One rear wants to know why some Japane voice actors (the straight on, mostly) take yaoi and boys' love drama rol. Is there no stigma attached to playg gay Japan? Jt gets to .
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That wasn’t all that surprisg, eher, but what did stick wh me was the fact that Sailor Moon, and other anime, had portrayals of queer characters who weren’t jt si characters, who weren’t nstantly bullied for beg gay, who were seen as assets to the team, and whose story didn’t end tragedy. That’s not to say they didn’t go through hardships, but their stggl had ltle to do wh beg “the gay one” and had everythg to do wh “you’re a soldier of love and jtice and the world is endg. The seri’ but novel, Black Tie by Ciarán Strange, is a M/M polil thriller he’s pched as “gay Jam Bond navigatg a world of superhero.
Addnally, Ian McKellen, who took on the role for the 2017 live-actn remake, is also openly gay. Nathan Lane, who voiced the character for the origal film, is openly gay and has been wh his partner, Devl Elltt, for over 25 the 2019 puter-animated remake, Timon was voiced by Billy Eichner, who is also openly gay. Fierste has won multiple Tonys (both as a performer and a creator) and was one of the first actors to be openly gay.
He has been very active the gay muny as a speaker and ntent creator. An openly gay actor, he has done voic such as Kyoya Ootori Ouran High School Host Club, Sebastian Michaelis Black Butler, and Erw Smh Attack on Tan, as well as many more.
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Her distct voice has nabbed her voice actg gigs as well, most recently Aunt Gayle on Bob’s Burgers. An actor and HIV+ gay activist who lends his unique voice (and name) to ma character Cecil Palmer. This gay actor, who also worked closely wh Barack Obama as a member of the Advisory Commissn on Asian Amerins and Pacific Islanrs, has had a solid voice actg reer, cludg starrg as Sanjay Nickeloon’s Sanjay and Craig.
David is also proudly gay, which one might expect mak him more than qualified to direct the dubs for stori that promently feature gay characters or al wh queer them. There is a lot of anime that is gay, though whether is blatant or regnized as such n be a different story.
And unfortunately, when the stori are blatant wh regard to homosexualy, 's not always scere. It's no secret that Yaoi, or "Boys Love, " is treated more as a fetish Japan that a genre that promot homosexualy as somethg that is valid and servg of normalcy.