But this reveal was something that almost didn’t make it into the show at all.įrom the season premiere, we learn that Shiro (below) left his fiancé, Adam, on Earth before taking off into space with the other Voltron paladins. The decision to include this reveal within the seventh season was meaningful for many reasons but was particularly anticipated by a notable portion of the fandom who had been advocating for more queer representation on the show. What promised to be an important moment for queer representation ultimately came down to a case of queerbaiting.ĭuring SDCC, the panel confirmed that Shiro-one of the Voltron paladins (or warrior-pilots)-is a gay man. But when the new season premiered on August 10, fans were disappointed. At this year’s San Diego Comic-Con in July, the executive producers of the Netflix show Voltron: Legendary Defender, confirmed that one of the main characters is gay, and that fans would see him with his fiancé on screen together in the show’s seventh season.