Alexander the Great Being ‘Gay’ in Netflix Show Angers Conservatives

Conservatives are up in arms over Netflix’s depiction of Alexander The Great as a homosexual man in their new docuseries … regardless of a long-standing perception that the dude was positively bi.

The “End Wokeness” X account — broadly recognized in right-wing circles — took offense to ATG, performed by Buck Braithwaite, passionately kissing his pal/ potential lover Hephaestion early in the first episode of “Alexander: The Making of a God”.

The account wrote, “Netflix made a new documentary about Alexander The Great. Within the first 8 minutes, they turned him gay.”

Despite the indignation from the conservative-leaning account — to not point out from its followers — much more folks had been fast to level out … Alexander is broadly thought-about to have been one thing different than simply straight-up heterosexual, even by historians.

Worth noting … the legendary conqueror was additionally depicted as bisexual in the 2004 movie, “Alexander”, performed by Colin Farrell. So … this complete thought of him being bisexual ain’t new.

Funny sufficient, X even fact-checked the feedback themselves … underneath the preliminary put up, it was famous historic historians and students had broadly accepted Alexander was bisexual and believed to have had long-standing intimate relationships with each women and men.

It fell on deaf ears, although … the account doubled down on their outrage, writing: “It’s still unproven speculation and should definitely not be shoved into the first 8 minutes.”

The streamer dropped the 6-part docudrama on Jan 31 … unveiling ATG’s radical transformation of the conqueror from an exiled younger man to his obsession with defeating the mighty Persian Emperor Darius … which allowed him to overcome the recognized world in slightly below 6 years.

Interviews with historians and loads of dramatic reenactments convey the sequence to life … and naturally, there is a heavy concentrate on ATG’s sexual orientation.

Professor Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones of Cardiff University in Wales says in the first episode that same-sex relationships had been fairly the norm all through the Greek world and Dr. Salima Ikram of the American University of Cairo provides Hephaestion wasn’t simply Alexander’s cherished companion however maybe his “greatest love.”