The Ray giv The CW’s new gay hero an animated showse, but not enough spotlight

Contents:

• OUT, OUT AND AWAY! RSELL TOVEY ON PLAYG A GAY SUPERHERO
• CW SEED TO LNCH ‘FREEDOM FIGHTERS: THE RAY’ WH FIRST GAY SUPERHERO LEAD
• CW TRODUC FIRST SHOW WH A GAY SUPERHERO – FREEDOM FIGHTERS: THE RAY
• THE RAY GIV THE CW’S NEW GAY HERO AN ANIMATED SHOWSE, BUT NOT ENOUGH SPOTLIGHT
• GAY SUPERHERO SHOW A GO AT CW SEED, ARROW-VERSE INTEGRATN EYED
• GAY SUPERHERO SERI COMG TO CW SEED
• FREEDOM FIGHTERS: THE RAY TO FEATURE TV’S FIRST GAY SUPERHERO LEAD

OUT, OUT AND AWAY! RSELL TOVEY ON PLAYG A GAY SUPERHERO

)Amid fightg Nazis — and evil versns of the tle hero — the story ma time for quiet moments, two weddgs and some gay, lbian and bisexual reprentatn. It feels wonrful to be tickg that box a big way and wh a big, pk pictn of the relatnship between two of the gay hero, the Ray and Cizen Cold, stood out durg the “Crisis on Earth X” story ma me very happy.

CW SEED TO LNCH ‘FREEDOM FIGHTERS: THE RAY’ WH FIRST GAY SUPERHERO LEAD

They are gay parents. So many people have been so supportive of seeg two superhero who are gay played by two actors who are out. This is a guy who is gay and what he’s gog through and what beg a superhero do to are you hopg the impact of this will be?

CW TRODUC FIRST SHOW WH A GAY SUPERHERO – FREEDOM FIGHTERS: THE RAY

On prime time TV, you’ve got two superhero that are gay kissg and who are played by gay actors — hopefully one day that will be normal.

I want the Ray to bee someone that gay kids watchg TV — who might feel a b out there and not accepted or who don’t unrstand themselv — n relate to. Playg a Gay Superhero.

TV’s first leadg gay superhero is g next year to CW Seed. The CW’s digal streamg service has announced plans to lnch “Freedom Fighters: The Ray, ” featurg the first gay superhero to headle a show  an animated seri, next year.

THE RAY GIV THE CW’S NEW GAY HERO AN ANIMATED SHOWSE, BUT NOT ENOUGH SPOTLIGHT

The Ray is gay, Doll Man is Jewish, and Black Condor is Ain Amerin. Berlanti, who is openly gay, has been steadily addg gay superhero to his imprsive roster of shows. In 2015, “Arrow” troduced Curtis Holt (Echo Kellum) who is gay and married.

Ltle by ltle, Berlanti has opened up the DC-Universe to clu LGBTQ characters, which paved the way for “Freedom Fighters: The Ray, ” the first show wh a tular gay superhero character. The CW has beat Marvel and DC’s big-screen film univers to troduce a gay lead the work’s Televisn Crics Associatn panel on Thursday Los Angel, the channel revealed that s sister streamg se, CW Seed, will premiere a new animated show, Freedom Fighters: The Ray, centered on the Ray, a gay DC Comics the ics, Raymond “Ray” Terill is a reporter gifted wh light-based powers, after beg exposed to a “geic light bomb” while workg on a story. Soon enough, harrowg events fd Earth-X’s Ray (voiced by Quanti‘s Rsell Tovey) passg the baton to our own Ray Terrill — a d-mannered public tert lawyer whose biggt fight life is fdg the words to e out as gay to his parents.

TVLINE | In The Ray‘s pictn of Earth-X we see the persecutn of gays, mori and women, while on Earth-One, Ray Terrill is workg public tert law — fendg the terts of those nsired “ls than” by some. What was great about Grant’s take on The Ray is afford the opportuny to not jt get to Earth-X but do somethg we’ve never done before, which is a metahuman, gay superhero.

GAY SUPERHERO SHOW A GO AT CW SEED, ARROW-VERSE INTEGRATN EYED

Terrific, and we’ve got a metahuman bad guy [Pied Piper] on The Flash, but we’ve never done a metahuman, gay superhero before.

One of the wrers I work wh is gay, and he was very, very stmental craftg that scene. As a gay man, Ray was a target and out of stume, and when the Freedom Fighters fell, he end up a ncentratn mp, where he met the hero of Earth-1 and took on the mantle of The Ray once more. He knows that he’s gay, but is aaid to act on his attractn to other men, and when his iend tri to get him to flirt, Ray shuts down and fle the scene.

GAY SUPERHERO SERI COMG TO CW SEED

It might sound nfg but that’s the pot, and viewers are ught off guard jt like biggt stris for reprentatn the Arrowverse are g om the animated shows on CW Seed, wh Vixen givg this world s first black woman lead while The Ray spotlights a gay man. The Ray, a gay DC Comics superhero, will be the lead character of CW Seed’s animated Freedom Fighters: The Ray, the work announced Thursday.

The only child of the Terrills left, he still lived at home wh them and kept his homosexualy a secret om his parents as he reached adulthood. Durg the meal together, the parents started askg Ray about the girl he was workg wh, Jenny, whout realizg that their son was gay. Ray cid to e out as gay to his parents before partg to Earth-X to face Overgirl.

FREEDOM FIGHTERS: THE RAY TO FEATURE TV’S FIRST GAY SUPERHERO LEAD

" The seri, which will be executive produced by Greg Berlanti and Marc Guggenheim, will have a gay superhero as s lead on DC Comics characters, "Freedom Fighters: The Ray" follows Raymond "Ray" Terrill, a journalist who stumbl upon a plot by ernment scientists to make a weapon of mass stctn g light. Echo Kellum plays gay superhero Mr. Inspired by the Grant Morrison versn found the pag of The Multiversy, The Ray will be the first gay superhero to lead a show when he buts 2017.

The CW nfirms that CW Seed will lnch a new animated seri set wh the universe, Freedom Fighters: The Ray, featurg a gay lead wh a voice to be st for eventual live-actn but. The CW also nfirms that the tle character will be reprented as gay, while offerg the below scriptn:Raymond “Ray” Terrill was a reporter who disvered a group of ernment scientists workg on a secret project to turn light to a weapon of mass stctn.