Marvel’s Gay Superhero: The MCU’s LGBTQ Promis and Problems – IndieWire

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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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5 THGS TO KNOW ABOUT THE MCU'S FIRST OPENLY GAY SUPER-POWERED CHARACTER

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Jam Gunn, who directed the Guardians of the Galaxy films, elud to gay characters wh the MCU the past.

15 OPENLY GAY MARVEL CHARACTERS THAT MIGHT BE COMG TO THE MCU

“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. He's not the first queer MCU character; he's the first out, super-powered MCU character In 2019's Avengers: Endgame, -director Joe Rso played an unnamed gay man a brief scene at a support group.

"AVENGERS: ENDGAME" FEATUR MARVEL STUDS' FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTER IN A SMALL ROLE

Pl, there's sr of background players var crowd scen that have pged my personal gaydar. 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.

A GAY SUPERHERO WOULD FALLY GIVE LGBTQ KIDS THE REPRENTATN THEY NEED — SO WHY ARE WE STILL WAG?

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.

Iceman had been fightg alongsi the X-Men the ics for s before he stunned dienc by g out as gay, but fans quickly accepted his sexualy. Wh Marvel Studs hopg to fix the X-Men film anchise after acquirg om Fox, this uld be a good ll for the MCU’s first gay character. Viv’s sexualy hasn’t been nfirmed the ics, but she's kissed Ironheart and was strongly suggted that she’s eher gay or asexual when she said, “an attractn to boys is nowhere wh me.

WH AVENGERS: ENDGAME, GAY PEOPLE FALLY EXIST THE MCU

” The MCU uld easily portray the character as gay.

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