Is zangief gay

In today's video, we talk about Zangief from Street Fighter and how he has been represented in Japan. Exhibit B is in the Japanese i. Zangief Street Fighter Without doubt the most speculative entry on this list, Zangief's sexuality has long been the topic of debate among Street Fighter fans.

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The photo has the words Baka: stupid and Puu: unemployed and painted whiskers on his face as if mocking him. Capcom has neither confirmed nor denied the suggestions, possibly in order not to alienate its audiences either way. Stop using the Super Street Fighter II Turbo endinh with Vega on it as “evidence” Zangief is gay.

Capcom has generally avoided making statements about the sexual preferences of its characters, but there are hints that the macho, burly wrestler Zangief - the epitome of macho masculinity in the 90s - may be gay. This is hinted at it through small passages of text throughout the series.

Zangief's profile, for example, states that he dislikes "beautiful young women", which could mean that he simply prefers older, uglier ones of course, or that men are more his thing. #streetfighter #zangief #streetfighter6 Support my show.

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Finally, there is the picture of Zangief flexing his guns in the mirror while looking at a picture of androgynous pretty-boy Vega. It's quite possible that because all these gay hints were conceived in the 90s, Capcom maybe treated them as mere 'gay jokes', not anticipating the rise of the internet and the subsequent fact that Zangief's sexuality would become so much of a talking point in the Street Fighter online community.

Zangief (Street Fighter) Without doubt the most speculative entry on this list, Zangief's sexuality has long been the topic of debate among Street Fighter fans.