Batman is Pretty Gay: Queer Reprentatn Comics & The Dark Knight - Philalphia Weekly

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On the CW seri, Batwoman is open about beg a lbian. However, fans of the show are cur if the character is gay the ic books.

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BATMAN N'T E OUT AS GAY – HIS CHARACTER RELI ON HIM BEG NIAL

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Of urse, radil gayns and all associated fabulons are nothg new for the Bat-verse. Carmel always kept his personal life que private, as he stggled wh mental illns and, acrdg to close iends, was also gay.

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BATMAN IS PRETTY GAY: QUEER REPRENTATN COMICS & THE DARK KNIGHT

Roddy never really hid his sexualy–he was known for his beach parti chock full of gay celebs, along wh gay ins such as Julie Andrews, Judy Garland, and Natalie Wood attendance.

If someone is a gay in and the nstant source of queer romance mors, do she serve a spot here? Former Batman ic wrer Grant Morrison even told Playboy magaze that “gayns is built to Batman.”. DC Comics' announcement that a high-profile superhero is about to e out – a rponse to Marvel's "gay weddg" story – has stirred up a lot of gossip, wh one name repeatedly put forward, and regularly dismissed.

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Batman, gay? I don't thk Batman will e out; bee everyone already knows he's gay. " The hero disperse, and life go on exactly as did Batman gay?

But gayns – om high mp to tense homoeroticism – is an important aspect of that readg is nothg new. In the 50s, the accatns that Bce and Dick "Rob" Grayson reprented "a wish-dream of two homosexuals livg together" went to a Senate submtee hearg, and the ic-book edors rpond by brgg Batgirl and Batwoman, double-dat for the dynamic duo. If he me out as gay, he wouldn't be the moody, difficult figure we've grown to love; and ironilly, by clarg himself as happily gay, Batman – as a cultural in – would actually be ls fascatg, ls plex, ls queer.

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