<i>Astonishg X-Men</i> Creators Dish on Marvel's Historic Gay Weddg | HuffPost Voic

Contents:

• MARVEL COMICS HOSTS FIRST GAY WEDDG ‘ASTONISHG X-MEN’
• MARVEL MAK HISTORY WH ITS FIRST GAY WEDDG BETWEEN TWO SUPERHERO
• MARVEL ANNOUNC FIRST GAY CAPTA AMERI
• MARVEL JT SAID ‘I DO’ TO S FIRST-EVER GAY SUPERHERO WEDDG
• MARVEL COMICS HOSTS FIRST GAY WEDDG ASTONISHG X-MEN
• COMIC BOOKS TAKE A BIG LEAP FORWARD WH GAY WEDDG
• MARVEL MAK HISTORY WH ITS FIRST GAY WEDDG BETWEEN TWO SUPERHERO
• <I>ASTONISHG X-MEN</I> CREATORS DISH ON MARVEL'S HISTORIC GAY WEDDG

MARVEL COMICS HOSTS FIRST GAY WEDDG ‘ASTONISHG X-MEN’

Back 1992, Marvel Comics ma headl by revealg that Northstar, a Canadian superhero associated wh Alpha Flight and the X-Men, was gay. “When gay marriage beme legal New York State, raised obv qutns sce most of our hero ri New York State. Northstar is the first openly gay character ics and he’s been a longterm relatnship wh his partner Kyle so the big qutn was – how would this change his relatnship?, ” says Marvel Comics edor--chief Axel Alonso.

“Here are two people, tryg to live their liv – mutant and gay, black and gay – empowered their own ways, but also ge-dwellers, ” says Liu.

The tensns will rm Liu’s Astonishg X-Men stori gog forward, but Alonso says the uple will also have to nont homophobia om Northstar’s teammat.

MARVEL MAK HISTORY WH ITS FIRST GAY WEDDG BETWEEN TWO SUPERHERO

Although Northstar of the X-Men married his partner, Kyle Jadu, back 2012, Jadu is not a characters Midnighter and Apollo hold the distctn of beg the first gay uple to tie the knot the 29th and fal issue of The Authory, which was published shortly before the seri’ ncellatn 2002. Wicn and Hulklg were first troduced to the Marvel Universe as part of the Young Avengers seri 2005 and soon beme the first out gay teenagers the publisher’s history.

Aaron Fischer, a gay teenager, will be the first, the new limed seri, released scribed Fischer, who will be the “Capta Ameri of the Railways”, as “a fearls teen who stepped up to protect fellow naways and the unhoed”, wh his but timed to ci wh Pri Month the US. “As a transgenr person, I am happy to be able to prent an openly gay person who admir Capta Ameri and fights agast evil to help those who are almost visible to society, ” said Bazaldua. ”Marvel reportedly had a “No Gays the Marvel Universe” policy the 1980s and, the 1990s, placed an “Adults Only” label on any ics featurg proment LGBTQ+ characters rponse to nservative protts.

MARVEL ANNOUNC FIRST GAY CAPTA AMERI

The publisher’s first gay character, Northstar of the Canadian superhero team Alpha Flight, was planned as such by creator John Byrne 1979, but his sexualy was not revealed on the page until recent years, Marvel has moved to diversify s st of superhero.

And 2015, Iceman, one of the origal X-Men created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby back 1963, me out as gay. Related: ‘HSM’ Director Confirms Popular Character is Ined Gay. Longtime boyiends Wicn and Hulklg–two members of the Marvel Comics superhero team the Young Avengers–jt ma a breakthrough: they beme the first gay superhero uple to get married the history of the publishg label.

8 Northstar And His Human Hband Beme Marvel's First Gay Marriage. Marjorie Liu's Astonishg X-Men #51 is a landmark issue due to s weddg between Alpha Flight hero Northstar and Kyle, the first gay marriage on ic pag.

MARVEL JT SAID ‘I DO’ TO S FIRST-EVER GAY SUPERHERO WEDDG

The Rollg Stonpublicized the news as “Marvel Comics Hosts First Gay Weddg Astonishg X-men”. Northstar, Marvel’s first openly gay superhero, marri his longtime partner Kyle the panels of Astonishg X-men #51 June. Twenty years after his ntroversial beg of beg gay 1992, he is back aga the headl as he propos to his long iend Kyle Jadu Astonishg X-men #50.

“”When gay marriage beme legal New York State, raised obv qutns sce most of our hero ri New York State. Northstar is the first openly gay character ics and he’s been a longterm relatnship wh his partner Kyle so the big qutn was – how would this change his relatnship? The uple will have to nont homophobia among Nothstar’s teammat.

MARVEL COMICS HOSTS FIRST GAY WEDDG ASTONISHG X-MEN

In 1992 he was clared to be gay the pag of Alpha Flight # 106 and is nsired as Marvel Comics’ first openly gay character. The ic was so inic that was ducted the Gaylactic Hall of Fame.

Major Mapleleaf shared that his son died of AIDS and that “bee he was gay, he didn’t rate”. Northstar cid to reveal to the public that he was gay and hoped that as a Canadian hero that the public would be aware of HIV preventn.

COMIC BOOKS TAKE A BIG LEAP FORWARD WH GAY WEDDG

In that issue, Northstar me to nflict whthe homophobe Plie Provenzano who was also a mutant. Their dynamics, however, is different bee they are one of the few portrayals of gay upl superhero ics and where liv will be picted even after marriage. It should also be noted that they are not the first gay uple that is married ics.

In an article by Matt Moore , the news is tled as “Marvel Comics Gay Weddg: Marvel Plans Weddg for Gay Hero Northstar”. She further discsed “Gay-related Immunoficiency” relatn to the time when Northstar first clared himself as gay. Marvel Comics' Northstar may not be faiar to the sual ic book rear, but for many gay fans he's as well-known as Spir-Man, Thor, and Capta appearg Unnny X-Men #120 as a member of the Canadian super-team Alpha Flight, Northstar might have remaed a relatively obscure character were not for utterg the words "I am gay" 1992's Alpha Flight #106.

That claratn earned Northstar, aka Jean-Pl Bebier, a place history as the first out superhero mastream ics and paved the way for the dtry's growg number of current LGBT, 20 years after super-speedg out of the closet, Northstar will make history once more when he tak a trip down the aisle wh his boyiend Kyle on Wednday Astonishg X-Men#51 -- officially makg him the first gay superhero to put a rg on mastream ics. "I feel timidated any time I start wrg a new story, " she said, "but this was a special suatn given that gay marriage, whatever your view, is an issue that affects a huge number of people the Uned Stat and elsewhere.

MARVEL MAK HISTORY WH ITS FIRST GAY WEDDG BETWEEN TWO SUPERHERO

We see gays and lbians on televisn all the time, but televisn has e out of the closet ways that ics haven't and that's a shame bee ics ed to be the ont-le of diversy.

" Ketchum adms he has a soft-spot for Marvel's first gay mutant and hop the weddg will elevate Northstar's profile enough to warrant a solo seri. "While a Northstar solo seri would be another dtry first, (to date, no mastream ic book publisher has produced an ongog monthly ic featurg the solo adventur of a gay male character), Ketchum promis plenty of adventur awa Northstar and Kyle the pag of Astonishg X-Men.

Specifilly, 's the weddg bells of Marvel's first gay marriage between longtime X-Man Northstar and his civilian boyiend, Kyle. The ic dtry's number-one publisher has always reflected Ameri's cultural and polil velopments, and wh Print Obama's recent public support of gay marriage, an official marriage uldn't have e at a better time. Jean-Pl Bebier, this jt the latt velopment his posn as Marvel's premiere gay superhero.

<I>ASTONISHG X-MEN</I> CREATORS DISH ON MARVEL'S HISTORIC GAY WEDDG

The character also adopted a baby wh AIDS, mentored a gay mutant named Anole, and even wrote a book about his experience as a gay mutant, tled Born Normal; 's hard to image how this guy ma time for fightg, the creative mds behd the weddg of the -- Axel Alonso, Edor--Chief of Marvel Comics; Jeane Schaffer and Daniel Ketchum, Astonishg X-Men's -edors; Marjorie Liu, wrer of Astonishg X-Men; and Mike Perks, penciller of Astonishg X-Men -- dish on why they're hostg the weddg now, the divisive reactn wh the Marvel Universe, and the endls storytellg possibili that this latt evolutn holds. Alex Alonso: When gay marriage beme legal New York State, raised a qutn, sce most of our hero ri that state: How would Northstar, the first openly gay character ics, rpond to this new velopment?

Whereas foistg this story upon another character would have been a forced step their progrsn, we've been buildg toward this exact place wh the two for about a year now, sce gay marriage was legalized New York State, makg a natural velopment. And, lookg ahead, the marriage of two gay characters opens a number of avenu for future stori, and Northstar and Kyle are the characters bt sued to explore every proment same-sex uple ics has been between two members of the superhero muny, but your first gay marriage is between a superhero and a civilian. Alonso: Recent events North Carola and Print Obama's statement of support for gay marriage unrsre that this is a topil -- and ntroversial -- issue.