‘Spir-Man’: Peter Parker Can’t Be Black or Gay? What Marvel’s Rtrictns Really Mean – The Hollywood Reporter

Contents:

• MARVEL REVEALS FIRST GAY SPIR-MAN FOR UPG SERI
• MARVEL OFFICIALLY GREENLS GAY SPIR-MAN SPOFF - INSI THE MAGIC
• MARVEL REPORTEDLY PLANS TO MAKE THE MCU’S NEXT SPIR-MAN GAY
• PETER PARKER CAN’T BE BLACK OR GAY? WHAT MARVEL’S ‘SPIR-MAN’ RTRICTNS REALLY MEAN

MARVEL REVEALS FIRST GAY SPIR-MAN FOR UPG SERI

As Marvel ntu s ph for diversy, ’s been revealed that a gay Spir-Man variant is set to be troduced. 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. Steve Foxe also gave a brief scriptn of the character and noted that “he n’t–and shouldn’t– reprent ALL gay men.

“Somethg I realized immediately when nceivg Web-Weaver is that he n’t–and shouldn’t–reprent ALL gay men. Somethg I realized immediately when nceivg Web-Weaver is that he n’t–and shouldn’t–reprent ALL gay men. 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.

Edge of Spir-Verse #5 will clu the first variant of Spir-Man that is openly gay. 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:.

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

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

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. Homophob are up arms sayg, “Not my Spir-Man! ”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.

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

At this pot time, Holland has bee a target for playg this character a limed there uld be valid arguments and ncerns about Holland playg Billy Milligan, beg angry that your Spir-Man star played a queer character on a TV show is jt irratnal and straight-up Crowd Room is now streamg on Apple Your Se Articl 15 Sexy Pics of Tom, Andrew & Tobey to Celebrate Spir-Man Day ›Tom Holland Wants a Gay Spir-Man, and We’ve Found One ›A Christian Derator Refed to Pat a Gay Man's Hoe ›A GOP Polician Reportedly Called a Child 'F*g' Then Sued a News Se For Coverg It ›. ”In an terview wh The Sunday Tim last year, Holland, who currently plays Spir-Man the Marvel Cematic Universe, was asked if a gay Spir-Man uld make to the movi. ”Garfield also said 2013 that Spir-Man uld be portrayed as gay.

… So why n’t he be gay? ”Movi and televisn programmg geared toward young children are creasgly featurg of LGBT-intified July, Disney Channel seri “Andi Mack” ma history by pictg the work’s first teenage gay uple. The season three fale of the seri nclud wh the scene between Cys Goodman (played by Joshua Rh) nfsg his attractn to his classmate TJ Kippen (Le Mullen) last year, a major gay rights anizatn, the Gay and Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn (GLAAD), started phg for 20 percent of all televisn characters to be LGBT by the year a report lled “Where We Are on TV, ” GLAAD Print Sarah Kate Ellis noted that “ls than one-quarter of Amerins have a close iend or fay member who is transgenr, ” meang that many Amerins “learn about trans people om what they see televisn, movi, and news.

So where did this mor about Mil Moral beg gay e om? Garfield teased the possibily of a bisexual Spir-Man back before The Amazg Spir-Man 2 h theaters 2014, while Holland very recently, when asked if Spir-Man uld be gay, replied the affirmative (almost enthiastilly). For whatever reason, Peter Parker—or, ed, any versn of Spir-Man across the multiverse—beg gay, bi, trans, ace, etc.

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

While ’s temptg to pat them all wh the same bsh, is fair to ll the people ragg homophob? Many fans have clared passnately that makg Peter gay would unter that origal visn. If Peter is gay, wouldn’t that take meang away om those stori?