Which versns of Superman, Rob, and Wonr Woman are gay? How DC Comics is refg the symbols of characters like Batman, Green Lantern, and the Flash for a new, queerer generatn.
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IS ROB (TIM DRAKE) GAY OR BISEXUAL?
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Former Batman ic wrer Grant Morrison even told Playboy magaze that “gayns is built to Batman. In March, Marvel unveiled their first gay Capta Ameri character — a queer youth advote named Aaron Fischer — to be clud the upg “Uned Stat of Capta Ameri” ic book miseri. The list of superhero accintally or liberately d as queer who have never nonilly been brought out of the closet bee of homophobia is long and prsg.
But wa, I n hear the ments already: So now Tim is jt The Rob Who Is Gay? Tim Drake’s story speaks to what advot for diversy n fet and homophob would rather ignore: There are legimate reasons to give a long-standg straight character a g-out story beyond “more diversy is more. Tim Drake is far om the first gay ic book superhero.
25 years ago, mutant Northstar revealed he was gay, forever alterg the pictn of LGBTQ characters ic books, acrdg to The New York Tim. Fans have long buzzed about Rob -- who's prevly dated women -- beg gay, and many are ecstatic wh this DC plot twist.