Is Rob (Tim Drake) Gay or Bisexual? - The Comic Book Dispatch
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IS ROB (TIM DRAKE) GAY OR BISEXUAL?
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The list of superhero accintally or liberately d as queer who have never nonilly been brought out of the closet bee of homophobia is long and prsg. But wa, I n hear the ments already: So now Tim is jt The Rob Who Is Gay? Tim Drake’s story speaks to what advot for diversy n fet and homophob would rather ignore: There are legimate reasons to give a long-standg straight character a g-out story beyond “more diversy is more.