Rob out as gay new Batman ic, addg to DC’s LGTBQ characters - Polygon

Contents:

• FEATURED FANFICTN
• BATMAN V SUPERMAN: 11 OF THEIR GAYT MOMENTS
• 'BEEFKE HERO': JOE PHILLIPS BRGS GAY SUPERHERO OUT OF THE CLOSET (PHOTOS)
• 'PASSAG' DIRECTOR NOUNC 'DANGERO' NC-17 RATG ON A FILM PICTG A GAY LOVE STORY
• JAGS' MAXEN IS FIRST MALE AMERIN PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY
• CANNED CKTAIL ‘GAY WATER’ AIMS TO SH ON BUD LIGHT’S DYLAN MULVANEY DISASTER

FEATURED FANFICTN

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If you are unr the age of 18, offend by gay ntent, or superhero peril, TURN AWAY NOW! To celebrate the release of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Jtice, PkNews tak a look at the superhero’ most homoerotic moment.

Former Batman ic wrer Grant Morrison even told Playboy magaze that “gayns is built to Batman.

BATMAN V SUPERMAN: 11 OF THEIR GAYT MOMENTS

Fredric Wertham wrote "Sctn Of The Innocent, " a book that alleged, among other thgs, that Wonr Woman was a lbian and that Batman and Rob were gay lovers. Although Wertham's allegatns have been long been ridiculed by the ics muny, some dtry sirs like Joe Phillips see a gay subtext throughout the superhero genre.

'BEEFKE HERO': JOE PHILLIPS BRGS GAY SUPERHERO OUT OF THE CLOSET (PHOTOS)

He says he's fascated by the unrlyg "gayns" of the superhero, and he's takg out of the closet and to a seri of patgs he lls "Beefke Hero, " currently on display at a San Diego art gallery.

Strange, Superman and Capta Ameri barg their oiled, rippled physiqu eher tight jockey shorts or sktight spanx and wearg e hher looks more mon gay magaz like Blue Boy than, say, the pag of "Superboy. "Although the typil rear of a superhero ic is tagged as a heterosexual young adult male, Phillips says the characters have also had a big fluence on the gay muny.

"Although Phillips is openly gay, Salazar adms puttg a gay-iendly sp on popular superhero is an act of bravery sce he still works the dtry.

'PASSAG' DIRECTOR NOUNC 'DANGERO' NC-17 RATG ON A FILM PICTG A GAY LOVE STORY

"He's a good artist -- I'll give him that -- and I'm ol wh guys who are gay, but I want to see superhero savg the world, not pickg each other up, " said the man. RelatedsupermanComic-Congaypta amerislipollajax. Unpackg the gay subtext of Rob, the Boy Wonr.

Gay subtext managed to suate self to the Dynamic Duo’s dyad om the very start. Let’s get one thg absolutely clear: Rob isn’t gay.

So have wrers like Frank Miller, Denny O’Neil, Alan Grant, and Dev Grayson—though Grayson admted that she uld “unrstand the gay readgs.

JAGS' MAXEN IS FIRST MALE AMERIN PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY

After all, if a character isn’t wrten as gay, then that character n’t possibly be gay, right?

Gayns is built to Batman. Batman is VERY, very gay. … but the whole basis of the ncept is utterly gay.

CANNED CKTAIL ‘GAY WATER’ AIMS TO SH ON BUD LIGHT’S DYLAN MULVANEY DISASTER

But gay subtext managed to suate self to the Dynamic Duo’s dyad om the very start. “It is like a wish-dream, ” he famoly wrote, “of two homosexuals livg together. This is the issue wh gay readgs.

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