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Contents:
- BATMAN N'T E OUT AS GAY – HIS CHARACTER RELI ON HIM BEG NIAL
- GRANT MORRISON SAYS BATMAN IS GAY, TER BASILLY SHGS
- I'M NOT GAY, BATMAN - MEME SOUND EFFECT BUTTON FOR SOUNDBOARD
BATMAN N'T E OUT AS GAY – HIS CHARACTER RELI ON HIM BEG NIAL
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DC Comics' announcement that a high-profile superhero is about to e out – a rponse to Marvel's "gay weddg" story – has stirred up a lot of gossip, wh one name repeatedly put forward, and regularly dismissed.
GRANT MORRISON SAYS BATMAN IS GAY, TER BASILLY SHGS
Batman, gay? I don't thk Batman will e out; bee everyone already knows he's gay. " The hero disperse, and life go on exactly as did Batman gay?
But gayns – om high mp to tense homoeroticism – is an important aspect of that readg is nothg new. In the 50s, the accatns that Bce and Dick "Rob" Grayson reprented "a wish-dream of two homosexuals livg together" went to a Senate submtee hearg, and the ic-book edors rpond by brgg Batgirl and Batwoman, double-dat for the dynamic duo. If he me out as gay, he wouldn't be the moody, difficult figure we've grown to love; and ironilly, by clarg himself as happily gay, Batman – as a cultural in – would actually be ls fascatg, ls plex, ls queer.
I'M NOT GAY, BATMAN - MEME SOUND EFFECT BUTTON FOR SOUNDBOARD
Only five films featured lbian characters while six featured gay men.
That don't even touch the “bury your gays” problem this would create.