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First Gay Character Joins Mortal Kombat

Looks like the 22-year-old franchise has its first homosexual character.

According to Gay Star News , the new playable character for the recently released Mortal Kombat X is King Jin and it seems clear that he's gay.

This is based on a piece of video evidence, and was later confirmed by cinematic director Dominic Cianciolo on Twitter . The first clue can be seen in the cut-scene shows below, where the dialogue appears to make King Jin's orientation plain. At one point, King Jin refuses to train in Shao Lin and Raiden responds, "They care only about what is in your heart. Not whom your heart desires."

Cianciolo later Tweeted: