From Wonr Woman to Northstar, here are some of the most groundbreakg LGBTQ characters and gay superhero Marvel and DC Comics non.
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MG THE SAD TALE OF SAN FRANCIS'S FIRST RELUCTANT OUT GAY HERO, OLIVER SIPPLE
After gay ex-Mare Oliver Wellgton "Billy" Sipple saved Print Ford om an assassatn attempt San Francis on September 22, 1975, he never got his due. * hero sf gay *
"The pocket-size magaze by, for and about homosexuals, " was found the Netherlands 2001 by Gert Jonkers and Jep van Beenekom. Though no longer makg new ntent prt or onle, the "famo pk perdil" mak sure you're 18 before enterg s webse -- which is jt as famoly featured photography and terviews wh renowned gay artists, such as German fashn signer Bernhard Willhelm, whose nu portras -- taken by Wolfgang Tillmans -- appeared the magaze's first issue May 2001. Sce then, BUTT has featured gay artists such as Casey Spooner, Michael Stipe, John Waters, Hez Peter Kn, Edmund Whe, Terence Koh, Walter Pfeiffer, and Slava 's athetic was memorable for the way sexualized men you'd fd on the street or subway; they had body hair, teeth that weren't perfect, even pnch.
GAY SUPERHERO
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Though short-lived, Outweek prented a bold, unapologetic voice that was unaaid to ll out Ameri's dismissive attu towards AIDS and homophobia. He teamed up wh fellow ACT UP member Kendall Morrison, who was lookg for an avenue to advertise for his gay phone sex bs. It's "GossipWatch" lumns railed agast closeted public figur like David Geffen, Mallm Forb, and Liz Smh for beg plic the silence surroundg AIDS and gay rights.
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When he joed Long Island's Newsday, Rotello beme the first openly gay lumnist for a major newspaper and now works as a documentary producer-director. Even though other LGBT magaz at the time knew that sex sells - and ed that to their advantage - HERO Magaze steered clear of pornography and other sexual s foundg 1997, HERO Magaze ma mov that were clive and progrsive, as was more acceptg of upl and men over 40 than other gay publitns at the time. It also ran the first tomotive lumn a natnal gay magaze and ma a hab of turng away advertisg om both tobac and adult pani.
The magaze was regnized for s efforts when beme the first gay magaze to be "highly remend" by Library Journal. XY, named for the batn of male chromosom, is a magaze that gradually beme more and more strongly aimed at gay youth, bee edors wnsed that kids beme g out as gay younger.
XY says that is "known bt for s origal photography, brazenly hont mentary on polics and culture, review of film, mic and lerature, rear ntributns, advice on survivg young and gay, and a rather dark sense of humor. " Michael Glatze - the man who clared he was no longer gay and took a sharp turn toward nservatism and Christiany while opposg gay rights - was a longtime managg edor before the publitn ially filed for bankptcy 2010. Men was a gay porn magaze that did more than jt gay porn.