Eternals is the first film the Marvel Cematic Universe to feature an openly gay superhero. It might sound like a faiar rea to fans of the anchise, who've been burnt by the pany's promise of LGBTQ reprentatn before. CBC News speaks wh experts and fans about the ongog bate.
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- WHO CARES ABOUT THE DEATH OF A GAY SUPERHERO ANYWAY?
- PERRY MOORE ASKS, "WHO R ABOUT THE ATH OF A GAY SUPERHERO ANYWAY?"{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}NEWSBY LYLE MASAKISEPTEMBER 12, 2007/2:41 PMBY LYLE MASAKISEPTEMBER 12, 2007 / 2:41 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"PERRY MOORE ASKS, \"WHO R ABOUT THE ATH OF A GAY SUPERHERO ANYWAY?\"","DATEPUBLISHED":"2007-09-12T18:41:17.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2007-09-12T18:41:17.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"LYLE MASAKI","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"NEWS"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN 1999, THE WOMEN REIGERATORS LIST (ALSO KNOWN AS "WIR") SPURRED DISCSN SUPERHERO IC FANDOM ABOUT THE TREATMENT OF FEMALE CHARACTERS. ASSEMBLED BY A GROUP OF FANS THAT CLUD GAIL SIMONE — WHO'D LATER GO ON TO WRE SUPERHERO ICS HERSELF — THE LIST DREW REACTNS OM SUPERHERO WRERS AND ARTISTS AND HAD A LASTG EFFECT ON REARS. THE TERM "WOMEN REIGERATORS" HAS TAKEN MEANG OUTSI OF ICS AS WELL, LIKE WHEN TELEVISN WHOUT PY EDORS ED THE TERM TO CRICIZE ONE SEASON OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PERRY MOORE, THE THOR OF HERO, TAK A SIAR LOOK AT THE TREATMENT OF GAY CHARACTERS SUPERHERO ICS WH "WHO R ABOUT THE ATH OF A GAY SUPERHERO ANYWAY?", A LIST OF OVER 70 LBIAN AND GAY CHARACTERS THAT WAS SPIRED BY THE 2005 ATH OF NORTHSTAR. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MOORE NOT, "Y, BAD THGS DO HAPPEN TO ALL PEOPLE, GAY PEOPLE CLUD. BUT ARE THERE POSIVE REPRENTATNS OF GAY CHARACTERS TO UNTERBALANCE THE NEGATIVE ON? WHO R ABOUT THE ATH OF A GAY SUPERHERO ANYWAY?"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MOORE ALSO TAK A "BY THE NUMBERS" APPROACH TO GAY CHARACTERS SUPERHERO ICS. HERE ARE A FEW HIGHLIGHTS:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}65 THE NUMBER OF “ULTIMATE X-MEN” ISSU TOOK FOR THE HERO COLOSS FALLY TO E OUT OF THE CLOSET, TH ALIENATG TEAMMATE NIGHTCRAWLER. AG 4-10 THE AGE-RRELATED SIZ WHICH WOLVERE DELUXE CHILD COSTUME IS AVAILABLE FOR CHILDREN FOR HALLOWEEN. AVAILABLE WH MCLE TORSO, JUMPSU, BOOTS, MASK, AND PAIR OF CLAWS. NORTHSTAR STUME NOT AVAILABLE FOR IMPALG. ZERO. NUMBER OF STRAIGHT X-MEN THAT THE MOST POPULAR X-MAN, WOLVERE, HAS KILLED. ONE. NUMBER OF GAY X-MEN THAT THE MOST POPULAR X-MAN, WOLVERE, HAS KILLED: ZERO. NUMBER OF BOYIENDS NORTHSTAR HAS HAD SCE HIS G OUT 1992. TWO. NUMBER OF TIM APOLLO HAS BEEN THE VICTIM OF MALE BONDAGE AND RAPE. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DO YOU FEEL ACCEPTED BY THE MAJOR PUBLISHERS AS A PART OF THE SUPERHERO DIENCE? DO YOU WATCH FOR Z-LIST CHARACTERS WHO ARE GAY OR FD HTS AT MOR CHARACTERS' ORIENTATN? WHEN YOU SEE A POSIVE VELOPMENT, DO YOU WORRY THAT WILL BE UNDONE?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
- YET ANOTHER FIRST GAY SUPERHERO
- JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU
- GAY SUPERHERO
WHO CARES ABOUT THE DEATH OF A GAY SUPERHERO ANYWAY?
I personally do, but apparently the wrers of ics don't. WHO CARES ABOUT THE DEATH OF A GAY SUPERHERO ANYWAY? BY Perry Moore Brgs tertg po * gay superhero death *
Actor Haaz Sleiman, who me out as gay 2017, plays character Ben “Eternals” who is the hband of superhero Phastos. “Eternals” also hosts the most diverse lp of any Marvel movie, cludg not only a first openly gay fay, but actors of many different ethnic backgrounds and the first af superhero.
PERRY MOORE ASKS, "WHO R ABOUT THE ATH OF A GAY SUPERHERO ANYWAY?"{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}NEWSBY LYLE MASAKISEPTEMBER 12, 2007/2:41 PMBY LYLE MASAKISEPTEMBER 12, 2007 / 2:41 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"PERRY MOORE ASKS, \"WHO R ABOUT THE ATH OF A GAY SUPERHERO ANYWAY?\"","DATEPUBLISHED":"2007-09-12T18:41:17.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2007-09-12T18:41:17.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"LYLE MASAKI","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"NEWS"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN 1999, THE WOMEN REIGERATORS LIST (ALSO KNOWN AS "WIR") SPURRED DISCSN SUPERHERO IC FANDOM ABOUT THE TREATMENT OF FEMALE CHARACTERS. ASSEMBLED BY A GROUP OF FANS THAT CLUD GAIL SIMONE — WHO'D LATER GO ON TO WRE SUPERHERO ICS HERSELF — THE LIST DREW REACTNS OM SUPERHERO WRERS AND ARTISTS AND HAD A LASTG EFFECT ON REARS. THE TERM "WOMEN REIGERATORS" HAS TAKEN MEANG OUTSI OF ICS AS WELL, LIKE WHEN TELEVISN WHOUT PY EDORS ED THE TERM TO CRICIZE ONE SEASON OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PERRY MOORE, THE THOR OF HERO, TAK A SIAR LOOK AT THE TREATMENT OF GAY CHARACTERS SUPERHERO ICS WH "WHO R ABOUT THE ATH OF A GAY SUPERHERO ANYWAY?", A LIST OF OVER 70 LBIAN AND GAY CHARACTERS THAT WAS SPIRED BY THE 2005 ATH OF NORTHSTAR. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MOORE NOT, "Y, BAD THGS DO HAPPEN TO ALL PEOPLE, GAY PEOPLE CLUD. BUT ARE THERE POSIVE REPRENTATNS OF GAY CHARACTERS TO UNTERBALANCE THE NEGATIVE ON? WHO R ABOUT THE ATH OF A GAY SUPERHERO ANYWAY?"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MOORE ALSO TAK A "BY THE NUMBERS" APPROACH TO GAY CHARACTERS SUPERHERO ICS. HERE ARE A FEW HIGHLIGHTS:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}65 THE NUMBER OF “ULTIMATE X-MEN” ISSU TOOK FOR THE HERO COLOSS FALLY TO E OUT OF THE CLOSET, TH ALIENATG TEAMMATE NIGHTCRAWLER. AG 4-10 THE AGE-RRELATED SIZ WHICH WOLVERE DELUXE CHILD COSTUME IS AVAILABLE FOR CHILDREN FOR HALLOWEEN. AVAILABLE WH MCLE TORSO, JUMPSU, BOOTS, MASK, AND PAIR OF CLAWS. NORTHSTAR STUME NOT AVAILABLE FOR IMPALG. ZERO. NUMBER OF STRAIGHT X-MEN THAT THE MOST POPULAR X-MAN, WOLVERE, HAS KILLED. ONE. NUMBER OF GAY X-MEN THAT THE MOST POPULAR X-MAN, WOLVERE, HAS KILLED: ZERO. NUMBER OF BOYIENDS NORTHSTAR HAS HAD SCE HIS G OUT 1992. TWO. NUMBER OF TIM APOLLO HAS BEEN THE VICTIM OF MALE BONDAGE AND RAPE. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DO YOU FEEL ACCEPTED BY THE MAJOR PUBLISHERS AS A PART OF THE SUPERHERO DIENCE? DO YOU WATCH FOR Z-LIST CHARACTERS WHO ARE GAY OR FD HTS AT MOR CHARACTERS' ORIENTATN? WHEN YOU SEE A POSIVE VELOPMENT, DO YOU WORRY THAT WILL BE UNDONE?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
Kev Maxen, an associate strength ach wh the Jacksonville Jaguars, has bee the first male ach a major U.S.-based profsnal league to e out as gay. * gay superhero death *
This also isn’t Marvel’s first attempt at diversifyg s films; an openly gay character was clud “Avengers: Endgame,” and the star character of “Loki,” a seri on Disney Pl, is bisexual. The new Aquaman who appeared Young Jtice: Outsirs was also nfirmed to be a gay character 2019, ScreenRant reported at the time, and a wrer for DC Comics said durg an terview wh Comisy 2016 that Wonr Woman is the summer of 2019, CNN reported Valkyrie beme the first LGBTQ character to appear a Marvel movie Thor: Love and Thunr.
Marvel Comics' first superhero to e out as gay was Northstar, a move the Tim praised an article published early 1992. seems to me that the article is more of someone npickg and only potg out the negative thgs that have happened to the charactersI really don't believe any of those negative thgs happened to the characters bee whoever wrote was a homophobe or kd of thgs happen to straight characters all the except for the stuff The Boys but that ic is ridiculoly over the top vlent and really the only reason the wrer do that stuff is for shock value14 years ago. @danhimself said: " seems to me that the article is more of someone npickg and only potg out the negative thgs that have happened to the charactersI really don't believe any of those negative thgs happened to the characters bee whoever wrote was a homophobe or kd of thgs happen to straight characters all the except for the stuff The Boys but that ic is ridiculoly over the top vlent and really the only reason the wrer do that stuff is for shock value "Agreed, but also this article starts to pot out thgs like that the Jtice League of Ameri never had any gay members, boohoo, Do that mean the wrers of JLA are Homophobic and hate gay people NO!, I don't md at all if there are gay characters any of the books I read, but when someone starts to say you need to meet a gay quota thats BS.
YET ANOTHER FIRST GAY SUPERHERO
From Wonr Woman to Northstar, here are some of the most groundbreakg LGBTQ characters and gay superhero Marvel and DC Comics non. * gay superhero death *
@Tyler Starke said: " @danhimself said: " seems to me that the article is more of someone npickg and only potg out the negative thgs that have happened to the charactersI really don't believe any of those negative thgs happened to the characters bee whoever wrote was a homophobe or kd of thgs happen to straight characters all the except for the stuff The Boys but that ic is ridiculoly over the top vlent and really the only reason the wrer do that stuff is for shock value "Agreed, but also this article starts to pot out thgs like that the Jtice League of Ameri never had any gay members, boohoo, Do that mean the wrers of JLA are Homophobic and hate gay people NO!, I don't md at all if there are gay characters any of the books I read, but when someone starts to say you need to meet a gay quota thats BS. @Tyler Starke said: " NBC’S “HEROES” "Popular televisn seri nix appearance of mor gay supportg character before show airs.
Claire’s iend Zach was tend to be a gay character, wh episos planned for him, but his character was pulled om the show altogether" this is an excerpt om the article lked aboveThis is wrong, this quote mak seem like they planned on Zach beg gay but then changed their mds. Zach was an openly gay character the first season of hero., the reason why the character was pulled is bee that actor left the show to do the Sarah Connor Chronicl, he plays John nnor one of the leads.
JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU
* gay superhero death *
They're twistg the facts and thats BS "ummmmmmm:At the Hero Q&A at Wizard World Los Angel, was revealed that Thomas Dekker's management "didn't want him to be playg a gay character" for reer reasons. It was also acknowledged that they'd origally nceived of the Zach character as gay, and that the ambiguy was a rult of an "unfortunate mismunitn.
GAY SUPERHERO
I have no problem wh gay character ics but I don't want them forced and the above article mak me thk that the thor believ nothg bad should ever happen to a gay character, that they should be exclud om all negative thgs14 years ago. ok didn't know Electro was gay and that was f&%ked up about Ice beg hell but I want to pot out the gay characters "The Boys" weren't heroic and were created to be disliked, Blarney Cock wasn't outted to be fair but did have a gerbil his ass and was a noted racist and all around dick.