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How ‘Game of Thrones’ Brought the Frightening Reality of the Gay Rights Fight to Westeros

By providing your information, you agree to our Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy. We use vendors that may also process your information to help provide our services. LGBT rights have become the civil rights fight of this century. The Supreme Court is currently hearing the case for and against individual states banning same-sex marriage, and a decision on the constitutionality of such is expected within the next month.

How, then, does this all tie together? And why mention all this at all if the critique is purely focusing on the LGBT aspect? Granted, it is because it all seamlessly integrates into the world, all themes are maturely handled and naturally fit in this fantasy both realistically and somewhat stylistically but never to a degree that would break the immersion.

We can still hope to see some queer characters move centre screen. Edition: Europe. Stephen M Hornby , University of Salford. Link copied. At a recent fan convention, Martin identified some specific queer icons of the past, citing Alexander the Great, Richard the Lionheart, and Edward II and saying: If indeed those men were gay it had a significant effect upon history and it has a somewhat significant effect on the events in my book … I wanted to include the full range of humanity, including the full range of sexual preferences and sex is an important part of the books.