Batman is gay acrdg to Gee Clooney who once played the Dark Knight wh Chris O’Donnell as Rob. Proof: Evint homosexual subtext superhero ics.
Contents:
- BATMAN IS PRETTY GAY: QUEER REPRENTATN COMICS & THE DARK KNIGHT
- GRANT MORRISON SAYS BATMAN IS GAY, TER BASILLY SHGS
- FAMEWATCHER SEARCH PRIMARY MENU SKIP TO NTENT HOMECELEBRY HAIR TRANSPLANTCELEBRY PLASTIC SURGERYCELEBRY LEATHER JACKETBODY SHAPER SEARCH FOR: IS HE GAY?IS BATMAN GAY?
BATMAN IS PRETTY GAY: QUEER REPRENTATN COMICS & THE DARK KNIGHT
Homosexual terpretatns have been part of the amic study of the Batman anchise at least sce psychiatrist Fredric Wertham asserted his 1954 book Sctn of the Innocent that "Batman stori are psychologilly homosexual". Wertham, as well as parodi, fans, and other pennt parti, have scribed Batman and his sikick Rob as homosexual, possibly a relatnship wh each other. DC Comics has never dited Batman or any of his male alli to be gay, but several characters the Morn Age Batman ic books are exprsly gay, lbian, or bisexual. * homosexuality in batman franchise *
Wh the recent passg of Kev Conroy, the voice of the ped csar Batman: The Animated Seri and gay in, felt like a good time to discs LGBTQIA+ reprentatn ic books, specifilly Superhero ics. Homosexual and perastic terpretatns have been part of the amic study of the Batman anchise at least sce psychiatrist Fredric Wertham asserted his 1954 book Sctn of the Innocent that "Batman stori are psychologilly homosexual".
GRANT MORRISON SAYS BATMAN IS GAY, TER BASILLY SHGS
In Sctn of the Innocent, Fredric Wertham claimed, "The Batman type of story may stimulate children to homosexual fantasi, of the nature of which they may be unnsc" and "Only someone ignorant of the fundamentals of psychiatry and of the psychopathology of sex n fail to realize a subtle atmosphere of homoeroticism which pervas the adventur of the mature 'Batman' and his young iend Rob. Andy Medhurst wrote his 1991 say Batman, Deviance, and Camp that Batman is tertg to gay dienc bee "he was one of the first fictnal characters to be attacked on the grounds of his prumed homosexualy, " "the 1960s TV seri remas a touchstone of mp, " and "[he] mers analysis as a notably succsful nstctn of masculy. "[6] While Frank Miller has scribed the relatnship between Batman and the Joker as a "homophobic nightmare, "[7] he views the character as sublimatg his sexual urg to crime fightg, ncludg, "He'd be much healthier if he were gay.
The 1995 feature film Batman Forever, and pecially s 1997 sequel Batman & Rob, both helmed by the openly gay director Joel Schumacher, attracted attentn for their many homo-erotic nuendos.
Wrer Warren Ellis addrsed the issue of Batman's sexualy obliquely his ic book The Authory om Image Comics where he portrayed the character of the Midnighter, a clear Batman pastiche, as openly gay and engaged a long term relatnship wh the Superman analogue Apollo. Another notable example occurred 2000, when DC Comics refed to allow permissn for the reprtg of four panels (om Batman #79, 92, 105 and 139) to illtrate Christopher York's paper All the Fay: Homophobia and Batman Comics the 1950s. Will Brooker argu Batman Unmasked: Analyzg a Cultural In, [22] that a queer readg of Batman is a valid terpretatn, and that homosexual rears would naturally fd themselv drawn to the liftyle picted wh, whether the character of Bce Wayne himself is explicly homosexual or not.
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But gayns – om high mp to tense homoeroticism – is an important aspect of that nstant need to sist on Batman's heterosexualy always, unwtgly, remds of the mpy rnatns as tri to reprs them; and the harr the ph towards "darkns, " the more the "rabow Batman" sneaks through the gaps.
Ironilly, the origal Batwoman, Kathere Kane, was created the 1950s, along wh origal Batgirl Bette Kane, as a romantic tert for Batman, (and Batgirl as such for Rob), to ter the notn that Batman and Rob were both gay and a relatnship. Two mor pre-morn age supervillas, The Cavalier (Mortimer Drake) and Capta Stgaree (Karl Courtney) both of whom embody several homosexual stereotyp, were nfirmed to be a closeted gay relatnship Jtice League of Ameri #2 (November 2006), a fact that Black Lightng to extort rmatn om Drake. Homosexual terpretatns have been part of the amic study of the Batman anchise at least sce psychiatrist Fredric Wertham asserted his 1954 book Sctn of the Innocent that "Batman stori are psychologilly homosexual".
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