Hunger Games’ Hunter Schafer on whether Panem is more or less LGBTQ-friendly than the world we live in today

Hunter Schafer as Tigris in The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (Image: Provided)

Hunter Schafer has discussed the LGBTQ-friendliness of Panem in her new film The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes.

The movie takes place in a post-apocalyptic version of America of the future, where 12 children from 12 impoverished districts are selected by citizens of the wealthy Capitol to fight to the death in a televised event.

The state of play for LGBTQ citizens is not explored in the film. However, speaking to Attitude, Euphoria star Hunter surmised that the situation for queer people in Panem is probably the same as for those living in America in 2023.

“The capital is like one of the metropolitan cities where being gay

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