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DID DC COMICS ‘MAKE SUPERMAN GAY’?
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IS DC REALLY MAKG SUPERMAN GAY?
Hollywood is tryg to make Superman gay and he is not. As the Gay and Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn has explaed:For example, referrg to two married women as a “lbian uple” whout nsirg that one or both women intifi as bi. Consirg a bisexual person eher gay or straight pendg on the sex of the person’s partner, or llg bisexuals “alli” to the LGBT muny, are also forms of bi erasure.
Bisexual erasure plays a cril role rcg the muny’s visibily, and turn rcg accs to the rourc and support opportuni bisexual people so sperately Amerin Instute of Bisexualy has also argued that the practice is relatively recent:It was only when “homosexual” and “gay” beme mon labels morn society that the parative absence of “bisexual” and “bi” om polil disurse beme apparent.