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We look to Marvel's queer ics history to show how the MCU's first gay movie hero n be a succs.

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HOW MARVEL'S FIRST GAY MOVIE SUPERHERO CAN BE A SUCCS

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Even then, the brief cln of one gay character didn’t make up for all the tim that Marvel didn’t seize the opportuny to exprs the queerns of other LGBTQ+ characters on the big screen.

When Robert Kirkman first troduced this Green Lantern knockoff 2006, Marvel promoted him as the new gay superhero a bid for clivy, but jt one month later, Curtis was sudnly killed off.

Kirkman has sce regretted this matter openly, realizg that he pretty much murred a fifth of Marvel’s gay characters one fell swoop. Avengers: Endgame gave the first openly gay character the Marvel Cematic Universe, but left a lot of fans (who have spent the last wag to see a gay superhero jo the Avengers) pretty unrwhelmed. Here's a selectn of openly gay Marvel characters who serve their time to she the MCU.

15 OPENLY GAY MARVEL CHARACTERS THAT MIGHT BE COMG TO THE MCU

From Iceman to Hulklg and Moondragon, Marvel boasts a whole array of openly gay characters who would be smash-hs the MCU. * hero gay marvel *

While many fans hope that Marvel Studs ntu to diversify the superhero they brg to live-actn, Eternals recently took a signifint step forward by prentg Phastos as part of the first openly gay superhero uple the MCU. Iceman had been fightg alongsi the X-Men the ics for s before he stunned dienc by g out as gay, but fans quickly accepted his sexualy.

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From Wonr Woman to Northstar, here are some of the most groundbreakg LGBTQ characters and gay superhero Marvel and DC Comics non. * hero gay marvel *

Wh Marvel Studs hopg to fix the X-Men film anchise after acquirg om Fox, this uld be a good ll for the MCU’s first gay character.

Viv’s sexualy hasn’t been nfirmed the ics, but she's kissed Ironheart and was strongly suggted that she’s eher gay or asexual when she said, “an attractn to boys is nowhere wh me. ” The MCU uld easily portray the character as gay. There was speculatn that Hercul would be a lead  The Eternals when Marvel announced that the film would star a gay lead, but the reference was stead to Phastos.

Phyla-Vell was first intified as gay when she admted to and acted on her attractn towards Moondragon.

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A new trailer nfirmed that Eternals will feature Phastos, a gay character played by Brian Tyree Henry, who's married wh a kid. Never heard of him? You're not alone. * hero gay marvel *

In any discsn of who will be the first openly gay superhero the MCU, ’s important to mentn the first openly gay superhero Marvel Comics. Northstar was a landmark character for ic book history bee he was one of the first gay superhero, the first to e out a Marvel book, and 2012, he beme the first character to have a same-sex weddg a mastream ic.

Phastos may be half of the first openly gay relatnship the Marvel Cematic Universe, but Negasonic Teenage Warhead was part of the first gay superhero uple all of superhero cema several years earlier.

The two shared the first gay kiss between major characters a Marvel ic back X-Force #45 while Rictor was huntg for Multiple Man New England.

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Aaron Fischer, a gay teenager, will take on the mantle The Uned Stat of Capta Ameri, markg the character’s 80th anniversary <br> * hero gay marvel *

Rictor has also dated women the Marvel Universe, such as Wolfsbane and Boom Boom, but he stated X-Force #20 that he always knew ep down that he was gay.

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