Marvel's First Gay Couple, Arnie and Michael: A Love Story

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Say hello to Arnold and Michael! This article tak a look back at one of Marvel's very first gay upl.

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MARVEL'S FIRST OPENLY GAY COUPLE ARRIV A NEW ETERNALS TRAILER

None other than Phastos and his the latt trailer for Marvel’s highly anticipated new film Eternals, we get one of our first real glimps of the first gay uple to appear one of the ics juggernt’s films.

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MARVEL’S FIRST GAY COUPLE, ARNIE AND MICHAEL: A LOVE STORY

Phastos will be Marvel’s first openly gay character (wh a name) to appear an MCU film. In Febary, Sleiman, who me out as gay 2017, told NewNowNext that Eternals will feature “a betiful, very movg kiss.

MARVEL’S FIRST GAY SUPERHERO DEFEATS EVIL, MAK HISTORY ETERNALS TRAILER

If I asked you to intify the year when Marvel buted one of s first—if not s very first—gay upl, what would you gus?

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MARVEL MAK HISTORY WH ITS FIRST GAY WEDDG BETWEEN TWO SUPERHERO

The Marvel Cematic Universe (MCU) was fairly slow troducg LGBTQ+ characters —though seeg as even the most chaste reprentatns of queer love get the films banned some untri, you n see why they would be Strange and The Multiverse of Madns actually breaks the rerd for the most lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and/or queer characters an MCU property wh three. However, seeg as two of them do not talk, and one never mentns their sexualy out loud, clearly there is still some work to be done when to LGBTQ+ MCU is of urse fairly sexls general, but any mentns of queer sexuali have tend to be very brief, the better to allow Disney to easily cut out the scen more homophobic markets.

"Grievg man"Avengers: Endgame ma the mistake of tmpetg that had the MCU's first gay character before the film me out. Phastos is also the anchise's first out gay superhero, and the pair share the anchise's first gay kiss (and one of the few kiss general the MCU) his partner Ben do not get much screen time, his stg mak a bold statement. Actor Haaz Sleiman is an out gay man himself, and was born the Uned Arab Emirat.

The Eternals trailer offers the brieft of glimps at Phastos (Brian Tyree Henry), the first gay superhero a major Hollywood anchise.

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