'Game of Thron': So Jofey Hat Gays, On Top of Everythg Else - TheWrap

Contents:

• OP-ED: THE GAYS OF THRON
• AEGON THE CONQUEROR WAS GAY: HOTD FAN THEORY SUGGTS
• ‘GAME OF THRON’: SO JOFEY HAT GAYS, ON TOP OF EVERYTHG ELSE

OP-ED: THE GAYS OF THRON

This show will be screened untri where homosexualy is illegal, where women’s sexual choic are ntrolled and where trans inti are vlently subjugated. If ed those men were gay had a signifint effect upon history and has a somewhat signifint effect on the events my book … I wanted to clu the full range of humany, cludg the full range of sexual preferenc and sex is an important part of the books. The first big gay relatnship is between Renly Baratheon and Loras Tyrell.

Perhaps “gay for pay” exists Wteros too? And the are homophobic tim. Vto Rso, the gay film cric, noted a trend some film reprentatn where the gay man is prented only to meet an unhappy, punishg and often fatal endg.

AEGON THE CONQUEROR WAS GAY: HOTD FAN THEORY SUGGTS

But world where Bnei has jt joed the list of pariah natns that have the ath penalty for male homosexualy, a queer character’s murr might reasonably be argued to rry more ntemporary weight and ronance. And the list of gay men that the show has killed weighs heavy. 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. Renly is gay, but has hidn that fact om most everyone the realm. Renly Baratheon is a gay character om Game of Thron.

‘GAME OF THRON’: SO JOFEY HAT GAYS, ON TOP OF EVERYTHG ELSE

Renly is strictly homosexual, his orientatn beg well known (or at least spected) by many members of the royal urt Kg's Landg (even when they were children, Jaime Lannister remarked how Renly seemed different om other boys). 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.

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).