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• "AVENGERS: ENDGAME" FEATUR MARVEL STUDS' FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTER IN A SMALL ROLE
• AVENGERS: ENDGAME’S GAY MOMENT IS A NICE GTURE THAT JT FEELS EXHSTG
• WH AVENGERS: ENDGAME, GAY PEOPLE FALLY EXIST THE MCU
• AVENGERS: ENDGAME FEATUR FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTER A MARVEL FILM
• MARVEL'S FIRST GAY CHARACTER IS PLAYED BY AVENGERS: ENDGAME'S DIRECTOR
• AVENGERS: ENDGAME’S GAY CHARACTER REVEAL IS SULTG, NOT PROGRSIVE
• ‘AVENGERS: ENDGAME’ CLUS A GAY CHARACTER—BUT ’S AN AWKWARD CHOICE
• MARVEL'S FIRST GAY CHARACTER IS PLAYED BY AVENGERS: ENDGAME'S DIRECTOR

"AVENGERS: ENDGAME" FEATUR MARVEL STUDS' FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTER IN A SMALL ROLE

“We wanted to be sual, wh the fact that the character is gay tied to the fabric of the storytellg and reprentg what everyday life is, ” Joe told Deadle. Sendly, yep, you heard that right, this guy who lov the Mets (very masc) is gay, and what’s more, he’s the first openly gay character a Marvel superhero movie. Capta Ameri, An Ally, tells the gay guy that thgs are hard, but he’s dog good work gettg himself out there, and then the scene ends.

AVENGERS: ENDGAME’S GAY MOMENT IS A NICE GTURE THAT JT FEELS EXHSTG

Time to celebrate, uh, gay Mets guy! Joe, one of the two Rso brothers who directed Endgame, plays the gay character himself.

WH AVENGERS: ENDGAME, GAY PEOPLE FALLY EXIST THE MCU

“It was important to as we did four of the films, we wanted a gay character somewhere them, ” Joe said. Star Trek Beyond ma John Cho’s Sulu gay wh a man-hug that you probably wouldn’t have noticed if weren’t for the disurse that spng up around . Bety and the Beast gave LeFou that famo “exclively gay moment” that amounted to a short dance wh a henchman.

) Includg a scene wh a gay character as mor as this don’t rectify that realy, jt mak the overwhelmg samens of the rt of the enterprise more stark.

This isn’t to say that I don’t appreciate seeg gay characters appear on screen, or that I want studs to stop pictg them. Consirg how tied a movie’s succs is to the ternatnal box office — and how some untry’s ernments feel about homosexualy (see Bohemian Rhapsody’s Cha ed) — is,  an abstract, unemotnal way, imprsive that the Rso brothers got such a direct mentn of homosexualy to Avengers: Endgame. — to be lookg to st a gay Asian lead.

AVENGERS: ENDGAME FEATUR FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTER A MARVEL FILM

Anyway, ngrats to the gay Mets guy on his date.

Avengers: Endgame’s Gay Moment Jt Feels Exhstg. Wh Avengers: Endgame, Gay People Fally Exist the MCU.

MARVEL'S FIRST GAY CHARACTER IS PLAYED BY AVENGERS: ENDGAME'S DIRECTOR

The MCU's 22nd film, Avengers: Endgame, is the first to acknowledge the existence of gay people any form whatsoever.

Ially, a blockbter movie wh over a hundred characters ntag a sgle unnamed gay character for a uple mut should not be newsworthy. In this suatn, 's noteworthy that the 22nd MCU film, Avengers: Endgame, is the first to acknowledge the existence of gay people any form whatsoever.

AVENGERS: ENDGAME’S GAY CHARACTER REVEAL IS SULTG, NOT PROGRSIVE

Endgame's unnamed gay character appears early on the film, after the "Five Years Later" time skip. “Reprentatn is really important, " said -director Joe Rso, who plays the gay support group member, an terview wh Deadle.

"It was important to as we did four of the films, we wanted a gay character somewhere them. Steve/Tony shippers might fd amement certa pliments on appearanc, but such bs of funny banter don't unt as actual evince of a gay or bisexual relatnship.

The unnamed gay character Endgame thankfully don't seem to be the endgame for queer reprentatn the MCU. Transgenr actor Zach Barack has a role Spir-Man: Far From Home later this summer, and Eternals is supposed to feature a gay or bisexual male lead. Get our ee weekly email for all the latt cematic news om our film cric Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cematic email for eeAvengers: Endgame will feature the first openly gay character a Marvel film, a small part, the Rso brothers have Rso, who -directed the upg blockbter wh his brother Anthony, plays the role early on the film, Deadle reported on man played by Joe is not a superhero but rather a civilian, who appears at the begng of the movie as a member of a support group for those whose loved on have died when Thanos wiped out half of the galaxy Avengers: Infy n be heard talkg about his late male partner, and gog on his first date sce the man's isn't a major role, and the character only appears for a brief moment, but marks the first time a gay character has been openly featured the Marvel Cematic Universe.

‘AVENGERS: ENDGAME’ CLUS A GAY CHARACTER—BUT ’S AN AWKWARD CHOICE

“It was important to as we did four of the [Avengers] films, we wanted a gay character somewhere them. ”The reveal amid growg speculatn that Marvel might add an openly gay superhero to s le-up the near future. K is gay.

A clearly gay character has fally arrived the Marvel universe -- although many sual viewers may miss the historic Rso, who directed Avengers: Endgame wh his brother Anthony Rso, portrays a gay man the blockbter, reports Deadle.

MARVEL'S FIRST GAY CHARACTER IS PLAYED BY AVENGERS: ENDGAME'S DIRECTOR

Several mor characters, like Thor: Ragnarok's Valkyrie (Tsa Thompson) and Black Panther's Ayo (Florence Kasumba) and Okoye (Danai Gurira), were reportedly -gayed through leted scen. Anthony Rso told Deadle that the cln of the gay character reprented a step toward clivy that reflected the real world.

"Marvel has yet to troduce a clearly LGBTQ superhero -- although the stud is reportedly searchg for a gay actor to portray one. A Marvel executive, Victoria Alonso, told Variety at the Capta Marvel premiere that "the world is ready" for a gay superhero.