As Pri Month wds down, what better way to start a blog takg a eper dive to geekdom than by lookg at LGBTQ reprentatn ic books? And what better place to start than wh the first out gay superhero? At least, would be, if we uld fively fd him or her... The problem…
Contents:
- LOOKG BACK AT THE MISTREATMENT OF MARVEL’S FIRST GAY COMIC SUPERHERO
- “ETERNALS” FEATUR FIRST OPENLY GAY SUPERHERO MARVEL CEMATIC UNIVERSE
- WHO WAS THE FIRST GAY SUPERHERO? — THE ROUGH ROAD TO MARVEL’S NORTHSTAR
- MARVEL REPORTEDLY DEVELOPG NEW MCU MOVIE STARRG OPENLY GAY HERO
- 15 OPENLY GAY MARVEL CHARACTERS THAT MIGHT BE COMG TO THE MCU
- GAY SUPERHERO IN COMICS & MOVI YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT
- WHO WAS THE FIRST OPENLY GAY SUPERHERO? — IN DEFENSE OF DC COMICS’ EXTRAñO
LOOKG BACK AT THE MISTREATMENT OF MARVEL’S FIRST GAY COMIC SUPERHERO
Now that we've vered the LGBTQ ic book basics, and the first mastream, openly gay superhero, Extraño, 's time to take a look at the (sort of) first mastream gay superhero: Northstar. At least, that's what this was gog to be about. Then, over the urse of rearchg how Northstar beme the poster boy for… * first openly gay superhero *
A gay superhero parody of BYU's Brigham Young statue (2017) (image by Pastelopapa via Wikimedia).
Marvel’s first gay superhero is an amalgamatn of straight assumptns. Northstar was troduced 1979 as the first gay character the superhero genre. Bis men g and out of his home, or lgerg shirtls the background of panels, Northstar was d through the unique perspective of how straight men typilly view gay men.
Northstar’s publitn history shows a cross sectn of 40 years of the Uned Stat’s mastream view of the gay muny.
“ETERNALS” FEATUR FIRST OPENLY GAY SUPERHERO MARVEL CEMATIC UNIVERSE
Marvel Studs is reportedly velopg their first superhero movie starrg an openly gay lead, acrdg to a new mor. * first openly gay superhero *
In the 1980s he was portrayed as dismissive of women to the pot of misogyny, while the ghts, gay men were so often portrayed fictn as the gay bt iend that Northstar was portrayed almost solely the pany of women.
His backstory evolved as homosexuals emerged om enomic dispary: Where once he was an unattend mor, he beme a wealthy, privileged man as the natnal narrative surroundg queer youth gradually expand. Perhaps seemed that to keep the first out gay man was a potls exercise, pecially one so mired outdated stereotyp.
WHO WAS THE FIRST GAY SUPERHERO? — THE ROUGH ROAD TO MARVEL’S NORTHSTAR
From Iceman to Hulklg and Moondragon, Marvel boasts a whole array of openly gay characters who would be smash-hs the MCU. * first openly gay superhero *
Set the same Gotham Cy more well-known for ped csars like Batman and Rob, Batwoman is the first superhero TV show whose lead character is an openly gay woman.
MARVEL REPORTEDLY DEVELOPG NEW MCU MOVIE STARRG OPENLY GAY HERO
The most inic gay superhero ics and film! While many classic superhero are wrten as LGBTQ, reprentatn has never been stronger than is today. * first openly gay superhero *
Iceman — was a gay man, and the way unfold was unique a way that uld only happen a superhero ic.
So when the teen Jean Grey tak the teen Iceman asi 2015's All-New X-Men #40 to reveal that she knows he's gay, there is also an olr versn of Iceman out there the world who has been datg women for his entire adult life.
How uld he be gay if his future unterpart isn't? In 1992, Marvel Comics ma history wh s first openly gay superhero. In Alpha Flight #106, durg a battle wh the World War II era superhero Major Mapleleaf, Northstar adms that he's gay.
15 OPENLY GAY MARVEL CHARACTERS THAT MIGHT BE COMG TO THE MCU
Curtis Holt, played by Echo Kellum, has been an openly gay man sce his first appearance on CW's Arrow, though he wasn't always a superhero.
The hero were noteworthy for not only beg some of the earlit openly gay hero, but for beg obv reflectns of Batman and Superman. Ameri Chavez is a lbian raised by a gay uple — and she's also one of Marvel's most powerful superhero. Karma, is one of the foundg members of the New Mutants — the junr X-Men team — and an openly gay superhero.
I thought you were the Gay/Lbian Alliance, " and fli away. So was particularly and wonrfully subversive to base the two young gay men on hero — Hulk and Thor — who are known to regularly beat the tar out of one another. It isn't clear whether Kaldur intifi as gay or bisexual.
GAY SUPERHERO IN COMICS & MOVI YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT
It uld be that he's bisexual, or that those earlier stanc he hadn't yet e to accept his homosexualy.
Another difference between him and the more space-worthy Hal Jordan is that 2012's Earth 2 #2, we learned Alan Stt is gay. In 2019's Avengers #26, Marvel revealed s Earth's very first gay uple clud a member of s prehistoric Avengers.
The most famo is the X-Men anchise’s Northstar, who is nsired the first openly gay ic book superhero. (Northstar has been around for s, but you may rell that the character ma wav aga when he married his boyiend 2012 another first: a gay superhero weddg.
WHO WAS THE FIRST OPENLY GAY SUPERHERO? — IN DEFENSE OF DC COMICS’ EXTRAñO
Brian Tyree Henry stars as the openly gay Phastos “Eternals, ” directed by Chloé Zhao. The lead is Sersi (Gemma Chan), an Asian woman; among the other Eternals, there are two other Asians — Kgo (Kumail Nanjiani, who has a fun Bollywood dance number) and Gilgamh (Ma Dong-seok) — as well as a af character, Makkari (Lren Ridloff); a Lata, Ajak (Salma Hayek); and a gay Black man, Phastos (Brian Tyree Henry). While the plot volv the Eternals’ qut to save humany, what may be of note is that one of few kiss the film is between Phastos and his Arab Mlim hband, Ben (out gay actor Haaz Sleiman).
And while Phastos’ superpower is all about velopg technology to improve the world, this sensive gay man feels powerls when events like Hiroshima occur.