Contents:
- IS SUPERMAN GAY, BISEXUAL, OR STRAIGHT? WHAT IS DC CANON?
- UTAH’S ARUP BLOOD SERVIC TO EASE RTRICTNS ON GAY, BISEXUAL MALE DONORS
IS SUPERMAN GAY, BISEXUAL, OR STRAIGHT? WHAT IS DC CANON?
So, wh that said, is Superman gay, bisexual, or straight? Of urse, while there have been gay and bisexual characters before, this is the first time that a poster boy character like Superman was revealed to be gay or bisexual.
LGBTQIA+ Reprentatn Marvel and DC icsNorthstarOne of the first gay superhero, Northstar buted X-Men ics 1979. In , different people feature and bee new Caps to protect their muni—one of whom is gay teenager Aaron Drake, aka, RobTim Drake is the third Rob, partner to Batman, butg 1989. PhastosBrian Tyree Henry will play the first gay character the MCU Eternals, Phastos.
'You do you':People share their emotnal stori to help others on Natnal Comg Out DayNatnal Comg Out Day:Publicly gay pro baseball player creat support group for othersJon Kent's same-sex relatnship is also not the only parture om the origal Superman’s life, The New York Tim noted. Fally, they start nudgg a few top-tier characters out of the closet — but are always reful never to send 'em out whout first attachg an all-important asterisk, as a bulwark agast any backlash om homophobic rears (and/or stockholrs): Rob's queer!
UTAH’S ARUP BLOOD SERVIC TO EASE RTRICTNS ON GAY, BISEXUAL MALE DONORS
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. And sce, at the time, he’d temporarily taken over as Superman while his father was off-world, generated headl about Superman beg gay.
Siarly, Batwoman is revealed to have been kicked out of ary school, due to the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy the US before 2011, which barred openly gay, lbian or bisexual people om ary service.
This is a dynamic which led homophobic cric Fredric Wertham to suggt the 1950s that superhero (pecially Batman and Rob) promoted homosexualy through their privilegg of male/male bonds. The pot here isn’t that Superman was really gay those early ics. But the obssn wh double inty and disavowed sire do suggt that the character has been built on anxieti about homosexualy and masculy.