The last few s have seen tremendo advanc gay visibily media. Not only are gay characters a much more mon sight, but they’re also much more…
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- 20 INIC GAY & LGBT ANIME CHARACTERS: THE ULTIMATE LIST
- THE ROCK PLAYED A GAY CHARACTER DPE BEG TOLD IT WOULD ‘RU’ HIS CAREER FOR GOOD
20 INIC GAY & LGBT ANIME CHARACTERS: THE ULTIMATE LIST
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June is Natnal LGBT Pri Month, pl gay marriage was ma legal the Uned Stat last week, so we are celebratg by listg off our favore LGBT characters om movi, televisn, ics, and vio gam.
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THE ROCK PLAYED A GAY CHARACTER DPE BEG TOLD IT WOULD ‘RU’ HIS CAREER FOR GOOD
"When Shego and Kim fought the <i>Kim Possible</i> movi, somethg stirred ep si me... and that was gayns." * cool gay characters *
Rowlg never explicly said that Dumbledore was gay the books, she implied by scribg a ep relatnship wh the dark wizard Gellert Grlwald and then later nfirmed durg a fan Q&A. A landmark moment for LGBT nerdom me when Northstar me out of the closet 1992, pavg the way for gay characters to actually acknowledge their sexualy stead of only ht at . Although we have to cut him some slack -- mutants are hated and feared as is, but he has to al wh prejudice agast gay people on top of that.
Dwayne Johnson was urged by some "fluential people" not to take a gay role when he was startg out as an actor. He told those people to "f*** off." * cool gay characters *
But there mt be some charm to the guy; his longtime boyiend Kyle Jadu married him 2012, settg yet another landmark wh the first-ever gay weddg a Marvel ic. In the fal shot of the seri, their love for one another was ma clear, creatg the first homosexual uple a wtern children’s rtoon seri -- one that ma #Korrasami tch like wildfire on social media. But as half of one of TV’s first lbian upl, the bt thg about Willow was jt how normal her relatnship wh Tara om the highly arched portrayals of gay people on TV, Joss Whedon and the show’s wrers offered viewers an example that never wked at the dience or played on stereotyp.
While was never explicly stated, there were obv clu that their relatnship was eper than jt beg an terview after the show end, Xena actrs Lucy Lawls said that her character was “fely” gay, even though none of the show wrers have nfirmed that. Leadg characters the team-up ic The Authory, the pair never had to hi their feelgs or e out of the closet -- they were always openly gay and did thgs that were illegal the U. At the time their ic was published, like gettg married and adoptg a ’re not together anymore the New 52, but ’s not so bad given that Midnighter now has his own seri and we n tell people how good the “gay Batman” book is.
The rt of the seri went on to explore LGBTQ+ issu and was one of the first TV shows at the time to center on a gay character. Kurt Hummel, played by openly gay actor Chris Colfer, has been a beloved LGBTQ+ character sce Glee premiered 2009.