Y and Negasonic Teenage Warhead are the first openly gay superhero cema. But Deadpool 2's simply taken a small first step.
Contents:
- 'DEADPOOL 2' IS THE GAYT SUPERHERO MOVIE YET. THAT'S NOT SAYG MUCH.
- GLAAD CHAMPNS DEADPOOL 2'S GAY SUPERHERO ROMANCE
- ‘DEADPOOL 2’ SHOULD HAVE BEEN A WHOLE LOT GAYER
'DEADPOOL 2' IS THE GAYT SUPERHERO MOVIE YET. THAT'S NOT SAYG MUCH.
The openly gay choreographer has bee a viral sensatn for his YouTube vios which he and other men fiercely dance to the diva disgraphy of Beyoncé, Rihanna, and fellow ins — heels no ls. ) Deadpool 2 checks off two box: “The film ntas a character that is intifiably lbian, gay, bisexual, and/or transgenr” and “That character mt not be solely or predomantly fed by their sexual orientatn or genr inty. ” Apparently, gay characters are already the MCU, acrdg to Guardians of the Galaxy director Jam Gunn.
Wh Disney’s live-actn Bety and the Beast, Rsia threatened to pull the film om theaters bee media had reported Josh Gad’s LeFou would e out as gay. The first explicly gay superhero Marvel Comics was North Star, a mutant and X-Men off-shoot om Alpha Flight #7 2011.
GLAAD CHAMPNS DEADPOOL 2'S GAY SUPERHERO ROMANCE
Sce then, one of the origal X-Men, Iceman/Bobby Drake, was revealed to be gay last year’s Iceman seri.
The scene was subversive to the mastream, and enarg to many young and alienated LGBTQ geeks, bee was an obv metaphor for gay pri—and the poison of homophobia—durg the height of the Bh Years when gay bashg and homophobia went very mastream.
Bh would n a succsful reelectn mpaign that, among other thgs, falsely promised to create a nstutnal amendment banng gay marriage. While CW’s superhero televisn shows have actually been rryg the flag recent years by makg a number of ma characters gay, lbian, and bi on Legends of Tomorrow, The Flash, Arrow, and Supergirl, those seri are still targeted to a relatively small, young, and socially liberal (read: likemd) dience the U.
‘DEADPOOL 2’ SHOULD HAVE BEEN A WHOLE LOT GAYER
But Cha, and s ernment’s censors, are notorly behd on gay rights.
Gay relatnships were a punishable offense until 1997 the People’s Republic, and those who participated them were still rerd as sufferg om a “mental disorr” until 2001.