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THE RUNAWAYS’ VIRGIA GARDNER IS BREAKG SUPERHERO TABOOS AS MARVEL’S FIRST GAY CHARACTER
Michael Dmond/HuluOn the one hand, 's huge to see a Marvel property explore gay marriage any pacy. Michael Dmond/HuluAs GLAAD (Gay & Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn) poted out their annual report last year, " "It is beg creasgly more difficult to ignore that LGBTQ people rema almost pletely shut out of Hollywood's big budget ic book films that have domated the box office over the past several years. But beneath her sunny exterr, Karola, who is one of the first openly gay Marvel characters, grappl wh her inty—and Gardner unrstands the dissonance between appearanc and realy.
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“She’s always felt this way about Ni, even before she would put a label on if she was gay or not. On TV, the bisexual Whe Canary (Cay Lotz) and gay Alex Danvers (Chyler Leigh) and Mr. Stray mentns of a seldom-seen gay Unn Jack, or police officer Maggie Sawyer, or Dty and Mystique’s obv (but not explicly stated) relatnship, or the still ntroversial Extraño–there weren’t many characters to choose om, and all of them were seldom-seen supportg players.