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Contents:
- OP-ED: THE GAYS OF THRON
- ‘GAME OF THRON’ ACTOR KRISTIAN NAIRN COM OUT AS GAY
- ‘GAME OF THRON’ ACTOR OUT AS GAY
- 'GAME OF THRON' ACTOR OUT AS GAY
OP-ED: THE GAYS OF THRON
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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.
‘GAME OF THRON’ ACTOR KRISTIAN NAIRN COM OUT AS GAY
"When you talk about 'the gay muny,' you're talkg about my muny," he says * the game of thrones 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. 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).
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.
‘GAME OF THRON’ ACTOR OUT AS GAY
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. * the game of thrones gay *
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'GAME OF THRON' ACTOR OUT AS GAY
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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. )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. This show will be screened untri where homosexualy is illegal, where women’s sexual choic are ntrolled and where trans inti are vlently subjugated.