In a preview of DC Universe: Rebirth we meet a new versn of Aqualad who is gay.
Contents:
- IS AQUAMAN GAY, BISEXUAL, OR STRAIGHT? WHAT IS DC CANON?
- AQUALAD'S G-OUT STORY: HOW DC MAK A SPLASH WH A GAY YA GRAPHIC NOVEL
- >DC IS ABOUT TO TURN AQUALAD GAY AND FET ABOUT HIM AGA
- GAY WATER, A NEW NNED CKTAIL, WANTS TO BE THE ANTI-BUD LIGHT
- AQUALAD IS GAY IN DC COMICS' NEW "REBIRTH" UNIVERSEDC COMICS IS REVAMPG SOME WELL-KNOWN CHARACTERS THIS {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 DAN AVERYMAY 21, 2016/7:53 PMBY DAN AVERYMAY 21, 2016 / 7:53 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"AQUALAD IS GAY IN DC COMICS' NEW \"REBIRTH\" UNIVERSE","DATEPUBLISHED":"2016-05-21T23:53:45.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2016-05-21T23:53:45.000+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":"DAN AVERY","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;}DC COMICS IS GETTG READY TO REBOOT S SUPERHERO UNIVERSE (AGA), WH WEDNDAY'S DC UNIVERSE: REBIRTH NO. 1, WHICH WILL SEE CHANG MAJOR AND MOR TO HERO, VILLAS AND SUPPORTG {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;}SOME HAVE ALREADY BEEN ANNOUNCED—SUPERMAN HAS AN ADOLCENT SON, WONR WOMAN HAS A TW BROTHER, THE JTICE SOCIETY IS RETURNG. BUT A PREVIEW OF REBIRTH ON NEWSARAMA, WE MEET A NEW VERSN OF AQUALAD WHO'S {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;}THE CHARACTER OF AQUALAD, TRADNALLY AQUAMAN'S TEEN SIKICK, BUTED 1960. HE WAS GARTH, A MUTANT OUTST OM ATLANTIS WHO JOED UP WH ROB, WONR GIRL AND KID FLASH AS THE CRIME-FIGHTG TEEN {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;}AFTER SOME TIME, GARTH GRADUATED TO BEE TEMPT, WH MORE MAGIL-BASED {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 2010, DC TRODUCED A NEW AIN-AMERIN AQUALAD, JACKSON HY, BOTH THE ICS AND THE YOUNG JTICE RTOON ON CARTOON NETWORK. THIS VERSN ULD MANIPULATE WATER AND WAS THE SON OF AQUAMAN FOE BLACK {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;}BUT WHEN DC REBOOTED S ICS UNIVERSE 2011, JACKSON WAS ERASED. NOW, SEEMS, HE'S {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 REBIRTH, WE SEE A YOUNG BLACK MAN INTIFIED AS "JACKSON" BEG NONTED BY HIS MOTHER, WHO SAYS WHAT HE DO ISN'T "NORMAL."{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;}WHEN HE ASKS IF SHE MEANS WHAT HE N DO THE WATER, SHE SAYS "NO, I'M TALKG ABOUT THE BOYS."{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;}"IT'S NOT BOYS, MOM, 'S BOY. AS MY BOYIEND," HE REPLI, STARG TO AN AQUARIUM. "AND ALL OF THIS, S WHO I AM—EVEN IF I DON'T KNOW WHY."{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;}THE PREV JACKSON HY HAD AN ON-AGA, OFF-AGA GIRLIEND, BUT HE WAS AROUND SO BRIEFLY 'S NO CLEAR IF HAVG HIM E OUT LATER WAS THE EDORS' {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;}HE WOULDN'T BE THE FIRST GAY TAN: MIGUEL JOSE BARRAGAN, A.K.A. BUNKER, WAS AN OUT-AND-PROUD LATO HERO DURG THE LAST N OF TEEN TANS. IT'S NOT CLEAR IF BUNKER WILL REAPPEAR THE DC REBIRTH {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;}WHETHER THE NEW JACKSON HY WILL JO THE TEEN TANS—OR PERHAPS MAKE AN APPEARANCE THE UPG AQUAMAN MOVIE STARRG JASON MOMOA REMAS TO BE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
- DC'S GAY AQUAMAN LANDS HIS OWN HBO MAX SERI
- ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL
- HOW THE NEW GAY AQUAMAN IS BEG RETRODUCED BY A BLACK SOCAL WRER
IS AQUAMAN GAY, BISEXUAL, OR STRAIGHT? WHAT IS DC CANON?
Aqualad has been a proment gay character ics, but only the most recent episo of 'Young Jtice: Outsirs' nfirmed for the show. * dc aqualad gay *
Although the young man don't have a speakg part, we see him aga the episo's closg moments, sharg a kiss wh Kaldur, nfirmg the Young Jtice character is gay, or perhaps bisexual.
The DC Rebirth versn of the character Teen Tans is an openly gay teenager wh a boyiend, so the Young Jtice animated seri appears to be followg the tablished ics non. Now, wh the Jtice League's lear nfirmed as gay or bisexual, a proment and origal st member stands as a posive example of LGBTQ reprentatn on the DC seri.
AQUALAD'S G-OUT STORY: HOW DC MAK A SPLASH WH A GAY YA GRAPHIC NOVEL
>DC is about to turn Aqualad gay and fet about him aga It' * dc aqualad gay *
So, is Aquaman gay, bisexual, or straight DC non? Aquaman is both straight and gay/bi DC non; all pends on which Aquaman we’re talkg about. However, if ’s Kaldur’ahm who hered the mantle om Arthur, then Aquaman is openly gay (or bi, at least).
>DC IS ABOUT TO TURN AQUALAD GAY AND FET ABOUT HIM AGA
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Ever sce the DC Rebirth versn of Kaldur Teen Tans, Aqualad was an openly gay teenager that had a boyiend. Also, the same character the Young Jtice: Outsirs animated seri was jt recently nfirmed to be gay or bi, fally gettg le wh s awome ic book unterpart. Is Arthur Curry’s Aquaman Gay, Straight, Or Bisexual?
Is Kaldur’ahm’s Aquaman Gay, Straight, Or Bisexual? In DC Rebirth, Kaldur was an openly gay teenage character who had a boyiend. He never explicly stated if he is homosexual or bi, though, so both uld be possible.
In Episo 20 of Young Jtice: Outsirs, “Quiet Conversatns, ” Kaldur’s sexualy was fally nfirmed as gay or bi.
GAY WATER, A NEW NNED CKTAIL, WANTS TO BE THE ANTI-BUD LIGHT
It’s unclear if he’s explicly gay the ics, but he is bisexual the show, as he had both male and female love terts Wyyn and Tula. The ic versn of Aqualad is revealed to be, at first, straight but after a shift the DC Comics ntuy, Jackson is wrten as gay. As a gay kid om a Mexin immigrant fay who reloted to Texas when he was 5, scuba divg was how he "ped wh adolcence, " he tells EW.
That and Kenny Liu, the pta of his school's swim team and one of the only out gay classmat.
AQUALAD IS GAY IN DC COMICS' NEW "REBIRTH" UNIVERSEDC COMICS IS REVAMPG SOME WELL-KNOWN CHARACTERS THIS {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 DAN AVERYMAY 21, 2016/7:53 PMBY DAN AVERYMAY 21, 2016 / 7:53 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"AQUALAD IS GAY IN DC COMICS' NEW \"REBIRTH\" UNIVERSE","DATEPUBLISHED":"2016-05-21T23:53:45.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2016-05-21T23:53:45.000+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":"DAN AVERY","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;}DC COMICS IS GETTG READY TO REBOOT S SUPERHERO UNIVERSE (AGA), WH WEDNDAY'S DC UNIVERSE: REBIRTH NO. 1, WHICH WILL SEE CHANG MAJOR AND MOR TO HERO, VILLAS AND SUPPORTG {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;}SOME HAVE ALREADY BEEN ANNOUNCED—SUPERMAN HAS AN ADOLCENT SON, WONR WOMAN HAS A TW BROTHER, THE JTICE SOCIETY IS RETURNG. BUT A PREVIEW OF REBIRTH ON NEWSARAMA, WE MEET A NEW VERSN OF AQUALAD WHO'S {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;}THE CHARACTER OF AQUALAD, TRADNALLY AQUAMAN'S TEEN SIKICK, BUTED 1960. HE WAS GARTH, A MUTANT OUTST OM ATLANTIS WHO JOED UP WH ROB, WONR GIRL AND KID FLASH AS THE CRIME-FIGHTG TEEN {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;}AFTER SOME TIME, GARTH GRADUATED TO BEE TEMPT, WH MORE MAGIL-BASED {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 2010, DC TRODUCED A NEW AIN-AMERIN AQUALAD, JACKSON HY, BOTH THE ICS AND THE YOUNG JTICE RTOON ON CARTOON NETWORK. THIS VERSN ULD MANIPULATE WATER AND WAS THE SON OF AQUAMAN FOE BLACK {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;}BUT WHEN DC REBOOTED S ICS UNIVERSE 2011, JACKSON WAS ERASED. NOW, SEEMS, HE'S {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 REBIRTH, WE SEE A YOUNG BLACK MAN INTIFIED AS "JACKSON" BEG NONTED BY HIS MOTHER, WHO SAYS WHAT HE DO ISN'T "NORMAL."{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;}WHEN HE ASKS IF SHE MEANS WHAT HE N DO THE WATER, SHE SAYS "NO, I'M TALKG ABOUT THE BOYS."{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;}"IT'S NOT BOYS, MOM, 'S BOY. AS MY BOYIEND," HE REPLI, STARG TO AN AQUARIUM. "AND ALL OF THIS, S WHO I AM—EVEN IF I DON'T KNOW WHY."{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;}THE PREV JACKSON HY HAD AN ON-AGA, OFF-AGA GIRLIEND, BUT HE WAS AROUND SO BRIEFLY 'S NO CLEAR IF HAVG HIM E OUT LATER WAS THE EDORS' {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;}HE WOULDN'T BE THE FIRST GAY TAN: MIGUEL JOSE BARRAGAN, A.K.A. BUNKER, WAS AN OUT-AND-PROUD LATO HERO DURG THE LAST N OF TEEN TANS. IT'S NOT CLEAR IF BUNKER WILL REAPPEAR THE DC REBIRTH {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;}WHETHER THE NEW JACKSON HY WILL JO THE TEEN TANS—OR PERHAPS MAKE AN APPEARANCE THE UPG AQUAMAN MOVIE STARRG JASON MOMOA REMAS TO BE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
For DC, specifilly, characters like Midnighter and Apollo, two gay hero, featured their own seri; occult expert John Constante mataed both male and female relatnships across ics; and Kate Kane, the rnatn of Batwoman famoly adapted as the CW seri, is an out lbian. "To have the character Aqualad not only intify as gay, but gog through his own g-out procs, 's like a celebry endorsement, " he says.
“Young Jtice beat the [Marvel Cematic Universe] for havg a gay male superhero?!? ”Even though Kaldur’s outg might be news to fans of the show, however Aqualad has been a proment gay character the ics universe sce after his but 2010, the se reported.
DC'S GAY AQUAMAN LANDS HIS OWN HBO MAX SERI
He didn’t last long, but returned 2016′s “Teen Tans, ” when that eratn of the character was also gay. “Jt watched the latt #YoungJticeOutsirs and the aqua man is gay? A bi racial gay super hero?
”“Apparently Aquaman om Young Jtice is gay and jt had an on screen kiss wh another man? A foundg member of the Jtice League of Ameri, Aquaman is one of the most powerful Super Hero the DC Comics universe who mands a a kgdom that vers three-quarters of the Earth’s s first appearance 1941, the legendary monarch of the unrsea realm of Atlantis and Kg of the Seven Seas has been a symbol of super-strength and fightg now jos the LGBTQ fay of superhero, next to Marvel’s Iceman; Ameri Chavez, the first LGBTQ Latx superhero to get her own solo DC Comic; Midnighter and Apollo, DC Comic’s first gay superhero uple, and the much-awaed upg TV adaptatn of “Batwoma n, ” the first show to center on a LGBTQ superhero. Cludg a newly rebooted Jackson Hy, who DC Universe: Rebirth #1 was picted for the first time as a closeted, gay young man livg unr his mother’s roof.
Neverthels, his stewardship unr Aquaman has ma him to one of the DC Universe’s most proment gay male hero.
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This versn of Maria se Jake as more than a iend, but Jake himself is too by reckong wh his feelgs for swim team athlete Kenny Liu, the only openly gay stunt at his high school. Aqualad has been a proment gay character ics for some time, but wasn’t until the end of the most recent episo of Young Jtice: Outsirs, tled “Quiet Conversatns, ” where was nfirmed Kaldur is also queer the show.
HOW THE NEW GAY AQUAMAN IS BEG RETRODUCED BY A BLACK SOCAL WRER
Lol werk ?️? — daddys ltle daddy (@bsy4bara) July 30, 2019 * jackson hy ( kaldur’ahm) — black — gay — buted w/ the n52 — aqualad, you already kno — baby — donna troy is asian (@SPIDERWOMNS) July 24, 2019 Holy rp! Jt watched the latt #YoungJticeOutsirs and the aqua man is gay? — Geoff Leonard?️??? (@Geoff_Leo) July 31, 2019 In DC Comics, was shared, after the character’s 2010 but, that he was gay, but we lost the character the lnch of New 52 2011.
However, he returned 2016’s Teen Tans, and was nfirmed that the new eratn of the character was gay, as well. On Twter, there were those who were celebratg, and some trollg homophobic ments were to be expected, but there was also a er who shared this really great moment, om the ics, of Kaldur tellg his father, Black Manta, that he was gay.
” When you’re a socpathic villa, but still not homophobic. They are turng Garth gay? That would be weird and potls sce Jackson Hy exists and is already gay.