Wh DC Comics announcement of the reveal of an tablished, inic character as gay this June igng bate and njecture across the web, CBR weighs wh our theori on who may be g out the New 52.
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WHO IS DC'S NEW GAY CHARACTER?
He was on hand to help troduce stunt -host Nate Fulmer and The Flash’s openly gay executive producer Greg Berlanti, who prented DC Entertament wh this year’s Visnary Award. Wh DC Comics announcement of the reveal of an tablished, inic character as gay this June igng bate and njecture across the web, CBR weighs wh our theori on who may be g out the New 52. DC Comics is playg thgs close to the vt when to the upg reveal of s yet-to-be-troduced gay character.
The only tails fans have managed to glean om DC Entertament senr vice print of publicy Courtney Simmons, who revealed the character is "major, " "inic" and male, followg the weekend revelatn by DC Co-Publisher Dan DiD that a character who was heterosexual prr the New 52 relnch will bee "one of our most proment gay characters. " While "Batman" wrer Stt Snyr -- who clarified on Twter that 's not Bce Wayne -- emphasized the quote "a character not seen sce the relnch will e out as gay, " many of the statements ma by DC so far seem purposefully ambiguo, beggg the qutn, what do words like "major, " "inic" and "not seen sce the relnch" actually mean? He would certaly be the one of the most proment gay characters ics, perd.
Here's the thg: DC might have some trepidatn about a villa as malicly twisted as the Joker beg at the center of such a high profile outg -- pecially durg Lbian, Gay, Bisexual & Trangenr Pri Month. It may be a pafully obv choice for DC to create a homosexual Earth 2 versn of one of the many inic, major characters not seen sce the New 52 relnch, but would also totally f the publisher's creria to troduce, for example, a gay Batman Earth 2 Dick Grayson. However, fans seem to be expectg Alan Stt (Green Lantern) to be revealed as gay, and sce the "Send Wave" of the New 52 lnched wh "Earth 2, " the tle has had some ser fan tert, makg a gay Earth 2 character a high-profile al.
EZRA MILLER THE NEW GAY FLASH BARRY ALLEN OR WALLY WT?
It helps that "Earth 2" is currently wrten by Jam Robson, who has a history of wrg strong, well-received gay characters "Starman. It's entirely possible the publisher may add a gay Green Lantern to the ranks of the Corps.
Might be nervo about the ic unterpart of a member of "Young Jtice" gay -- but one thg we've learned the New 52 is to never le anythg out. What are your gus for who DC's newt gay character uld be post-relnch? Gay barry allen 82%.
gay wally wt 18% i jt watched a vio about the up eg dc moive stg and when me to talk about the flash *spoiler* Ezra Miller is bt know for playg open gay movie characters and when dc was asked why he was picked to be the flash they quoted the wall flower movie Ezra Miller: 'I'm Queer' | Out Magaze Miller: 'I'm Queer'8. Now, wh his role as Patrick, an out-and-proud gay high schooler, this fall's The Perks of Beg a Wallflower, Miller's surely gog to have the boys (and girls) love wh him.