At a Marvel-domated panel on LGBT characters and alli ics at New York Comic Con, we uldn't help but talk about what that other major ic pany was dog — and how an exec there said a gay marriage n't happen s pag bee hero aren't supposed to be happy.
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- 15 OPENLY GAY MARVEL CHARACTERS THAT MIGHT BE COMG TO THE MCU
- HULKLG AND WICN FALLY TIE THE KNOT MARVELO WEDDG CEREMONYTHE "YOUNG AVENGERS" UPLE MA IC BOOK {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY IAN CARLOS CRAWFORDAUGT 14, 2020/8:56 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:650PX;WIDTH:1200PX;}MARVELBY IAN CARLOS CRAWFORDAUGT 14, 2020 / 8:56 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"HULKLG AND WICN FALLY TIE THE KNOT MARVELO WEDDG CEREMONY","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2020-08-14T12:56:59.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2020-08-14T12:56:59.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"IAN CARLOS CRAWFORD","KEYWORDS":"GEEK","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EVER SCE THEY MA THEIR BUT YOUNG AVENGERS BACK 2005, WICN AND HULKLG HAVE BEEN QUEER DARLGS OF THE MARVEL COMICS UNIVERSE. THE YOUNG AVENGERS HAS NSISTENTLY BEEN ONE OF THE QUEERT, MOST WELL-WRTEN SUPERHERO TEAMS THE MARVEL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WICN (BILLY KAPLAN) IS THE SUPERPOWERED CHILD OF AVENGERS SRLET WCH AND VISN. BUT BEE ICS BOOKS ARE GONNA IC BOOK, HE AND HIS TW BROTHER, SPEED, EXIST MORE AS RERNATED VERSNS OF SRLET WCH’S CHILDREN SHE LOST. WICN HAS MANY OF THE SAME POWERS AS HIS MOTHER, SRLET WCH, WHILE HIS BROTHER HAS THE SAME POWERS AS THEIR UNCLE, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HULKLG (TEDDY ALTMAN) IS THE SON OF THE ORIGAL CAPTA MARVEL (MAR-VELL) AND SKLL PRCS ANELLE. THE SKLLS ARE AN ALIEN RACE OF SHAPHIFTERS, SO ALONG WH SUPER-STRENGTH, HULKLG N ALSO SHAPHIFT. HOWEVER, HE DIDN’T FD OUT MUCH LATER LIFE THAT HE WAS A SKLL UNTIL THE SUPER-SKLL ATTACKED HIS FAY AND KILLED HIS ADOPTIVE MOTHER ONT OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHILE NORTHSTAR WAS MARVEL’S FIRST OUT GAY SUPERHERO WHO ALSO WENT ON TO HAVE MARVEL’S FIRST ON-PAGE SAME-SEX WEDDG, WICN AND HULKLG HAVE BROKEN NEW GROUND. NOT ONLY ARE THEY MARVEL’S PREMIERE GAY SUPERHERO UPLE, BUT THEY ARE NOW MARVEL’S FIRST MARRIED GAY SUPERHERO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ONE MIGHT THK THIS ISN’T A BIG AL 2020, BUT ABSOLUTELY IS. WICN AND HULKLG DIDN’T EVEN SHARE THEIR FIRST ON-PAGE KISS UNTIL SEVEN YEARS AFTER THEY BUTED. IMAGE IF SPIR-MAN AND MARY JANE JT DIDN’T KISS FOR THE FIRST SEVEN YEARS OF THEIR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TO BE FAIR, THE YOUNG AVENGERS HAVE HAD A VERY WEIRD PUBLITN HISTORY: THE SQUAD BEME CREDIBLY POPULAR AND THEN ALMOST IMMEDIATELY THEY DISAPPEARED AND WERE RELEGATED TO SI-STORI MARVEL COMICS CROSSOVER EVENTS. THE -CREATOR OF YOUNG AVENGERS, JIM CHNG, EVEN ONCE SAID, “THE ONLY REASON THAT WICN AND HULKLG HAVEN’T KISSED ON PANEL YET IS BEE THERE HASN’T BEEN A MOMENT WHERE THE STORY MANDS THAT THEY KISS.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT, METHKS MORE MIGHT’VE BEEN AT PLAY. SUPERMAN AND LOIS LANE WOULD NEVER GO SEVEN YEARS WHOUT KISSG UNLS ONE OF THEM WAS AD, OR THEY WERE BROKEN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN THE CURRENT REALLY BIG MARVEL CROSSOVER EVENT, EMPYRE, IS REVEALED HULKLG AND WICN HAD GOTTEN MARRIED PRR TO THE ISSUE. IN A TWIST, WICN MENTNS HE’D REGNIZE “.. MAN I MARRIED”—WHICH IS THE OPPOSE KD OF TWIST YOU’D EXPECT FOR A BELOVED GAY SUPERHERO UPLE. IT'S A WELE CHANGE TO THE BURY YOUR GAYS TROPE THAT HOPEFULLY KICKSTARTS A NEW ONE: MARRY YOUR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A VERSN OF THIS SAY APPEARED ON MEDIUM. IAN CARLOS CRAWFORD GREW UP SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY AND, LIKE MOST PEOPLE OM NJ, HE GRADUATED OM RUTGERS UNIVERSY. HE THEN GRADUATED OM NEW SCHOOL WH AN MFA NONFICTN WRG. HIS WRG HAS APPEARED ON S LIKE GEEKS OUT, BUZZFEED, NEWNOWNEXT, AND OTHER RANDOM RNERS OF THE TER. HE CURRENTLY -HOSTS A PODST ABOUT HIS FAVORE THG, BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER, LLED SLAYERFT 98, AND IS SHOPPG AROUND HIS FICTN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
- IS HULKLG A GAY?
- WANDAVISN: LGBTQ+ EASTER EGG HTS AT BILLY BEG GAY
- MARVEL’S GAY POWER COUPLE MAY HAVE INTRODUCED A HORRIFYG NEW THREAT
- COMICS CORNER – A GAY ROMANCE RUL THE EMPYRE MARVEL’S BIGGT EVENT OF THE YEAR
- MARVEL COMICS REVEALS EARTH'S FIRST GAY SUPER-COUPLE
- WHY WE WORRY ABOUT DC COMICS'S GAY CHARACTERS
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. * hulkling is gay *
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. 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.
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.
HULKLG AND WICN FALLY TIE THE KNOT MARVELO WEDDG CEREMONYTHE "YOUNG AVENGERS" UPLE MA IC BOOK {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY IAN CARLOS CRAWFORDAUGT 14, 2020/8:56 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:650PX;WIDTH:1200PX;}MARVELBY IAN CARLOS CRAWFORDAUGT 14, 2020 / 8:56 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"HULKLG AND WICN FALLY TIE THE KNOT MARVELO WEDDG CEREMONY","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2020-08-14T12:56:59.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2020-08-14T12:56:59.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"IAN CARLOS CRAWFORD","KEYWORDS":"GEEK","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EVER SCE THEY MA THEIR BUT YOUNG AVENGERS BACK 2005, WICN AND HULKLG HAVE BEEN QUEER DARLGS OF THE MARVEL COMICS UNIVERSE. THE YOUNG AVENGERS HAS NSISTENTLY BEEN ONE OF THE QUEERT, MOST WELL-WRTEN SUPERHERO TEAMS THE MARVEL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WICN (BILLY KAPLAN) IS THE SUPERPOWERED CHILD OF AVENGERS SRLET WCH AND VISN. BUT BEE ICS BOOKS ARE GONNA IC BOOK, HE AND HIS TW BROTHER, SPEED, EXIST MORE AS RERNATED VERSNS OF SRLET WCH’S CHILDREN SHE LOST. WICN HAS MANY OF THE SAME POWERS AS HIS MOTHER, SRLET WCH, WHILE HIS BROTHER HAS THE SAME POWERS AS THEIR UNCLE, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HULKLG (TEDDY ALTMAN) IS THE SON OF THE ORIGAL CAPTA MARVEL (MAR-VELL) AND SKLL PRCS ANELLE. THE SKLLS ARE AN ALIEN RACE OF SHAPHIFTERS, SO ALONG WH SUPER-STRENGTH, HULKLG N ALSO SHAPHIFT. HOWEVER, HE DIDN’T FD OUT MUCH LATER LIFE THAT HE WAS A SKLL UNTIL THE SUPER-SKLL ATTACKED HIS FAY AND KILLED HIS ADOPTIVE MOTHER ONT OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHILE NORTHSTAR WAS MARVEL’S FIRST OUT GAY SUPERHERO WHO ALSO WENT ON TO HAVE MARVEL’S FIRST ON-PAGE SAME-SEX WEDDG, WICN AND HULKLG HAVE BROKEN NEW GROUND. NOT ONLY ARE THEY MARVEL’S PREMIERE GAY SUPERHERO UPLE, BUT THEY ARE NOW MARVEL’S FIRST MARRIED GAY SUPERHERO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ONE MIGHT THK THIS ISN’T A BIG AL 2020, BUT ABSOLUTELY IS. WICN AND HULKLG DIDN’T EVEN SHARE THEIR FIRST ON-PAGE KISS UNTIL SEVEN YEARS AFTER THEY BUTED. 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THE -CREATOR OF YOUNG AVENGERS, JIM CHNG, EVEN ONCE SAID, “THE ONLY REASON THAT WICN AND HULKLG HAVEN’T KISSED ON PANEL YET IS BEE THERE HASN’T BEEN A MOMENT WHERE THE STORY MANDS THAT THEY KISS.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT, METHKS MORE MIGHT’VE BEEN AT PLAY. SUPERMAN AND LOIS LANE WOULD NEVER GO SEVEN YEARS WHOUT KISSG UNLS ONE OF THEM WAS AD, OR THEY WERE BROKEN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN THE CURRENT REALLY BIG MARVEL CROSSOVER EVENT, EMPYRE, IS REVEALED HULKLG AND WICN HAD GOTTEN MARRIED PRR TO THE ISSUE. IN A TWIST, WICN MENTNS HE’D REGNIZE “.. MAN I MARRIED”—WHICH IS THE OPPOSE KD OF TWIST YOU’D EXPECT FOR A BELOVED GAY SUPERHERO UPLE. IT'S A WELE CHANGE TO THE BURY YOUR GAYS TROPE THAT HOPEFULLY KICKSTARTS A NEW ONE: MARRY YOUR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A VERSN OF THIS SAY APPEARED ON MEDIUM. IAN CARLOS CRAWFORD GREW UP SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY AND, LIKE MOST PEOPLE OM NJ, HE GRADUATED OM RUTGERS UNIVERSY. HE THEN GRADUATED OM NEW SCHOOL WH AN MFA NONFICTN WRG. HIS WRG HAS APPEARED ON S LIKE GEEKS OUT, BUZZFEED, NEWNOWNEXT, AND OTHER RANDOM RNERS OF THE TER. HE CURRENTLY -HOSTS A PODST ABOUT HIS FAVORE THG, BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER, LLED SLAYERFT 98, AND IS SHOPPG AROUND HIS FICTN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
Superman is gay and proud, but how many other LGBTQ+ superhero do you know om your favoure ic books? Here's a list. * hulkling is gay *
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. 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.
IS HULKLG A GAY?
Marvel Studs’ "Agatha: Coven of Chaos" featur Mil Gutierrez-Riley as Hulklg. The role required a gay actor 18–20. Hulklg is "a kd soul" wh a "great sense of humor." * hulkling is gay *
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.
WANDAVISN: LGBTQ+ EASTER EGG HTS AT BILLY BEG GAY
Is Hulklg a gay? He is known for his relatnship wh fellow Young Avenger Wicn, notable for beg one of the hight-profile gay relatnships ics. * hulkling is gay *
To have the world’s most regnisable superhero as gay n be credibly spirg, as may help people who are stgglg wh their sexualy and may be apprehensive of g out.
Addnally, the Marvel Cematic Universe (MCU) is ready wh s own openly gay character films the upg The Eternals.
Intertgly, Phastos was never portrayed as gay ic books sce his appearance the 1980s. In fact, one of the first openly gay characters to have e out of the closet was a member of X-Men — Northstar. He was always meant to be gay but -creator John Byrne ially didn’t reveal bee of the l of Comics Co Authory and, acrdg to him, the opposn om then Marvel edor--chief Jim Shooter.
MARVEL’S GAY POWER COUPLE MAY HAVE INTRODUCED A HORRIFYG NEW THREAT
Hulklg is a foundg member of the Young Avengers! Fd other gay ic characters the Biost Database of Gay Comic Characters. * hulkling is gay *
Eventually 1992, the pag of Alpha Flight #106, Northstar beme the first superhero the Marvel universe to clare “I am gay”. Among the first gay male superhero, Northstar was created wh the very purpose of raisg gay issu.
Acrdg to Byrne, Northstar was always gay “even if I would never be allowed to say so many words the ics themselv.
Created by openly gay wrer Allan Heberg Young Avengers #1 2005, Hulklg and Wicn are separable gay teen superhero and exprs their love for each other when they are not by savg the world as members of the Young Avengers team.
COMICS CORNER – A GAY ROMANCE RUL THE EMPYRE MARVEL’S BIGGT EVENT OF THE YEAR
The love between gay male hero Hulklg and Wicn is at the cx of Empyre, Marvel's biggt crossover event of the year * hulkling is gay *
His g out as gay has been a subject of bate over the manner was revealed.
MARVEL COMICS REVEALS EARTH'S FIRST GAY SUPER-COUPLE
In the #40 issue, the powerful psychic Jean Grey reads his md and outs the young Iceman as gay. The role required a gay actor 18–20. Joshua Rh beme the first openly gay character to appear on the Disney Channel when he was st Andi Mack.
A recent fan favore for Wicn, Joe Locke rose to promence wh the recent populary of Netflix h Heartstopper where he plays Charlie Sprg, a young gay teen who eventually falls love wh Nick Nelson, a seemgly straight jock. Addnally, wh all the ntroversy around straight actors playg gay characters, would be rehg and rewardg to see a talented young gay actor play Wicn the MCU. Haton also recently me out as gay, so this would also add some thenticy to the role and serve to diversify the MCU as that has been one of s ma goals for the newer projects.
However, he didn’t fd out much later life that he was a Skll until the Super-Skll attacked his fay and killed his adoptive mother ont of Northstar was Marvel’s first out gay superhero who also went on to have Marvel’s first on-page same-sex weddg, Wicn and Hulklg have broken new ground. Not only are they Marvel’s premiere gay superhero uple, but they are now Marvel’s first married gay superhero might thk this isn’t a big al 2020, but absolutely is.
WHY WE WORRY ABOUT DC COMICS'S GAY CHARACTERS
Man I married”—which is the oppose kd of twist you’d expect for a beloved gay superhero uple. It's a wele change to the Bury Your Gays trope that hopefully kickstarts a new one: Marry Your Gays. Is Hulklg a gay?
He is known for his relatnship wh fellow Young Avenger Wicn, notable for beg one of the hight-profile gay relatnships ics. Is Wicn gay marvel? He is known for beg a proment gay character the Marvel Comics.