From Wonr Woman to Northstar, here are some of the most groundbreakg LGBTQ characters and gay superhero Marvel and DC Comics non.
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Prr to the 1980s, all ic book characters were assumed to be, and prented as, "straight" heterosexual people. But people are plited and societi evolve, so sce that time has e to be acknowledged that some characters are lbian, gay, bisexual, or transgenr. The Comics Co... * dc comic lgbt *
It troduced rears to Apollo and Midnighter, Superman and Batman pastich a mted and lovg gay relatnship. The book broke new ground wh the way showed a normal queer uple and would go one step further when Mark Millar took over the book, showg the first gay weddg a mastream superhero book, years before Marvel claimed Northstar and his boyiend's weddg Astonishg X-Men was the first. There's the aforementned Hazel and Foxglove, the Cluran, a gay elf om Faerie, trans woman Wanda, and many more.
In the '50s, Batwoman was created to assuage the general public's fear that Batman was a homosexual and when the character retroduced 2006's 52, she was transformed to a homosexual herself. Batwoman would portray the tular hero's relatnship wh Maggie Sawyer whout playg to any gay clichés, and although DC did drop the ball by not allowg the uple to get married, posive lbian reprentatn like this was and sadly still is far too rare ics. But people are plited and societi evolve, so sce that time has e to be acknowledged that some characters are lbian, gay, bisexual, or transgenr.