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It’s Identity festival Month! This means celebrating with Celebration events and enjoying LGBTQ+ television, games, books. Star Wars, in recent years, has finally started including LGBTQ+ characters, writers and directors into the franchise. For a drawn-out time, they were not showing these characters in the movies, with audiences having to remain all the way until 2019 just to see a background kiss between two female characters at the cease of The Grow of Skywalker.

Despite the movies lacking in representation, there has been a colossal expansion of Queer characters appearing in novels, comics and the shows on Disney+. With Celebration Month being more important than ever in the current global climate, I thought what improved way to observe than by exploring these characters in a galaxy far, far away!

**LGBTQ+ voice in Star Wars movies and shows so far…**

As mentioned, the only Queer rep we acquire to see in a Star Wars film to outing is the embrace between two women at the close of The Go up of Skywalker, in a blink and you miss it moment. This has caused some controversy from fans about the lack of anything major in the films, especially with prominent chara

Why That ‘Star Wars’ Kiss Is a Step Back for LGBTQ Representation

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[This story contains spoilers for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker]

Once again Disney has attempted to represent the LGBTQ community with a quick blink-and-you-miss-it moment. This time the culprit is Star Wars: The Grow of Skywalker.

In the last few minutes of The Increase of Skywalker, the Resistance returns after defeating the Concluding Order. The victors rush around looking for friends and loved ones who survived the battle. As the camera quickly pans over the crowd, audiences (if they are looking closely enough) will see two women Resistance fighters share a touch before the camera quickly moves away. Poe’s (Oscar Isaac) longing look at Zorii Bliss (Keri Russell) lasted longer. It’s also important to note that neither of the women were characters with substantial plotlines or backstories.

While the moment is technically history-making, is it on the right side of history?

Director J.J. Abrams teased the moment prior to the film’s let go as representation for the LGBTQ society. “In the case of the LGBTQ community, it was important to me that

LGBTQ+ Characters

Our identity is the most personal thing we own. We carry it around everywhere we leave. It’s what we utilize to cast our highlight on the world. It’s how our family and friends perceive us. If we don’t know who we are, or if we’re not confident in who we are, then how can we possibly live to the fullest? Acceptance of who we are, whether it be from ourselves or those around us, is key to making a unforgettable impact on the universe.

No matter who you are or who you elect to be, you justify to be seen. You deserve to be heard. You deserve acceptance. You are not alone.

We’ll speak it now and we’ll say it until the end of time:

REPRESENTATION MATTERS.

The LGBTQ+ community gains more recognition with each passing day because there are those who will rise up in the designate of equality. You will find supporters throughout all of Youtini and even among the roster of Star Wars authors such as E.K. Johnston, Delilah S. Dawson, Sarah Kuhn, and countless others. These authors acknowledge these delightful traits and create characters to represent fans who identify with them.

Some of the most courageous and daring characters in Luminary Wars literature express various sexualities.

The Best LGBTQ+ Characters In Star Wars

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Star Wars still needs improvement in LGBTQ+ representation in live-action, but books, games, and comics showcase exceptional characters.
Characters like Sabé, Kantam Sy, and Terec/Ceret demonstrate diverse LGBTQ+ visibility in the Jedi Instruct across various media.
Lando, Rae Sloane, and Varko Grey bring crucial LGBTQ+ representation into the Star Wars saga, expanding on their identities and relationships.

LGBTQ+ representation has a rocky past with Star Wars, and still has a long way to go, especially in the live-action department. Hopefully, future shows and films will follow Andor's example and be even bolder in bringing more inclusivity to the screen. Nonetheless, there are still many LGBTQ+ characters across the books, video games, and animated series that are truly exceptional.

8 Top Queer-Coded Video Game Characters

Queer coding has extended been used to hint that a character is LGBTQ+ without explicitly saying so. These video game characters definitely fit that bill.

Here we'll steer obvious of Star Wars characters whose LGBTQ+ status is still uncertain and remains largely up for debate

Star Wars Has Always Been a Little Gay. It Just Needs to Approach Out of the Closet.

The Star Wars is space vast—encompassing 42 years of movies, TV shows, comics, books, toys, video games, and so much more. These stories are only limited by the imagination—the tales of magical beings, of aliens of all types, of distant worlds, languages, and relationships. But, in four decades, the franchise has never managed to depict a solo queer romance on screen. And though it's extended overdue, that might be about to change.

In an interview with Variety this week about the upcoming The Rise of Skywalker, writer and director J.J. Abrams suggested that the decades-spanning franchise's omission of gay characters could be coming to an conclude, saying, “In the case of the LGBTQ society, it was important to me that people who go to see this movie feel that they’re being represented in the film.”