Dpe the antigay views of Orson Stt Card, his most popular novel is an empowerg story for LGBT youth.
Contents:
- ‘ENR’S GAME’ AUTHOR’S ANTI-GAY VIEWS POSE RISKS FOR FILM
- ‘ENR’S GAME’ DIRECTOR: AUTHOR’S ANTI-GAY VIEWS ‘VERY SAD’
- 'ENR'S GAME' STAR HARRISON FORD RPONDS TO ORSON STT CARD'S ANTI-GAY VIEWS: 'HUMANY HAS WON''ENR'S GAME' STAR HARRISON FORD RPONDS TO ORSON STT CARD'S ANTI-GAY VIEWS: 'HUMANY HAS WON'
- ‘ENR’S GAME’ BOYTT PLANNED OVER ORSON STT CARD’S ANTI-GAY VIEWS
- 'ENR'S GAME' ST ANSWER GAY RIGHTS QUTNS
‘ENR’S GAME’ AUTHOR’S ANTI-GAY VIEWS POSE RISKS FOR FILM
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"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.
‘ENR’S GAME’ DIRECTOR: AUTHOR’S ANTI-GAY VIEWS ‘VERY SAD’
Sure, 'Enr's Game' Author May Be Anti-Gay, But How Queer Is The Book Itself? * ender's game gay *
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.
'ENR'S GAME' STAR HARRISON FORD RPONDS TO ORSON STT CARD'S ANTI-GAY VIEWS: 'HUMANY HAS WON''ENR'S GAME' STAR HARRISON FORD RPONDS TO ORSON STT CARD'S ANTI-GAY VIEWS: 'HUMANY HAS WON'
Director Gav Hood and producer Roberto Orci have embraced the ntroversy surroundg "Enr's Game" thor Orson Stt Card's opposn to gay marriage and support of the Natnal Organizatn for Marriage. * ender's game gay *
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.
‘ENR’S GAME’ BOYTT PLANNED OVER ORSON STT CARD’S ANTI-GAY VIEWS
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.
'ENR'S GAME' ST ANSWER GAY RIGHTS QUTNS
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.
"The qutn of gay marriage is a battle that [Card] lost, " he says.