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Contents:

• MARVEL IS DEBUTG A GAY SPIR-MAN
• TOM HOLLAND OPEN TO GAY ‘SPIR-MAN,’ AGRE MCU NEEDS MORE THAN JT ‘STRAIGHT WHE GUYS’
• MARVEL ANNOUNC FIRST GAY SPIR-MAN JT TIME FOR PRI
• MARVEL ANUNCIó EL PRIMER SPIR-MAN GAY LA HISTORIA
• MARVEL REVEALS ORIG STORY FOR UPG FIRST GAY SPIR-MAN
• MARVEL REVEALS FIRST GAY SPIR-MAN FOR UPG SERI
• IS SPIR-MAN GAY, BISEX, OR STRAIGHT? ALL HIS RELATNSHIPS EXPLAED
• MARVEL COMICS INTRODUCG FIRST GAY SPIR-MAN
• MARVEL INTRODUCG FIRST GAY SPIR-MAN
• MARVEL TO TRODUCE FIRST GAY SPIR-MAN UPG ‘EDGE OF SPIR-VERSE’
• MARVEL OFFICIALLY GREENLS GAY SPIR-MAN SPOFF - INSI THE MAGIC
• MARVEL COMICS TO INTRODUCE NEW “GAY SPIR-MAN” VARIANT IN UPG SPIR-VERSE SERI
• MARVEL REPORTEDLY PLANS TO MAKE THE MCU’S NEXT SPIR-MAN GAY
• MARVEL INTRODUC ITS FIRST GAY SPIR-MAN AS THE LATT SPIR-VERSE VARIANT
• MEET COOPER COEN, MARVEL'S FIRST GAY SPIR-MAN (SPIRSPOILERS)
• 'SPIR-MAN' STAR ATTACKED FOR FILMG GAY SCEN | ISRAEL HAYOM
• IS MIL MORAL GAY, BI OR STRAIGHT? EXPLAED
• MARVEL REVEALS DETAILS FROM THE FIRST GAY SPIR-MAN'S ORIG STORY
• PETER PARKER CAN’T BE BLACK OR GAY? WHAT MARVEL’S ‘SPIR-MAN’ RTRICTNS REALLY MEAN
• 5 TIM SPIR-MAN ACTORS HAVE PLAYED GAY

MARVEL IS DEBUTG A GAY SPIR-MAN

While homophob are by gettg mad at Tom Holland for havg a gay scene his current show The Crowd Room, they’re missg somethg important: he’s not the first Spir-Man actor to play gay. In fact, Holland is followg a long and proud tradn of Spir-Man actors playg are some prev tim that actors who have played Peter Parker have crossed over to the other si and played gay characters movi, TV, and on stage.

In a fake trailer for an Osr-ba movie the film, Maguire plays himself, who is starrg a movie about two gay 18th Century monks lled Satan’s Alley.

Garfield, who played Parker the rebooted Spir-Man movi by Marc Webb, has actually gotten wispread cril acclaim for playg gay. In 2017, he started playg the role of Prr Walter, a gay man wh AIDS, the celebrated play Angels Ameri at the Natnal Theatre London.

TOM HOLLAND OPEN TO GAY ‘SPIR-MAN,’ AGRE MCU NEEDS MORE THAN JT ‘STRAIGHT WHE GUYS’

In The Crowd Room, Holland, who plays Spir-Man the Marvel Cematic Universe, plays a troubled young man named Danny Sullivan, who ms some heo crim, but also has gay sex. Marvel Comics’ universe-hoppg Edge of Spir-Verse #5, which hs stor September, will feature three new metaverse versns of Spir-Man — cludg the beloved character’s first gay rnatn, known as scrib the character as a “not-so-d mannered fashn signer at Van Dyne [Indtri]” — the pany owned by Ja Van Dyne, aka the Wasp — who “gets spir-powers and shows a very different kd of Spir-Slayer.

MARVEL ANNOUNC FIRST GAY SPIR-MAN JT TIME FOR PRI

”Eisner-nomated gay wrer Steve Foxe, prevly known for his work on the superhero duo ic Archer & Armstrong for Valiant Comics and Marvel’s X-Men ‘92, will wre the story. In a new terview wh The Sunday Tim, Holland said he’d be open to his Marvel superhero g out as gay and agreed wh the overwhelmg sentiment that the Marvel Cematic Universe needs to start gettg more clive on the LGBTQ ont as soon as possible. Marvel Studs print Kev Feige has already gone on rerd sayg the next phase of Marvel films will clu the MCU’s first openly gay character.

MARVEL ANUNCIó EL PRIMER SPIR-MAN GAY LA HISTORIA

The MCU got a b of blowback earlier this year over the release of “Avengers: Endgame, ” which clud a rather nsequential moment featurg an openly gay character. One persistent mor poss that the first openly gay star character the MCU will be troduced “The Eternals, ” the upg tentpole om filmmaker Chloe Zhao set to star Richard Madn, Angela Jolie, and Kumail Nanjiani. This Pri month, turns out the Spir-Verse is big enough for the LGBTQ+ muny as Marvel wel their first gay Spir-Man to the fold.

Comic publishers like Marvel have been steppg up their game for Pri month more and more as the years go by, and on top of this year's anthology one-shot and Pri variant vers, Marvel has announced s first gay Spir-Man: Web-Weaver! Sharg the news via Twter, wrer Steve Foxe gave fans a tease by way of a ver announcement and a quick blurb on the gay spir hero dubbed Web-Weaver.

If Web-Weaver's civilian reer and wordplay were not enough to key fans on the hero beg part of the LGBTQ+ muny, Foxe later retweeted a post om artist Josh Cornilln about his excement about Foxe -creatg the gay spir. Furthermore, 's even more special to have LGBTQ+ creators Steve Foxe and Kris Anka be the archects of Marvel's first gay Spir-Man.

MARVEL REVEALS ORIG STORY FOR UPG FIRST GAY SPIR-MAN

Even though Marvel's first gay Spir-Man won't be swgg onto shelv until September, the announcement self still mak Web-Weaver to a sweet Pri month surprise.

MARVEL REVEALS FIRST GAY SPIR-MAN FOR UPG SERI

Marvel Cómics anunció el primer Spir-Man gay la historiaCon motivo la celebración l ullo LGTBIQ+, Marvel anunció el primer Spir-Man homosexual, que aparecerá en los nuevos cómics “Edge of the Spir-Verse” en septiembre te añ personaje, que se llamará Web-Weaver, un “diseñador moda en Van Dyne no muy amable que obtiene por aráidos y nos mutra un tipo Spirman muy diferente”, según lo scribe su creador, el cror Steve diseño Web-Weaver ha sido sarrollado por el artista cómics Kris Anka, que ya había trabajado en diferent proyectos Marvel.

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"While Garfield may have offend stud executiv and homophob when he suggted that Spir-Man might be bisexual, last year, Sony reportedly dited a renewed tert explorg the superhero's open No Way Home opens December 17 theaters natnwi.

IS SPIR-MAN GAY, BISEX, OR STRAIGHT? ALL HIS RELATNSHIPS EXPLAED

For those who appreciate the vastns of the Marvel Multiverse—as well as s ner-mi-multiverse, the Spir-Verse—the only important qutn when was revealed June that the ic pany was brgg out the first-ever (openly) gay Spir-Man s Edge of Spir-Verse book seri was, “What’s his orig story? (Courty Marvel)As CosmicBookNews reports, Foxe wrote a sce-leted June tweet, “Somethg I realized immediately when nceivg Web-Weaver is that he n’t — and shouldn’t — reprent ALL gay men. ”Queerty not that Spir-Man has had a particularly strong gay fandom, statg, “Spir-Man has had a choke-hold on the gay muny for s.

J., that Tom Holland said “of urse” Spir-Man uld be gay, and that Marisa Tomei wanted her Aunt May character to have a girliend, rather than Jon Favre’s Harold “Happy” Hogan.

This will actually be the first gay versn of the inic superhero character, and they’ll be appearg the upg ic book issue Edge of Spir-Verse #5. In addn to the gay Spir-Man variant named Van Dyne aka Web Weaver, there will also be a Kraven the Hunter variant named “Hunter-Spir, ” a Tyrannoss Rex variant, and many other crazy terpretatns. Disney-owned Marvel Comics is set to but s first openly gay Spir-Man, wh effemate characteristics, drsed lace, an upg book due out September.

MARVEL COMICS INTRODUCG FIRST GAY SPIR-MAN

“SURPRISE: I had the huge gay honor of helpg to -create WEB-WEAVER, who’ll make his but EDGE OF THE SPIDER-VERSE #5 this September! SURPRISE: I had the huge gay honor of helpg to -create WEB-WEAVER, who'll make his but EDGE OF THE SPIDER-VERSE #5 this September!

” And acrdg to the illy, lacy stume and the stereotypil pose the character reveal, appears that Web-Weaver will reprent an effemate versn of homosexualy. Edge of Spir-Verse has already ma headl for troducg new variatns of Spir-Man — and Issue #5, that will clu Web-Weaver, who is beg billed as the first gay Spir-Man.

MARVEL INTRODUCG FIRST GAY SPIR-MAN

"Somethg I realized immediately when nceivg Web-Weaver is that he n't--and shouldn't--reprent ALL gay men, " Foxe wrote.

A new Spir-Man is g out — and he’s gay, proud, and is troducg s first gay Spir-Man, a character named Web-Weaver, the upg “Edge of Spir-Verse #5, ″ out is troducg s first gay Spir-Man, a character named Web-Weaver, the upg “Edge of Spir-Verse #5″, which out September.

MARVEL TO TRODUCE FIRST GAY SPIR-MAN UPG ‘EDGE OF SPIR-VERSE’

(MARVEL)Earlier this month, wrer Steve Foxe announced on Twter that he’d “had the huge gay honor of helpg to -create WEB-WEAVER, who’ll make his but EDGE OF THE SPIDER-VERSE #5 this September! “I st a wi for the origal signs while also lookg at new and unique spirs that [Foxe] has remend, which eventually paired down to this look, ” he tweeted, sharg a first-look of the fashn-forward Tuday, Foxe took to Twter to expla a ltle more about his ia for the latt Spir-Verse is troducg s first gay Spir-Man, a character named Web-Weaver, the upg “Edge of Spir-Verse #5″, which out September. (MARVEL)“Somethg I realized immediately when nceivg Web-Weaver is that he n’t — and shouldn’t — reprent ALL gay men.

Foxe ma clear that Web-Weaver, the new Spir-Man variant don’t reprent all gay men, but is the first step towards Marvel ntug to have diversy the Spir-Verse:. Not all fans are exced that Marvel is gog out of their way to make a gay super hero, but ’s way better than Marvel cis to change Peter Parker’s sexualy. Though the role is mor, ’s a stri to see a ntemporary high school table where gay boys and straight girls ngregate P.

MARVEL OFFICIALLY GREENLS GAY SPIR-MAN SPOFF - INSI THE MAGIC

The 15-year-old, who had a memorable breakout Chris Kelly’s “Other People” and will star as an out gay teen on Mdy Kalg’s upg pilot “Champns, ” also enjoyed brgg LGBT reprentatn to the genre. Followg the issue’s official public reveal, Foxe took to his personal Twter to excedly nfirm, “SURPRISE: I had the huge gay honor of helpg to -create WEB-WEAVER, who’ll make his but EDGE OF THE SPIDER-VERSE #5 this September!

MARVEL COMICS TO INTRODUCE NEW “GAY SPIR-MAN” VARIANT IN UPG SPIR-VERSE SERI

Notably, some fans and major outlets, cludg CBR and ScreenRant, have taken to referg to Web-Weaver as Marvel’s “first gay Spir-Man” – the latter outlet even assertg that “It’s long past time that the LGBTQ+ muny gets to be reprented there more and more.

Further, while Web-Weaver may be the first gay male Spir-variant he is not the first one overall Marvel history. Regardls, those who want to fd out if Web-Weaver is ed the first gay Spir-Man n read the ic book when out September. And even if the character started to intify as gay, as we learnt om Ice Man, 's never too late for a character to e out of the closet.

MARVEL REPORTEDLY PLANS TO MAKE THE MCU’S NEXT SPIR-MAN GAY

But what’s perhaps even more trigug than jt Moral’ upg but the Marvel Cematic Universe is the fact that Marvel plans to portray him as gay. Marvel will troduce s first gay Spir-Man, a new character named Web-Weaver, the upg Edge of Spir-Verse #5, which releas Sept. Edge of Spir-Verse #5 wrer Steve Foxe shared an image of Marvel's first gay Spir-Man, Web-Weaver, onto his Twter acunt.

"Somethg I realized immediately when nceivg Web-Weaver is that he n't -- and shouldn't -- reprent ALL gay men, " Foxe posted.

MARVEL INTRODUC ITS FIRST GAY SPIR-MAN AS THE LATT SPIR-VERSE VARIANT

”Bt known for starrg the new Spir-Man trilogy and brgg the Peter Parker character to life the Marvel Cematic Universe (MCU), Tom Holland is currently facg scty om homophob for playg the lead character of Billy Milligan the new limed seri The Crowd Room for Apple 1975, Milligan was arrted for armed robbery and rapg three people on the mp of Oh State Universy. The actor is straight and has been a relatnship wh Zendaya for many years, so his role on The Crowd Room is clearly jt a role that don’t affect his personal the topic of LGBTQ+ actors playg LGBTQ+ characters, ’s not like Billy Milligan is the most posive dividual out there for an actor to brg to life, so feels like ’s bis the pot for a non-LGBTQ+ actor to play this particular person on as seen on LGBTQ-clive shows like The Last of Us, homophob will clg to jt about any reason to pla about queer characters beg picted on mastream media. ”While others also noted Holland’s fellow Spir-Man actors, Andrew Garfield and Tobey Maguire, have played gay characters the Holland as Danny Sullivan The Crowd Room.

MEET COOPER COEN, MARVEL'S FIRST GAY SPIR-MAN (SPIRSPOILERS)

Cred: Apple TVA fan wrote: “The people postg 'not my spirman' about tom holland bee of his gay scene like… honey i have some news for you.

”Someone else wrote: "I fd so funny that people are mad at Tom Holland for beg LGBT the crowd room and seeg the others who Spir-Man are better for that reason, when Andrew Garfield is an extreme ally and played gay characters, and Toby McGuire is siar [sic].

Posted : Comics, Marvel Comics, Spir-Man | Tagged: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Cooper Coen, Edge of Spir-Verse, spir-man, spir-verse, Web-WeaverTomorrow's Edge Of Spir-Verse #5 troduc a new Spir-Man to the Marvel multiverse, wh the allerative Cooper Coen, also known as Web Weaver, the gay Spir-Man of his own universe. And while Peter Parker's parents were ad and he lived wh his nt and uncle, Cooper Coen liv wh his nt and her wife stead, when his parents are homophobic enough to throw him out.

'SPIR-MAN' STAR ATTACKED FOR FILMG GAY SCEN | ISRAEL HAYOM

"The fact that one scene wh Tom Holland brought out so much homophobia is not really surprisg, but jt upsettg, " one fan wrote. "I don't unrstand why men agree to bend over and accept the rol, " another of Tom Holland, who plays the famo superhero, fend him om the homophobic ments circulatg onle surroundg same-sex scen he filmed his new seri. Fans of Tom Holland are fendg the actor om a homophobic attack onle, stemmg om specific scen his new seri, "The Crowd Room.

The homophobic reactns, as already mentned, were not long g, and many attacked the actor, who famoly plays the straight Spir-Man Marvel ic book is #TomHolland actg ppl he is an ACTOR. The homophobia today is bonkers— luma ??☃️ (@LUMAP0P) July 15, 2023This is where Holland's fans me , choosg to protect him and tryg to nvey the msage that there is no nnectn between the superhero he plays wh great succs and a pletely different character he plays another productn.

The homophobia today is jt sane, " one fan tweeted, while a send wrote, "The fact that one scene wh Tom Holland the Apple seri brought out so much homophobia om stupid people is not really surprisg, but jt upsettg.

IS MIL MORAL GAY, BI OR STRAIGHT? EXPLAED

"Tom Holland "Spir-Man: No Way Home", photo: PROther ers, on the other hand, chose to draw the homophob' attentn to the fact that Tom Holland is not really Spir-Man, and advised them to take a breather and get out of the hoe for a We'll fix ! Capta Ameri and the Wter Soldier have a iendship that dat back to pre-WWII, one chronicled Capta Ameri: The First Avenger and expand the gayt Marvel movie (bis Endgame), Capta Ameri: The Wter Soldier, which is lerally a movie about Steve Rogers tryg to get his brawashed ex-boyiend back. Marvel reveals new tails surroundg the orig story of the first gay Spir-Man, Web-Weaver, who will but Edge of Spir-Verse #5.

Marvel has revealed new tails regardg the first gay Spir-Man's orig story, which will be featured the upg Edge of Spir-Verse #5.

"SURPRISE: I had the huge gay honor of helpg to -create WEB-WEAVER, who'll make his but EDGE OF THE SPIDER-VERSE #5 this September!

MARVEL REVEALS DETAILS FROM THE FIRST GAY SPIR-MAN'S ORIG STORY

1, Foxe tweeted that, to the bt of the creative team's knowledge, Web-Weaver is the first nonilly gay male Spir-hero. Spir-Man -creator Stan Lee has rpond to actor Andrew Garfield's recent what-if scenar which Peter Parker uld be gay or bisexual, jokg, "I figure one sex is enough for anybody. "It was jt more a philosophil qutn, and what I believe about Spir-Man is that he do stand for everybody: black, whe, Che, Malaysian, gay, straight, lbian, bisexual, transgenr.

They rarely need to rencile the charmed worlds to which they properly belong (Hogwarts, Oz) and the one which they were do experience that need, and the urse he follows is so thunroly ronant wh actual queer experience that you uld, as an exercise, translate to gay terms.

PETER PARKER CAN’T BE BLACK OR GAY? WHAT MARVEL’S ‘SPIR-MAN’ RTRICTNS REALLY MEAN

That leav him the posn of a pretty typil gay teen, ettg about urg he nnot procs as normal or exprs whout urtg disaster. Uncle Aaron teach Mil how to flirt by role-playg wh him — they take turns beg the man, admisterg sctive “shoulr-touch” — then gets him bten by a radactive homosexu— uh, spir.

5 TIM SPIR-MAN ACTORS HAVE PLAYED GAY

) Mil falls out of touch wh his parents as he spends more time Aunt May’s Spir-Man basement, a space that is part kschy closet, part dimly l gay the film, Mil’s native-dimensn Spir-Man advis him that he do not “have a choice” when to his superpowers, offers to show him the rop and di. Here, as so many real fai, the two men agree to a tenuo workg relatnship: “I don’t approve of your methods, ” Jefferson says, but he will tolerate Mil’s arc: the regnn that you are a eak; the isolatn of the closet; the disvery of eaks like you, who might e to stand for blogil fay; the play of intifitn and shame wh a stigmatized group, of revulsn and self-acceptance, iatn and petn; turng eakishns to a weapon agast adversy; and perhaps the eventual retegratn — of some part of yourself — to mastream society, or at least to the arc n be translated to specifilly gay terms, but do not have to be.

For Spir-Man, Marvel termed that he mt be male and “not a homosexual, ” wh the tertg addn that the latter would be validated if “Marvel has portrayed that character as a homosexual. Even the rtrictn that’s gaed the most attentn — “not a homosexual” — has the get-out clse that ’s okay if Marvel has done the ics first. A gay Spir-Man isn’t a problem, as long as Marvel gets to do the ics (and, as a rult, reaps the publicy rewards attached) first.