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Contents:
- 5 THGS TO KNOW ABOUT THE MCU'S FIRST OPENLY GAY SUPER-POWERED CHARACTER
- MARVEL’S FIRST GAY SUPERHERO DEFEATS EVIL, MAK HISTORY ETERNALS TRAILER
- MARVEL'S PHASTOS: BRIAN TYREE HENRY'S OPENLY GAY THE ETERNALS CHARACTER EXPLAED
- WHY THE 'ETERNALS' GAY COUPLE ACTUALLY ISN'T THE FIRST IN MCU HISTORY
- COULD 'ETERNALS' MOVE THE NEEDLE THE MIAST BY PUTTG A GAY CHARACTER ON SCREEN?
- MARVEL'S THE ETERNALS NFIRMS OPENLY GAY CHARACTER: 'HE'S MARRIED, HE'S GOT A FAY'
- THE GAY SUPERHERO ‘ETERNALS’ IS ‘WHAT AUDIENC HAVE BEEN WAG FOR,’ SAYS GLAAD (GUT COLUMN)
- ‘ETERNALS’ REPORTEDLY PULLED SDI ARABIA AND GULF NATNS OVER GAY SUPERHERO
- HOW ‘ETERNALS’ ESTABLISH THE MCU’S FIRST GAY SUPERHERO AND SAME-SEX COUPLE A MOVIE: ‘IT’S LIFE-SAVG’
- ANGELA JOLIE SLAMS ‘ETERNALS’ BAN: ANYONE THREATENED OR ANGRY BY GAY ROL IS ‘IGNORANT’
- ‘ETERNALS’ ACTOR HAAZ SLEIMAN ON BEG ARAB AND OPENLY GAY THE MCU, THE FILM’S ‘IGNORANT’ BAN MIDDLE EASTERN COUNTRI (EXCLUSIVE)
5 THGS TO KNOW ABOUT THE MCU'S FIRST OPENLY GAY SUPER-POWERED CHARACTER
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MARVEL’S FIRST GAY SUPERHERO DEFEATS EVIL, MAK HISTORY ETERNALS TRAILER
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Prevly, Marvel Studs print Kev Feige nfirmed that The Eternals would feature an openly gay character to help further onscreen LGBTQ reprentatn. Related ntent: Marvel's The Eternals nfirms openly gay character: 'He's married, he's got a fay'Marvel boss nfirms Tsa Thompson's Valkyrie as MCU's first LGBTQ superheroK Hargton jos Marvel's The Eternals for Game of Thron rnn wh Richard Madn. The ial nversatns around seemed promisg; productn members often talked about the cln of Phastos (Brian Tyree Henry) as the MCU’s first openly gay superhero well before the release.
MARVEL'S PHASTOS: BRIAN TYREE HENRY'S OPENLY GAY THE ETERNALS CHARACTER EXPLAED
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Several untri the Middle East have now banned Eternals after they requted eds be ma to their theatril cuts to erase the LGBTQ+ reprentatn and gay kiss, but Disney stood by and cled to make the eds. The portrayal of the gay relatnship between Phastos and his hband Ben is unabashed and wholome, as the two are shown to love each other and to re arly for their son Jack (Esai Daniel Cross). Eternals is the perfect movie to have clud this first openly gay superhero (asi om the fact that took 13 years and over 20 movi the MCU for to arrive).
WHY THE 'ETERNALS' GAY COUPLE ACTUALLY ISN'T THE FIRST IN MCU HISTORY
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Gay and lbian relatnships between cis people are the most monly reprented part of the muny, so is no surprise that Phastos’ relatnship was the first major w for the MCU. The Eternals trailer offers the brieft of glimps at Phastos (Brian Tyree Henry), the first gay superhero a major Hollywood anchise. Dcribed as an “telligent ventor” an acpanyg summary, the character will reportedly break ground by sharg the film stud’s first onscreen gay kiss wh his hband, played by out, gay Lebane actor Haaz an terview, Sleiman said the climactic smooch was an emotnal moment on set, pecially given s importance to LGBTQ+ reprentatn.
COULD 'ETERNALS' MOVE THE NEEDLE THE MIAST BY PUTTG A GAY CHARACTER ON SCREEN?
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MARVEL'S THE ETERNALS NFIRMS OPENLY GAY CHARACTER: 'HE'S MARRIED, HE'S GOT A FAY'
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THE GAY SUPERHERO ‘ETERNALS’ IS ‘WHAT AUDIENC HAVE BEEN WAG FOR,’ SAYS GLAAD (GUT COLUMN)
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We fally know who will be playg the gay character Marvel's The Eternals, and 's not Richard Madn. When was announced that the superhero film -- which will troduce a team of celtial superhero Marvel hop to turn to the next Avengers -- would clu an openly gay male character who was married wh children, many hoped (or assumed) that the Rocketman star would play the role.
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‘ETERNALS’ REPORTEDLY PULLED SDI ARABIA AND GULF NATNS OVER GAY SUPERHERO
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RELATED | Marvel's First Gay Male Superhero Will Be Married Wh Kids. The reason Henry's character is drawg such a buzz is that he's a gay fay man. Keep md that Henry playg a homosexual man isn't all that surprisg to see onscreen.
It's a monumental moment for dividuals strivg to see more characters like themselv on the big screen, except dienc need to know Phastos and his hband aren't the first gay Marvel uple. Ni and Karola perta to Marvel's Eternals bee they're actually the first gay uple onscreen, not Phastos and his hband.
HOW ‘ETERNALS’ ESTABLISH THE MCU’S FIRST GAY SUPERHERO AND SAME-SEX COUPLE A MOVIE: ‘IT’S LIFE-SAVG’
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LOS ANGELES - When "Eternals, " the first movie the Marvel Cematic Universe featurg a gay superhero, rolls out the Arab world on Thursday, the Disney-distributed blockbter will, unsurprisgly, skip releas Sdi Arabia, Kuwa, Qatar, Bahra and Oman, maly due to s LGBTQ the star-studd superhero pic will still screen for dienc the Uned Arab Emirat, Egypt, Lebanon, Iraq, Jordan, Ethpia, Palte, Syria and Turkey. This, self, is somethg of a breakthrough for the regn: Excisg the same-sex kiss between gay superhero Phastos (played by Brian Tyree Henry) and his hband Ben (Haaz Sleiman), don't remove the fact that the "Eternals" versn beg screened movie theaters a large swathe of the Middle East will still feature the two men, who are married wh a, which has cled to ment, is unrstood to have been unwillg to acmodate requts for different cuts ma by var censorship boards several Middle East natns — somethg they've been willg to do on past films. It don't mean they didn't chop anythg out of "Eternals" for the Middle East; 's jt that, this time, Disney was willg to make only one versn of "Eternals" that would be acceptable across the Arab world, acrdg to the "Eternals" cut that will play parts of the Middle East, all scen of timacy — both gay and straight — have been cut, which is standard for the markets.
ANGELA JOLIE SLAMS ‘ETERNALS’ BAN: ANYONE THREATENED OR ANGRY BY GAY ROL IS ‘IGNORANT’
"Eternals" actor Haaz Sleiman, who was raised Lebanon, me out as gay 2017. * gay in eternals *
S., where he me out as gay 2017, has praised Disney for takg a harr stand agast Middle East censorship this time. And earlier this year, Disney's "Cella" was not granted a release certifite Qatar sce the lol censorship board intified the Artie character as LGBTQ and wanted him removed om film, which stead played other Middle East gay, lbian and transgenr people face persecutn across most of the Arab world where same-sex relatns are agast the law. In Sdi Arabia, homosexualy n be punished by floggg or ath.
"As for whether "Eternals" will move the needle, Hefzy add: "It's hard to speculate whether 's a trend that's gog to ntue terms of more openns to gay them" or whether is, stead, "jt a one-off. Marvel Studs print Kev Feige nfirmed another openly gay character will be g The Eternals.
Avengers: Endgame -director Anthony Rso appeared his film as a gay character a small role.
‘ETERNALS’ ACTOR HAAZ SLEIMAN ON BEG ARAB AND OPENLY GAY THE MCU, THE FILM’S ‘IGNORANT’ BAN MIDDLE EASTERN COUNTRI (EXCLUSIVE)
Seeg a powerful gay superhero kiss his hband and feelg the reactn that theater was a real-life example of why is important for our stori to be told – pecially films that travel to big ci and small towns around the world.
“Eternals, ” which featur a st of globally regnized Hollywood stars cludg Angela Jolie and Salma Hayek, reportedly has been pulled om cemas Sdi Arabia, Qatar and Kuwa over s cln of the Marvel Cematic Universe’s first gay new film, which featur tech geni Phastos (Brian Tyree Henry) the MCU’s first same-sex kiss, has quietly been banned ahead of s planned Nov.