Anthony “Gay Tony” Prince in Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony

“Gay Tony” is a character referred to in Grand Theft Auto IV, but who a primary character in The Ballad of Gay Tony. He is not the player-character, however, that role belongs to Luis Fernando Lopez  who works for Tony. As Tony’s nickname suggests he is openly gay, he is also an on-again-off-again drug addict and the owner of several (failing) nightclubs. The main plot of the game focuses on Luis trying to help Tony get out of debt and appease the various parties trying to kill him. A video with all missions in the game is available here and a trailer for the game appears below.

LGBTQ references in this game series:

Grand Theft Auto (1997): El Burro

Grand Theft Auto II (1999): Tetsuo

Grand Theft Auto: London 1961 (1999): Pretty Charlie

Grand Theft Auto III (2001): Gay Pedestrian; LGBTQ References

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2002): The Psycho; LGBTQ References

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004): LGBTQ References; LGB Characters; Queens; OG Loc Mission

Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories (2005): Kazuki Kasen; LGBTQ References

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories (2006): Reni Wassulmaier; LGBTQ References

Grand Theft Auto IV (2008): Brucie Kibbutz; Tom “French Tom” Rivas; Bernie Crane/Florian Cravic; Bryce Dawkins; LGB Love-meet.net users; Elizabeta Torres; Talbot Daniels; Marcus; The Hater; Eddie Low;  Unnamed Homosexual NPCs; LGBT NPCs in LCPD Database; LGBT Media Personalities; LGBTQ References 

Grand Theft Auto: The Lost and Damned (2009): Trans Man

Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony (2010): Anthony “Gay Tony” Prince; Clay “Pain Giver” Jackson; Jacob; The Celebinator; Evan Moss; LGBTQ References

Grand Theft Auto V (2013): Trevor Philips; Peter Dreyfuss; Transgender Sex Workers; Locations; LGBTQ References

Citations:

  1. GamersName. (2014, November 4). GTA 4: The Ballad of Gay Tony- All Missions Walkthrough. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bInmy0odM1Y
  2. Gay Tony. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.grandtheftwiki.com/Gay_Tony
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  4. Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Theft_Auto:_The_Ballad_of_Gay_Tony
  5. List of Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony character. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Grand_Theft_Auto:_The_Ballad_of_Gay_Tony_characters
  6. Machinima. (2009, September 1). Grand Theft Auto IV: Ballad of Gay Tony Debut Trailer. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dg8jzTQUgkc
  7. Medina, J.J. (2014, April 9). LGBT Characters in Video Games. InQueery. http://pacificcenter.org/lgbt-characters-in-video-games