Sure, 'Enr's Game' Author May Be Anti-Gay, But How Queer Is The Book Itself?
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‘ENR’S GAME’ DIRECTOR: AUTHOR’S ANTI-GAY VIEWS ‘VERY SAD’
Dpe the antigay views of Orson Stt Card, his most popular novel is an empowerg story for LGBT youth. * is alan gay in ender's game *
"Neverthels, the antigay views of Card, a man who once sat on the board of the Natnal Organizatn for Marriage, and lled for the crimalizatn of homosexualy, have begun to eclipse any mer his award-wng story may offer to Hollywood's pantheon of science fictn anizatn Geeks OUT lnched s Skip Enr's Game mpaign July, urgg supporters of LGBT equaly to boytt the film when lands theatr on November 1, hop of sendg a msage that moviegoers will not tolerate antigay activism. After all, 's difficult to support a story om which an antigay activist like Card profs.
But the effect of one of Card's most celebrated works may actually be to advance the msage of before Card's personal views on homosexualy ma headl, many LGBT fans who read Enr's Game were enamored wh the story. Not only is the tale a great work of science fictn, but protagonist Enr Wigg's stggl also closely parallel a number of mon experienc had by gay youth. But the parallels between Enr's story and that of gay youth don't end there.
In fact, Enr's tale of empowerment works bt when s young protagonist is terpreted as a gay the exceptn of his sister, Valente, Enr shows no affectn toward femal throughout the book. "And so for me, is so ironic that the wrer of the work that has helped so many [young] people, gay and straight, to fd empowerment, to feel empowered, to fd their own moral pass -- 's very sad that he, himself, is stgglg wh the issu. I thk what would be far more helpful is if dienc knew that the makers of this film, and the film self, holds the polar oppose pot of view to the current thkg of Orson Stt Card on gay issu.