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Contents:
- HOW DC REEMED THEIR FIRST OPENLY GAY SUPERHERO
- DC INTRODUCED ITS FIRST GAY SUPERHERO ON TV EARLIER THAN YOU THK
- JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU
- KEV MAXEN, JAGUARS ASSISTANT STRENGTH ACH, OUT AS FIRST OPENLY GAY MALE ACH NFL
HOW DC REEMED THEIR FIRST OPENLY GAY SUPERHERO
Prr to the 1980s, all ic book characters were assumed to be, and prented as, "straight" heterosexual people. But people are plited and societi evolve, so sce that time has e to be acknowledged that some characters are lbian, gay, bisexual, or transgenr. The Comics Co... * first gay dc character *
Fan NewsThe Evolutn of Extraño, DC's First Openly Gay SuperheroBY: Alex Jaffe. For over fifty years, not a sgle openly gay superhero uld be found on DC’s pag.
One of the dividuals was Gregor De La Vega, a gay Pevian stage magician who cintally shar his surname wh Zorro. But his wake, many characters even olr than he beme open about their own inti as gay men.
A queer thor himself, Orlando felt was time to brg back DC’s origal gay character om limbo to help celebrate DC’s first ic headled by an openly gay uple.
DC INTRODUCED ITS FIRST GAY SUPERHERO ON TV EARLIER THAN YOU THK
* first gay dc character *
But people are plited and societi evolve, so sce that time has e to be acknowledged that some characters are lbian, gay, bisexual, or transgenr.
Extraño, DC Comics' first openly gay super-hero.
The Comics Co Authory explicly forba pictn of homosexualy until 1989, fluenced by Fredric Wertham's Sctn of the Innocent, who saw homosexual elements the relatnship between Batman and his ward Rob.
JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU
Unregnized for havg DC's first nfirmed gay superhero on televisn, Static Shock subtly brought LGBTQIA+ reprentatn before the Arrowverse. * first gay dc character *
Millennium #2 was not the first appearance of homosexual characters DC Comics, however, is the first time we have seen an openly gay character at DC Comics.
The seri mostly foc on a flamboyant stereotype of a gay man, but do touch on sensive topics like HIV/AIDS, and was ntroversial at the time. Neil Gaiman's Sandman (Volume 2) featured several different topics, cludg elrly gay uple Prelus and Nocturn and a trans woman A Game of You.
As general acceptance of LGBT shifted the 21st Century, more characters me out as gay.
KEV MAXEN, JAGUARS ASSISTANT STRENGTH ACH, OUT AS FIRST OPENLY GAY MALE ACH NFL
WildStorm Productns troduced Midnighter and Apollo as an openly gay uple. As part of the New 52, Bunker was add to the roster of the Teen Tans and the Green Lantern of Earth 2, Alan Stt, was changed to a gay man.