Gay Superhero: 12 Inic LGBTQ Characters Marvel and DC Comics

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• GAY SUPERHERO AND DRAG QUEENS WH SUPERPOWERS: COMICS ARE QUEERER THAN EVER
• BLEEDG FOOLCOMIC BOOK NEWS, FILM REVIEWS AND GEEK-CULTURE AS WELL AS THE FARCE, FOLLY, AND FIAS SURROUNDG ALL! SKIP TO NTENTHOMENEWS + OPINIONSMOVIES/TV/STREAMINGCOMICS & BOOKSRPG & VIDEO-GAMESABOUT USSHOP SEARCH FOR: SEARCHCREATOR PUBLISH DRAG QUEEN SUPERHERO COMICS FOR KIDS AVI GREEN JULY 7, 2023             THE SAN FRANCIS CHRONICLE TERVIEWED A LOL LGBTQ ARTIST WHO’S PREDICTABLY ED THIS OPPORTUNY TO SUGARAT THE IOLOGY, RIGHT DOWN TO DRAG PERFORMANCE: DURG SAN FRANCIS’S ANNUAL PRI FTIVAL, FERNANDO VELEZ, A 34-YEAR-OLD OM PUERTO RI, SHOWSED HIS VIBRANT LLECTN OF ICS, WHICH FEATURE LGBTQ SUPERHERO SPIRED BY REAL PEOPLE SAN FRANCIS.VELEZ SAID HE WAS 25 WHEN HE CREATED AND THORED THE FIRST BOOK THE “KRAVEN COMICS UNIVERSE,” AIMG TO PROVI LGBTQ REPRENTATN WH HIS CREATIVE VISN.“I FEEL LIKE WHEN I WAS GROWG UP, I DIDN’T HAVE THE REPRENTATN, AND I ULDN’T RELATE TO ANY CHARACTER,” HE TOLD SFGATE DURG THE FTIVAL. “WHEN I LOOK AT MY MUNY, I’M LIKE THERE’S SO MANY HERO THAT NEED TO BE CELEBRATED.”VELEZ SAID HIS FIRST POWERFUL, EXTRAVAGANT SUPERHERO CHARACTER WAS SPIRED BY SISTER ROMA, ONE OF SAN FRANCIS’S MOST NOTABLE DRAG QUEENS. THIS BRGS TO MD THE RECENT SNDAL OF THE LA DODGERS CELEBRATG A DRAG EVENT WH A GROUP THAT SULTED CATHOLICISM. AND IF THAT’S THE KD OF PEOPLE THIS “ARTIST” IS UPHOLDG, THERE’S CLEARLY A PROBLEM AT HAND HERE. THAT’S THE KD OF “REAL PEOPLE” HE NSIRS “SPIRATNAL”? AND THEN, THERE’S THE PART ABOUT “REPRENATN” TO PONR. IF THAT’S WHAT HE R ABOUT, ’S ALL HE’LL RE ABOUT, WH SURELY THE MOST TROUBLG PART BEG HE NSIRS LGBT IOLOGY THE ONLY THG WORTH REPRENTATN, NOT HIS BACKGROUND OM PUERTO RI. I GET THE FEELG HE ULD’VE BEEN OF BULGARIAN SCENT, AND HE’D STILL NSIR LGBT IOLOGY ALL THAT MATTERS. AND THAT’S JT THE PROBLEM – NOBODY ON THE LEFT TODAY BELIEV THERE’S ANYTHG WORTHWHILE NATNALY AND ETHNICY. THAT ASI, HE’S ALSO SAYG HE ULDN’T RELATE TO SPIR-MAN OR SUPERMAN OR ANY OTHER FAMO SUPERHERO CREATN OM PAST ERAS, AND ’S SULTG TO THE TELLECT. BEFORE MOVG TO LOS ANGEL, VELEZ SAID HE WAS FLUENCED BY THE CULTURE AND MUNY THE CY OF SAN FRANCIS, WHERE HE LIVED FOR 14 YEARS.“I ALWAYS LL MY PLAYGROUND, LIKE MY ME, MY SPIRATN,” HE SAID. “THAT’S WHY THE HERO’ BASE IS ACTUALLY SAN FRANCIS.”VELEZ SAID HE LNCHED HIS FIRST BOOK DURG THE BEGNG OF THE RONAVIS PANMIC THROUGH THE HELP OF MUNY FUNDRAISERS. NE YEARS LATER, HE’S WRTEN ABOUT 13 DIFFERENT IC BOOKS, EACH ABOUT LGBTQ HERO TRYG TO PROTECT THE HUMAN RACE.“THE WHOLE CLASSICS [SERI] IS ABOUT THE SIX LGBTQ HERO THAT MOSTLY FIVE HUMANY FOR THE WAY WE’VE BEEN TREATED FOR SO MANY GENERATNS, BEE IRONILLY, HUMANY’S SURVIVAL LI THE HANDS OF THE GAY HERO,” HE SAID.THE IC CREATOR SAID HE’S HAD SEVERAL REACTNS TO HIS ICS AMID NTROVERSY SURROUNDG LGBTQ BOOKS FOR CHILDREN.“I SEE A LOT OF TRANSGENR DIVIDUALS THAT CRY WHEN THEY SEE THEMSELV REPRENTED ICS BEE GROWG UP, WE ALL WANT TO FEEL LIKE WE MATTER, WE BELONG, AND TO BE ABLE TO GIVE THAT REPRENTATN IS SO IMPORTANT,” HE SAID.VELEZ ADD THAT HE LOV SEEG STRAIGHT PARENTS SHOW KIDS THE IC BOOKS SAYG “LOOK, WHEN SOMEBODY TELLS YOU [LGBTQ] PEOPLE ARE BAD, YOU TELL THEM THAT THEY’RE SUPERHERO.” HE SEEMS TO BE G THAT LE AS A WAY OF CLAIMG LGBT PRACTNERS ARE SATS. AND ALL THIS G AT A TIME WHEN NYC, THERE WAS A MARCH WHERE ATTENDANTS WERE CHANTG OUT THAT THEY’RE “G FOR YOUR CHILDREN”. NOT TO MENTN A TRANSSEXUAL LAWMAKER NEW HAMPSHIRE WAS ARRTED FOR CHILD PORN POSSSN. THIS IS PRECISELY WHAT MAK HIS STATEMENTS OFFENSIVE. SO LGBTQ MATTER, BUT NOT HUNGARIANS AND THEIR NATNAL CULTURE? IN RECENT YEARS, LGBTQ “BOOK BANS” HAVE UGHT NATNWI ATTENTN, G AN UPROAR AS SOME TRY TO PH FOR CENSORSHIP OF LGBTQ-THEMED BOOKS. MOST RECENTLY, BOARD MEMBERS OF THE SAN RAMON UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT DISCSED THE DISTRICT LIBRARI’ BOOK POLICI, AS SOME PARENTS LLED FOR LGBTQ-THEMED BOOKS TO BE REMOVED, SFGATE PREVLY REPORTED.VELEZ’S IC BOOKS ARE ALSO NOT IMMUNE TO NTROVERSY, WH SOME SAYG THEY SHOULDN’T BE VIEWED BY CHILDREN.“BUT NO, WE GAVE EE BOOKS TO ALL THE DRAG QUEEN STUDY HOURS AROUND THE NATN,” VELEZ SAID RPONSE TO THE NEGATIVE REACTNS. SAN FRANCIS GAY MEN’S CHOS TAK AIM AT HOMOPHOBIC STEREOTYPWATCH THIS VIO ON YOUTUBE AND THIS SOUNDS REMISCENT OF HOW GERMANY’S NATNAL SOCIALISTS GAVE AWAY EE PI OF ME KAMPH DURG THE WW2 ERA. SEVERAL YEARS AGO, AN ITALIAN PAPER ED AN OUTRAGE BY DOG SOMETHG SIAR. WHEN THE MOVEMENTS ARE WILLG TO GO OUT OF THEIR WAY TO DISTRIBUTE THEIR PROPAGANDA EE OF CHARGE, THAT’S WHAT MAK DANGERO. ESPECIALLY WHEN SAME MOVEMENTS ALSO TRY TO GET ABIGAIL SHRIER’S BOOK ABOUT HOW THEIR IOLOGY’S LEAD TO MUTILATN OF GIRLS CENSORED, AND THEN THEY HAVE THE GALL TO LECTURE ABOUT CENSORSHIP? DPE THE NTROVERSY, VELEZ BELIEV ’S IMPORTANT TO KEEP PHG HIS CREATIVE WORKS AND PURSUE A MOVIE ADAPTATN OF HIS ICS.“WE NNOT JT S BACK AND LET THEM W,” VELEZ SAID. “WE HAVE TO PH OUR NTENT AND OUR BOOKS EVERYWHERE.” THIS IS MOST UTTERLY ATROC, AND MONSTRAT ALL THE MORE HOW THE IOLOGU ARE FAR MORE TERTED DOCTRATN THAN SER ENTERTAMENT AND MER. WHY, THEY’RE ALSO SO HUNG UP ON THEIR BELIEFS, THEY’RE WILLG TO THROW TONS OF NOCENT AND FENSELS WOMEN UNR THE B FOR THE SAKE OF LIVG THE LIFTYLE THEY ARE, AND APPEAR UNWILLG TO HAVE A HETEROSEXUAL MARRIAGE. THAT ASI, THE LGBT IOLOGU ARE ALSO GOG OUT OF THEIR WAY TO FLOOD PERVERSNS PUBLIC AND STROY NUCLEAR FAI WHEN THEY SAY OTHER PEOPLE’S CHILDREN ARE “THEIRS”. AND THIS SHAME OF AN ARTIST HAS THE GALL TO OBSCURE THAT? UGH. IF HIS ICS GET MA TO MOVI, THAT TOO WILL BE TERRIBLE. ESPECIALLY IF DISNEY PRODUC THEM, BASED ON WHERE THEY’RE GOG TODAY. ORIGALLY PUBLISHED HERE. MORE TRENDG STORI:REMENDG THIS COMIC MAY BE A BAD WAY TO PROMOTE 'BLUE BEETLE'MISGUID ANIME / MANGA FANS ATTACK CREATNS RATHER THAN CREATORSCHUCK DIXON SAYS MARVEL WORSE THAN DC DTROYG LEGACY CHARACTERS'POLIL CORRECTNS' IS THE ROOT CSE OF 'SUPERHERO FATIGUE'IMAGE COMICS LEFT DIAMOND; NOW DUMPG LUNAR FOR SIMON & SCHTERPUNISHER WRER CHUCK DIXON SAYS MARVEL HAT THE PUNISHER AND THE FANSHOLLYWOOD & THE HIDN HISTORY OF CROSSGEN COMICS            AVI GREENFERNANDO VELEZKRAVEN COMICS UNIVERSELGBTQBLOGSCOMICS AVI GREEN AVI GREEN WAS BORN PENNSYLVANIA 1974, AND MOVED TO ISRAEL 1983. HE ENJOYED READG ICS WHEN HE WAS YOUNG, THE FIRST BEG FANTASTIC FOUR. HE MATAS A STRONG BELIEF THE PUBLIC'S RIGHT TO KNOWLEDGE AND ACCURACY OF FACTS. HE NSIRS HIMSELF A NSERVATIVE-STYLE VERSN OF CLARK KENT. FOLLOW HIM ON HIS BLOG AT FOUR COLOR MEDIA MONOR OR ON TWTER AT @AVIGREEN1RELATED POSTS REMENDG THIS COMIC MAY BE A BAD WAY TO PROMOTE ‘BLUE BEETLE’ INDIE COMICS SHOWSE #235: & BLACK PHANTOM, VIGILANT’ CREED & MTENS MISGUID ANIME / MANGA FANS ATTACK CREATNS RATHER THAN CREATORS TOXIC MASCULY TUDAY: ‘THE PERFECT WEAPON’ (1991) MARVEL TEAM-UP: SPIR-MAN AND THE PATRIARCHYJUST KEEPING THE LIGHTS ON
• GAY SUPERHERO AND DRAG QUEENS WH SUPERPOWERS: COMICS ARE QUEERER THAN EVER

GAY SUPERHERO AND DRAG QUEENS WH SUPERPOWERS: COMICS ARE QUEERER THAN EVER

But this year more than ever, nversatn topics veered towards creasgly popular queer stori like the g-of-age book Skim by Mariko Tamaki; Tillie Waln’s gay ice-skatg memoir, Spng; and the hypnotic rabows of Jen Bartel’s art for Marvel and years, queer reprentatn the sequential art muny has been on a path of steady improvement, and 2019 may be the bt year to date.

Marvel, for example, elevated Iceman/Bobby Drake to his first full solo seri 2017, which he me out and nonted his own ternalized homophobia; the pany then ncelled the seri 2018, before brgg him back for another n 2019. Even that rough experience was a relief, Oliveira said: “I remember the feelg when Iceman was gay — fally, I don’t have to wiggle through the cracks. “I n advertise my book as gay, ” said Shannon Campbell, standg ont of a display for a book they -signed entled Faerie Fire.

VERY gay! “I’m not entirely nfint that the larger ho are where they need to be terms of reflectg how people hab this world at [the] prent, ” he said, “but I’m really proud to see that somethg like the return of Iceman is gettg folks to regnize that we n move on om havg a Gay Superhero story to the more tertg/progrsive Superhero Who Happens to be Gay story. Gay Marvel ic book wrer Sa Grace ma wav 2015 by re-troducg the osty X-Man, Iceman, as a gay character.

BLEEDG FOOLCOMIC BOOK NEWS, FILM REVIEWS AND GEEK-CULTURE AS WELL AS THE FARCE, FOLLY, AND FIAS SURROUNDG ALL! SKIP TO NTENTHOMENEWS + OPINIONSMOVIES/TV/STREAMINGCOMICS & BOOKSRPG & VIDEO-GAMESABOUT USSHOP SEARCH FOR: SEARCHCREATOR PUBLISH DRAG QUEEN SUPERHERO COMICS FOR KIDS AVI GREEN JULY 7, 2023             THE SAN FRANCIS CHRONICLE TERVIEWED A LOL LGBTQ ARTIST WHO’S PREDICTABLY ED THIS OPPORTUNY TO SUGARAT THE IOLOGY, RIGHT DOWN TO DRAG PERFORMANCE: DURG SAN FRANCIS’S ANNUAL PRI FTIVAL, FERNANDO VELEZ, A 34-YEAR-OLD OM PUERTO RI, SHOWSED HIS VIBRANT LLECTN OF ICS, WHICH FEATURE LGBTQ SUPERHERO SPIRED BY REAL PEOPLE SAN FRANCIS.VELEZ SAID HE WAS 25 WHEN HE CREATED AND THORED THE FIRST BOOK THE “KRAVEN COMICS UNIVERSE,” AIMG TO PROVI LGBTQ REPRENTATN WH HIS CREATIVE VISN.“I FEEL LIKE WHEN I WAS GROWG UP, I DIDN’T HAVE THE REPRENTATN, AND I ULDN’T RELATE TO ANY CHARACTER,” HE TOLD SFGATE DURG THE FTIVAL. “WHEN I LOOK AT MY MUNY, I’M LIKE THERE’S SO MANY HERO THAT NEED TO BE CELEBRATED.”VELEZ SAID HIS FIRST POWERFUL, EXTRAVAGANT SUPERHERO CHARACTER WAS SPIRED BY SISTER ROMA, ONE OF SAN FRANCIS’S MOST NOTABLE DRAG QUEENS. THIS BRGS TO MD THE RECENT SNDAL OF THE LA DODGERS CELEBRATG A DRAG EVENT WH A GROUP THAT SULTED CATHOLICISM. AND IF THAT’S THE KD OF PEOPLE THIS “ARTIST” IS UPHOLDG, THERE’S CLEARLY A PROBLEM AT HAND HERE. THAT’S THE KD OF “REAL PEOPLE” HE NSIRS “SPIRATNAL”? AND THEN, THERE’S THE PART ABOUT “REPRENATN” TO PONR. IF THAT’S WHAT HE R ABOUT, ’S ALL HE’LL RE ABOUT, WH SURELY THE MOST TROUBLG PART BEG HE NSIRS LGBT IOLOGY THE ONLY THG WORTH REPRENTATN, NOT HIS BACKGROUND OM PUERTO RI. I GET THE FEELG HE ULD’VE BEEN OF BULGARIAN SCENT, AND HE’D STILL NSIR LGBT IOLOGY ALL THAT MATTERS. AND THAT’S JT THE PROBLEM – NOBODY ON THE LEFT TODAY BELIEV THERE’S ANYTHG WORTHWHILE NATNALY AND ETHNICY. THAT ASI, HE’S ALSO SAYG HE ULDN’T RELATE TO SPIR-MAN OR SUPERMAN OR ANY OTHER FAMO SUPERHERO CREATN OM PAST ERAS, AND ’S SULTG TO THE TELLECT. BEFORE MOVG TO LOS ANGEL, VELEZ SAID HE WAS FLUENCED BY THE CULTURE AND MUNY THE CY OF SAN FRANCIS, WHERE HE LIVED FOR 14 YEARS.“I ALWAYS LL MY PLAYGROUND, LIKE MY ME, MY SPIRATN,” HE SAID. “THAT’S WHY THE HERO’ BASE IS ACTUALLY SAN FRANCIS.”VELEZ SAID HE LNCHED HIS FIRST BOOK DURG THE BEGNG OF THE RONAVIS PANMIC THROUGH THE HELP OF MUNY FUNDRAISERS. NE YEARS LATER, HE’S WRTEN ABOUT 13 DIFFERENT IC BOOKS, EACH ABOUT LGBTQ HERO TRYG TO PROTECT THE HUMAN RACE.“THE WHOLE CLASSICS [SERI] IS ABOUT THE SIX LGBTQ HERO THAT MOSTLY FIVE HUMANY FOR THE WAY WE’VE BEEN TREATED FOR SO MANY GENERATNS, BEE IRONILLY, HUMANY’S SURVIVAL LI THE HANDS OF THE GAY HERO,” HE SAID.THE IC CREATOR SAID HE’S HAD SEVERAL REACTNS TO HIS ICS AMID NTROVERSY SURROUNDG LGBTQ BOOKS FOR CHILDREN.“I SEE A LOT OF TRANSGENR DIVIDUALS THAT CRY WHEN THEY SEE THEMSELV REPRENTED ICS BEE GROWG UP, WE ALL WANT TO FEEL LIKE WE MATTER, WE BELONG, AND TO BE ABLE TO GIVE THAT REPRENTATN IS SO IMPORTANT,” HE SAID.VELEZ ADD THAT HE LOV SEEG STRAIGHT PARENTS SHOW KIDS THE IC BOOKS SAYG “LOOK, WHEN SOMEBODY TELLS YOU [LGBTQ] PEOPLE ARE BAD, YOU TELL THEM THAT THEY’RE SUPERHERO.” HE SEEMS TO BE G THAT LE AS A WAY OF CLAIMG LGBT PRACTNERS ARE SATS. AND ALL THIS G AT A TIME WHEN NYC, THERE WAS A MARCH WHERE ATTENDANTS WERE CHANTG OUT THAT THEY’RE “G FOR YOUR CHILDREN”. NOT TO MENTN A TRANSSEXUAL LAWMAKER NEW HAMPSHIRE WAS ARRTED FOR CHILD PORN POSSSN. THIS IS PRECISELY WHAT MAK HIS STATEMENTS OFFENSIVE. SO LGBTQ MATTER, BUT NOT HUNGARIANS AND THEIR NATNAL CULTURE? IN RECENT YEARS, LGBTQ “BOOK BANS” HAVE UGHT NATNWI ATTENTN, G AN UPROAR AS SOME TRY TO PH FOR CENSORSHIP OF LGBTQ-THEMED BOOKS. MOST RECENTLY, BOARD MEMBERS OF THE SAN RAMON UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT DISCSED THE DISTRICT LIBRARI’ BOOK POLICI, AS SOME PARENTS LLED FOR LGBTQ-THEMED BOOKS TO BE REMOVED, SFGATE PREVLY REPORTED.VELEZ’S IC BOOKS ARE ALSO NOT IMMUNE TO NTROVERSY, WH SOME SAYG THEY SHOULDN’T BE VIEWED BY CHILDREN.“BUT NO, WE GAVE EE BOOKS TO ALL THE DRAG QUEEN STUDY HOURS AROUND THE NATN,” VELEZ SAID RPONSE TO THE NEGATIVE REACTNS. SAN FRANCIS GAY MEN’S CHOS TAK AIM AT HOMOPHOBIC STEREOTYPWATCH THIS VIO ON YOUTUBE AND THIS SOUNDS REMISCENT OF HOW GERMANY’S NATNAL SOCIALISTS GAVE AWAY EE PI OF ME KAMPH DURG THE WW2 ERA. SEVERAL YEARS AGO, AN ITALIAN PAPER ED AN OUTRAGE BY DOG SOMETHG SIAR. WHEN THE MOVEMENTS ARE WILLG TO GO OUT OF THEIR WAY TO DISTRIBUTE THEIR PROPAGANDA EE OF CHARGE, THAT’S WHAT MAK DANGERO. ESPECIALLY WHEN SAME MOVEMENTS ALSO TRY TO GET ABIGAIL SHRIER’S BOOK ABOUT HOW THEIR IOLOGY’S LEAD TO MUTILATN OF GIRLS CENSORED, AND THEN THEY HAVE THE GALL TO LECTURE ABOUT CENSORSHIP? DPE THE NTROVERSY, VELEZ BELIEV ’S IMPORTANT TO KEEP PHG HIS CREATIVE WORKS AND PURSUE A MOVIE ADAPTATN OF HIS ICS.“WE NNOT JT S BACK AND LET THEM W,” VELEZ SAID. “WE HAVE TO PH OUR NTENT AND OUR BOOKS EVERYWHERE.” THIS IS MOST UTTERLY ATROC, AND MONSTRAT ALL THE MORE HOW THE IOLOGU ARE FAR MORE TERTED DOCTRATN THAN SER ENTERTAMENT AND MER. WHY, THEY’RE ALSO SO HUNG UP ON THEIR BELIEFS, THEY’RE WILLG TO THROW TONS OF NOCENT AND FENSELS WOMEN UNR THE B FOR THE SAKE OF LIVG THE LIFTYLE THEY ARE, AND APPEAR UNWILLG TO HAVE A HETEROSEXUAL MARRIAGE. THAT ASI, THE LGBT IOLOGU ARE ALSO GOG OUT OF THEIR WAY TO FLOOD PERVERSNS PUBLIC AND STROY NUCLEAR FAI WHEN THEY SAY OTHER PEOPLE’S CHILDREN ARE “THEIRS”. AND THIS SHAME OF AN ARTIST HAS THE GALL TO OBSCURE THAT? UGH. IF HIS ICS GET MA TO MOVI, THAT TOO WILL BE TERRIBLE. ESPECIALLY IF DISNEY PRODUC THEM, BASED ON WHERE THEY’RE GOG TODAY. ORIGALLY PUBLISHED HERE. MORE TRENDG STORI:REMENDG THIS COMIC MAY BE A BAD WAY TO PROMOTE 'BLUE BEETLE'MISGUID ANIME / MANGA FANS ATTACK CREATNS RATHER THAN CREATORSCHUCK DIXON SAYS MARVEL WORSE THAN DC DTROYG LEGACY CHARACTERS'POLIL CORRECTNS' IS THE ROOT CSE OF 'SUPERHERO FATIGUE'IMAGE COMICS LEFT DIAMOND; NOW DUMPG LUNAR FOR SIMON & SCHTERPUNISHER WRER CHUCK DIXON SAYS MARVEL HAT THE PUNISHER AND THE FANSHOLLYWOOD & THE HIDN HISTORY OF CROSSGEN COMICS            AVI GREENFERNANDO VELEZKRAVEN COMICS UNIVERSELGBTQBLOGSCOMICS AVI GREEN AVI GREEN WAS BORN PENNSYLVANIA 1974, AND MOVED TO ISRAEL 1983. HE ENJOYED READG ICS WHEN HE WAS YOUNG, THE FIRST BEG FANTASTIC FOUR. HE MATAS A STRONG BELIEF THE PUBLIC'S RIGHT TO KNOWLEDGE AND ACCURACY OF FACTS. HE NSIRS HIMSELF A NSERVATIVE-STYLE VERSN OF CLARK KENT. FOLLOW HIM ON HIS BLOG AT FOUR COLOR MEDIA MONOR OR ON TWTER AT @AVIGREEN1RELATED POSTS REMENDG THIS COMIC MAY BE A BAD WAY TO PROMOTE ‘BLUE BEETLE’ INDIE COMICS SHOWSE #235: & BLACK PHANTOM, VIGILANT’ CREED & MTENS MISGUID ANIME / MANGA FANS ATTACK CREATNS RATHER THAN CREATORS TOXIC MASCULY TUDAY: ‘THE PERFECT WEAPON’ (1991) MARVEL TEAM-UP: SPIR-MAN AND THE PATRIARCHYJUST KEEPING THE LIGHTS ON

Related: Who wants to see Iceman’s first gay kiss? After Grace re-imaged Iceman as gay 2015, his standalone ic adventur were unceremonly ncelled December 2017 bee of poor sal. In Augt 2018, Marvel announced that Shatterstar, another openly gay superhero, would be gettg his own ic miseri.

Introduced issue four of the Iceman ic, we first see Sha turn up at a mutant Pri para, and her powers sound equally awome – she n teleport by flickg open her handheld fan and enter a pocket ComicsRelated: Empire creator Lee Daniels teas gay superhero movieSha was created by Marvel ics wrer Sa Grace and artist Nathan Stockman, who spoke about workg on Iceman – the ic powerhoe's only monthly seri featurg a queer lead. Grace has said that past queens Shea Couleé, The Vixen, Mo X Change, and Dax Exclamatnpot were all fluenc Darkveil’s look (or LEWKS), and the storyarc where she first apppeared opened wh Iceman savg another drag queen om an attack on a gay bar Hell’s Kchen, New York – a drag queen who, retrospect, looks spicly like Drag Race season 13 petor Ta Burner.

GAY SUPERHERO AND DRAG QUEENS WH SUPERPOWERS: COMICS ARE QUEERER THAN EVER

On prev ocsns, Disney executiv have announced a “not-so-secret gay agenda” and efforts to add “queerns” to children’s programmg. We’ve put together this list to troduce some of the most fluential gay superhero, rangg om groundbreakg figur like Marvel’s Northstar to characters like Harley Qun who only me out the past few 12 most inic gay superhero1) Wonr WomanDiana of Themyscira has a long and storied history as a queer in.

(CC-BY-SA)2) MidnighterPossibly the bt-known gay superhero ic book circl, Midnighter was created as a parody of Batman, startg off the adult-rated Wildstorm ic Stormwatch. As one of the origal X-Men, he was portrayed as straight for s beg outed as gay 2015.

Thanks to the X-Men ics’ love of time travel hijks, there are actually two versns of this character at the moment: A teenage Iceman who realized he was gay after Jean Grey read his md, and an adult versn who stayed the closet and dated women for years, but me out after beg nonted by his younger self. The recent Iceman solo seri foced on his life after this revelatn, earng a mixed rponse bee while ’s great to see a gay character gettg their own ic, his emotnal arc is a rather old-fashned g-out story.