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HOW DC REEMED THEIR FIRST OPENLY GAY SUPERHERO
DC's first gay character, Extraño, was an embodiment of negative stereotyp when he buted before beg revented as an excg character. * first openly gay dc character *
Fan NewsThe Evolutn of Extraño, DC's First Openly Gay SuperheroBY: Alex Jaffe.
For over fifty years, not a sgle openly gay superhero uld be found on DC’s pag. One of the dividuals was Gregor De La Vega, a gay Pevian stage magician who cintally shar his surname wh Zorro. But his wake, many characters even olr than he beme open about their own inti as gay men.
A queer thor himself, Orlando felt was time to brg back DC’s origal gay character om limbo to help celebrate DC’s first ic headled by an openly gay uple.