A new trailer nfirmed that Eternals will feature Phastos, a gay character played by Brian Tyree Henry, who's married wh a kid. Never heard of him? You're not alone.
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- 15 OPENLY GAY MARVEL CHARACTERS THAT MIGHT BE COMG TO THE MCU
- 5 THGS TO KNOW ABOUT THE MCU'S FIRST OPENLY GAY SUPER-POWERED CHARACTER
- 5 THGS TO KNOW ABOUT THE MCU'S FIRST OPENLY GAY SUPER-POWERED CHARACTER
15 OPENLY GAY MARVEL CHARACTERS THAT MIGHT BE COMG TO THE MCU
From Iceman to Hulklg and Moondragon, Marvel boasts a whole array of openly gay characters who would be smash-hs the MCU. * marvel lgbt characters *
The Marvel Cematic Universe (MCU) was fairly slow troducg LGBTQ+ characters —though seeg as even the most chaste reprentatns of queer love get the films banned some untri, you n see why they would be Strange and The Multiverse of Madns actually breaks the rerd for the most lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and/or queer characters an MCU property wh three.
However, seeg as two of them do not talk, and one never mentns their sexualy out loud, clearly there is still some work to be done when to LGBTQ+ MCU is of urse fairly sexls general, but any mentns of queer sexuali have tend to be very brief, the better to allow Disney to easily cut out the scen more homophobic markets. "Grievg man"Avengers: Endgame ma the mistake of tmpetg that had the MCU's first gay character before the film me out.
5 THGS TO KNOW ABOUT THE MCU'S FIRST OPENLY GAY SUPER-POWERED CHARACTER
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Phastos is also the anchise's first out gay superhero, and the pair share the anchise's first gay kiss (and one of the few kiss general the MCU) his partner Ben do not get much screen time, his stg mak a bold statement.
Actor Haaz Sleiman is an out gay man himself, and was born the Uned Arab Emirat. K is gay.
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5 THGS TO KNOW ABOUT THE MCU'S FIRST OPENLY GAY SUPER-POWERED CHARACTER
From Wonr Woman to Northstar, here are some of the most groundbreakg LGBTQ characters and gay superhero Marvel and DC Comics non. * marvel lgbt characters *
Jam Gunn, who directed the Guardians of the Galaxy films, elud to gay characters wh the MCU the past. “You know, somebody asked me will there be any gay characters Marvel movi, and what I meant was there’s a lot of characters the MCU and very few of them have we lved to what their sexuali are — whether ’s gay or straight or bisexual, ” Gunn said.
"So, I image there are probably gay characters the Marvel Universe, you know. Avengers: Endgame gave the first openly gay character the Marvel Cematic Universe, but left a lot of fans (who have spent the last wag to see a gay superhero jo the Avengers) pretty unrwhelmed.
Here's a selectn of openly gay Marvel characters who serve their time to she the MCU. While many fans hope that Marvel Studs ntu to diversify the superhero they brg to live-actn, Eternals recently took a signifint step forward by prentg Phastos as part of the first openly gay superhero uple the MCU.