Eternals is the first film the Marvel Cematic Universe to feature an openly gay superhero. It might sound like a faiar rea to fans of the anchise, who've been burnt by the pany's promise of LGBTQ reprentatn before. CBC News speaks wh experts and fans about the ongog bate.
Contents:
- LOOKG BACK AT THE MISTREATMENT OF MARVEL’S FIRST GAY COMIC SUPERHERO
- MARVEL COMICS HOSTS FIRST GAY WEDDG ‘ASTONISHG X-MEN’
- NORTHSTAR: MARVEL’S FIRST OPENLY GAY HERO
- NORTHSTAR, MARVEL’S FIRST GAY SUPERHERO
- GAY HERO: NORTHSTAR COM OUT OF CLOSET -- COMIC-BOOK FIGURE REVEALS HOMOSEXUALY
- WHO WAS THE FIRST GAY SUPERHERO? — THE ROUGH ROAD TO MARVEL’S NORTHSTAR
- MARVEL'S FIRST MAJOR GAY CHARACTER DERV A STAND-ALONE COMIC
- 15 OPENLY GAY MARVEL CHARACTERS THAT MIGHT BE COMG TO THE MCU
LOOKG BACK AT THE MISTREATMENT OF MARVEL’S FIRST GAY COMIC SUPERHERO
From Wonr Woman to Northstar, here are some of the most groundbreakg LGBTQ characters and gay superhero Marvel and DC Comics non. * northstar gay superhero *
A gay superhero parody of BYU's Brigham Young statue (2017) (image by Pastelopapa via Wikimedia).
MARVEL COMICS HOSTS FIRST GAY WEDDG ‘ASTONISHG X-MEN’
Northstar is often lled the first gay superhero, although he wasn’t allowed to e out until 13 years after his but. * northstar gay superhero *
Bis men g and out of his home, or lgerg shirtls the background of panels, Northstar was d through the unique perspective of how straight men typilly view gay men. Northstar’s publitn history shows a cross sectn of 40 years of the Uned Stat’s mastream view of the gay muny. In the 1980s he was portrayed as dismissive of women to the pot of misogyny, while the ghts, gay men were so often portrayed fictn as the gay bt iend that Northstar was portrayed almost solely the pany of women.
NORTHSTAR: MARVEL’S FIRST OPENLY GAY HERO
Northstar's role as Marvel's first gay superhero is discsed, as is his signifince LGBT reprentatn, along wh a list of his key appearanc. * northstar gay superhero *
His backstory evolved as homosexuals emerged om enomic dispary: Where once he was an unattend mor, he beme a wealthy, privileged man as the natnal narrative surroundg queer youth gradually expand. Perhaps seemed that to keep the first out gay man was a potls exercise, pecially one so mired outdated stereotyp.
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.
NORTHSTAR, MARVEL’S FIRST GAY SUPERHERO
Now that we've vered the LGBTQ ic book basics, and the first mastream, openly gay superhero, Extraño, 's time to take a look at the (sort of) first mastream gay superhero: Northstar. At least, that's what this was gog to be about. Then, over the urse of rearchg how Northstar beme the poster boy for… * northstar gay superhero *
(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.
GAY HERO: NORTHSTAR COM OUT OF CLOSET -- COMIC-BOOK FIGURE REVEALS HOMOSEXUALY
Marvel's first major gay hero has an awome power set and has been a member of the X-Men, although he has never had his own tle. * northstar gay superhero *
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. She first appeared as Batman’s love tert the 1950s, shortly after the publitn of Sctn of the Innocent, a book that acced Batman of homosexual propaganda. In recent years she was rewrten to be gay herself, a ntroversial cisn that led to some problems of s her ic’s creators wanted her to marry her girliend, DC nixed the cisn by sayg hero “shouldn’t have happy personal liv, ” a dub statement that sounds pretty ridiculo the ntext of, say, Superman.
Back 1992, Marvel Comics ma headl by revealg that Northstar, a Canadian superhero associated wh Alpha Flight and the X-Men, was gay. “When gay marriage beme legal New York State, raised obv qutns sce most of our hero ri New York State.
Northstar is the first openly gay character ics and he’s been a longterm relatnship wh his partner Kyle so the big qutn was – how would this change his relatnship?, ” says Marvel Comics edor--chief Axel Alonso. “Here are two people, tryg to live their liv – mutant and gay, black and gay – empowered their own ways, but also ge-dwellers, ” says Liu. The tensns will rm Liu’s Astonishg X-Men stori gog forward, but Alonso says the uple will also have to nont homophobia om Northstar’s teammat.
WHO WAS THE FIRST GAY SUPERHERO? — THE ROUGH ROAD TO MARVEL’S NORTHSTAR
Tw brother of Aurora, Northstar is the hghty mutant speedster affiliated wh the X-Men, though he was origally a member of Alpha Flight. He is most famo for beg the first openly gay superhero. * northstar gay superhero *
That issue is Alpha Flight #106, the first time a mastream ic hero “me out” as gay! In the 80s, a number of creators wanted to tackle the emergg reali of “Homosexual Liberatn”.
Shooter purportedly had a policy agast the portrayal of openly gay characters. This prevented Alpha Flight -creator John Byrne om revealg that team member Northstar was gay when the seri lnched 1983.
It was still seen by many as a dive judgement on gays and dg disease add a massive extra stigma to beg a man attracted to men – wasn’t jt “unnatural” anymore, ma you a morn leper. While he’s sympathetic to Major Mapleleaf’s grief, Northstar do not take kdly to beg lectured on the plight of gay men. It was a story urgg acceptance and passn for gay people general and AIDS victims particular published not long after the Whe Hoe’s official stance on AIDS was “’s kda funny, actually“.
MARVEL'S FIRST MAJOR GAY CHARACTER DERV A STAND-ALONE COMIC
Northstar, Marvel Comic's first openly gay superhero, brought queer reprentatn to Marvel Comics and changed the superhero universe forever. * northstar gay superhero *
Wrer-artist John Byrne first hted at Northstar’s sexualy Alpha Flight # 7(2/84), which Jean-Pl is rned wh an old, prumably gay iend named Raymon.
15 OPENLY GAY MARVEL CHARACTERS THAT MIGHT BE COMG TO THE MCU
More than jt Marvel's first openly gay superhero, Northstar has a fascatg history that has helped him build que the fanbase. * northstar gay superhero *
The advisabily of Marvel’s only possibly gay character dyg of AIDS was viewed as a bridge too far for all sorts of reasons. Beg outed as half-elf was apparently still preferable to beg nfirmed as totally gay.
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Dpe all of the hts, Northstar is not explicly said to be gay and out as a gay man a prs release until Alpha Flight #106 (3/92). Though this is an entire mi-seri voted to the supposedly openly gay hero, no direct reference is ma of his homosexualy.
) Portrayed more openly gay than ever before, Northstar tras barbs wh a homophobic, largely vulnerable young mutant named Plie Provenzano. The year 2005 marked a particular low pot for Marvel’s premiere gay superhero. Reviewg Northstar’s history as a character provis a mi-semar on the treatment of LGBT characters ic Byrne’s troductn of Jean-Pl Alpha Flight as a gay character all but actual name was both groundbreakg and necsarily ut.
In celebratn of Pri Month, let’s take a look at the key issu featurg Northstar, the first gay superhero. While much of this is crgeworthy when read today, the 1980s was cuttg edge to have a character that most rears unrstood to be gay, even if was never overtly stated. In a ic that was big news 1992, Northstar, after many years, let the world know that he was gay the pag of Alpha Flight #106.
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Bis beg the first gay superhero, Northstar also was one of the celebrants the first same-sex weddg to be shown superhero ics. Northstar, never a hugely popular character, do have a unique spot ic book history as the first gay superhero. While many of the early tal of his homosexualy read as very dated ics today, someone had to take the first step, even if they appear as stumbl now.
Northstar's revelatn that he is a homosexual is picted the latt issue of Marvel's "Alpha Flight" seri. Northstar rponds: "Do not prume to lecture me on the hardships homosexuals mt bear. For while I am not cled to discs my sexualy wh people for whom is none of their bs - I am gay!
Northstar, who has been the seri sce 1982, isn't the first mastream ic-book superhero to be intified as gay. Last sprg, the Pied Piper, a character DC Comics' "Flash" seri, announced he was homosexual. "Out of 50 or 60 letters we got after the Pied Piper said he was gay, only three were negative, " Thomas said.