Voltron: Legendary Defenr wrer Joaquim Dos Santos has apologised to fandom followg a backlash for the handlg of gay character Shiro’s storyle.
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- NETFLIX’S VOLTRON: LEGENDARY DEFENR NFIRMS ONE OF S SUPERHERO IS GAY
- NETFLIX JT REVEALED ONE OF THE MA CHARACTERS ON ‘VOLTRON’ IS GAY — AND FANS WENT WILD
- VOLTRON SHOWNNER APOLOGIS TO FANS AFTER BACKLASH OVER TREATMENT OF GAY CHARACTER
- VOLTRON SHOWNNER APOLOGIZ FOR SERI' HANDLG OF GAY RELATNSHIP
- 'VOLTRON' SHIRO: STOP PREEMPTIVELY OUTG GAY CHARACTERS TO GENERATE BUZZ
NETFLIX’S VOLTRON: LEGENDARY DEFENR NFIRMS ONE OF S SUPERHERO IS GAY
A ma character Netflix’s Voltron: Legendary Defenr is gay, has been revealed. — SHIRO’S GAY @ packg hell (@rou_tan_tan) July 22, 2018.
Is classic rtoon mech Voltron gay? SHIRO IS GAY CONFIRMED AND HIS BOYFRIEND WAS ADAM!!
me, screamg and cryg already: SHIRO IS GAY!!!
NETFLIX JT REVEALED ONE OF THE MA CHARACTERS ON ‘VOLTRON’ IS GAY — AND FANS WENT WILD
Fellow Voltron voice actor Bex Taylor-Kls, who intifi as gay and genrfluid, shared her excement over the addn of a Voltron gay character. Are you exced by the Voltron gay reveal?
Voltron: Legendary Defenr wrer Joaquim Dos Santos has penned an emotnal open letter to fans who have been eply hurt by the show's pictn of s first two gay Netflix animatn had been ially wily praised when announced that the seventh season would acknowledge that Shiro (aka the Black Palad) is gay and a long-term relatnship wh a prevly-unseen character named boss said that they always tend for Shiro to be gay and waed for to play out on-screen bee the world of Voltron is one of where "acceptance and cln is part of everyday life". "We were credibly exced and proud when news broke (post SDCC) of Shiro beg revealed as a gay man.
VOLTRON SHOWNNER APOLOGIS TO FANS AFTER BACKLASH OVER TREATMENT OF GAY CHARACTER
"Dos Santos strsed that his wrers were aware of and keen to avoid the 'Bury Your Gays' trope TV and film wrg, but he unrstood why fans see Adam's ath as an example of that trope.
RELATED: Voltron Shownner Apologiz for Seri' Handlg of Gay Relatnship. The show ends wh them kissg at their weddg, a moment that off as a fairly weak attempt to pacify fans who lashed out at the "Bury Your Gays" trope Adam's mise embodied. Most people didn't know Shiro was gay the first place, rultg a revelatn that off feelg shed, as though the Voltron wrers never really valued LGBT reprentatn the first place.
VOLTRON SHOWNNER APOLOGIZ FOR SERI' HANDLG OF GAY RELATNSHIP
Keh: Gay, He/Him. Shiro: Gay, He/Him.
Coran: Gay, He/They. In an onle statement through Santos' Twter acunt, the executive producer explaed the ratnale behd how the Netflix seri portrayed Shiro's relatnship wh Adam and the tratn fans felt how the show's first nfirmed gay character was ultimately picted. We were credibly exced and proud when news broke (post SDCC) of Shiro beg revealed as a gay man.
We were aware of the "bury your gays" trope but hoped agast hope that our stggle to nfirm Shiro's orientatn would take center stage here.
'VOLTRON' SHIRO: STOP PREEMPTIVELY OUTG GAY CHARACTERS TO GENERATE BUZZ
RELATED: Voltron Creativ Confirm Key Character Is Gay.
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