inty: GayLikelihood of Stg on the Iron Throne: Not happeng, ever sce a hly born shadow monster took his life and claim to the throne. By the way, Kristian Nairn, who played the beloved protector, is gay.
Inty: GayLikelihood of Stg on the Iron Throne: As he was mutilated and blown to piec Kg's Landg, the most persecuted character’s only chance of makg back to the Iron Throne is as a ghost. Sexualy: GayLikelihood of Stg on the Iron Throne: While Ltlefger’s sex worker and spy might have had some noteworthy nnectns to Loras Tyrell and the Martells, ’s unclear if Oliver is ad, alive, or somethg between.
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HOW "GAME OF THRON" ED LORAS TYRELL: HBO'S “GAY RTOON” IS SO MUCH MORE THE BOOKS
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The first big gay relatnship is between Renly Baratheon and Loras Tyrell. Perhaps “gay for pay” exists Wteros too?
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Gee R.R. Mart wrote Loras as roundly as any other Wterosi man, but on HBO, he's jt Maergery's gay brother * gay loras *
And the list of gay men that the show has killed weighs heavy. Photo Illtratn by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/HBOAs a lbian who watch TV for my job, I am no different om other queer people who grew up whout posive reprentatn on screen: I see gay women almost anythg I watch.
This don’t mean I only nsume queer media (unfortunately, there isn’t enough for this), but that I jt fd queerns a rult, I’ve heard more than my fair share of exasperated rpons like, “Not everythg is gay. Y, the openly gay Loras Tyrell was blown up—but gome aths are fair game a place like Wteros. Loras Tyrell is a gay character om Game of Thron.
Loras was probably one of the noblemen of Wteros whose homosexualy was the most known, or at least spected.
As I don't have the time to look through all the foms and search didn't e up wh anythg good, I'll jt go ahead and start a whole topic about . In the TV seri Loras and Renly are very explicly gay and affect the urse of the story a lot. I started readg the books after the se... * gay loras *
He grew up the Reach, a regn of Wteros were homosexualy was more tolerated pared to other kgdoms, and he therefore did not reprs his sire for other men, even though he was aware that he should not make public sce he remaed meant to marry a noblewoman to cement polil allianc (and Loras was perfectly aware that his bety ma him sirable to many women all plac of Wteros). Due to both beg members of the Wterosi high nobily meant to marry noblewomen a society that did not see homosexualy wh a favorable eye, they had to hi their relatnship. To put simply, I’m not so sure this show is a great iend of the gays.
The first gay character we met the world of Game of Thron was Renly Baratheon, brother of Kg Robert Baratheon.
Sce homosexualy isn’t wily accepted the society Mart has created, Loras is closeted and fds himself engaged - agast his will - to several female characters, cludg the betiful, young (though at the time, hopelsly naïve) Sansa Stark and the cel, thls Cersei Lannister (who is closeted herself, although her secret lover is actually her tw brother). The days, Loras is prison, held by a relig cult for the crime of beg gay. While s three gay or bisexual men have all found some way to be killed or punished ways that almost seem remiscent of the 1950s, the women of Game of Thron show absolutely no tert tradnal genr rol.