THE GREEN LANTERN IS GAY! - Weekly World News

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• DC FALLY STS GAY GREEN LANTERN — BUT RAIS NEW QUTNS
• GREEN LANTERN COM OUT AS GAY ‘EARTH TWO’
• HBO MAX'S GREEN LANTERN SERI WILL HAVE A GAY LEAD ITS DC SUPERHERO ENSEMBLE
• GREEN LANTERN: HBO MAX SERI INCLUS GAY HERO, INTRODUC NEW CORPS MEMBERS
• GREEN LANTERN JT CAME OUT AS GAY DC CANON
• GREEN LANTERN COM OUT AS GAY RELNCHED COMIC
• DC COMICS' GREEN LANTERN IS NOW GAY
• HBO MAX CASTS JEREMY IRVE AS GAY GREEN LANTERN ALAN STT
• GREEN LANTERN NOW GAY?! HOW WILL THIS CHANGE RYAN REYNOLDS' FRANCHISE?
• HBO MAX'S 'GREEN LANTERN' SERI WILL FEATURE A GAY SUPERHERO
• FANDOM 5: GAY GREEN LANTERN; TT MEGA-AUCTN; JACK KIRBY MM?
• ORIGAL GREEN LANTERN IS GAY, DC ANNOUNCALAN STT, WHO FIRST APPEARED THE 1940S, IS BEG RETRODUCED BY DC COMICS AS A HOMOSEXUAL {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY JOSH WIGLERJUNE 1, 2012/2:08 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}BY JOSH WIGLERJUNE 1, 2012 / 2:08 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"ORIGAL GREEN LANTERN IS GAY, DC ANNOUNC","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2012-06-01T18:08:41.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2012-06-01T18:08:41.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"JOSH WIGLER","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHEN DC COMICS RELNCHED S ENTIRE LE OF SUPERHERO 2011, BIG CHANG WERE MA TO THEIR BIGGT CHARACTERS: SUPERMAN WAS NO LONGER MARRIED TO LOIS LANE, A SECRET CRIMAL ANIZATN WAS NNG GOTHAM CY PLETELY UNR BATMAN'S RADAR, AND AQUAMAN FALLY GOT SOME RPECT. BUT PERHAPS THE BIGGT OF ALL THE ALTERATNS TO A DC HERO'S ORIG WAS JT ANNOUNCED FRIDAY (JUNE 1): ALAN STT, THE ORIGAL GREEN LANTERN, IS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FIRST APPEARG A 1940 ISSUE OF "ALL-AMERIN COMICS," STT WAS ORIGALLY TRODUCED AS A MYSTILLY DRIVEN HERO WHO SHARED LTLE MON WH THE TERGALACTIC PEACE-KEEPG GREEN LANTERN CORPS, ASI OM HIS SUPERHERO NAME OF CHOICE. NOW, HE'LL BE RETRODUCED THE PAG OF "EARTH 2" -- WHICH TAK PLACE A PARALLEL WORLD OM THE RT OF THE DC UNIVERSE -- NOT ONLY AS A MEMBER OF THE CORPS, BUT AS A GAY MAN AS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"HE'S GOG TO BE THE LEAR OF THE TEAM, THIS DYNAMIC HERO, HE'LL DO ANYTHG TO SAVE PEOPLE, THE BRAVT MAN ON THE PLA. WHY NOT JT MAKE HIM GAY AS WELL?" EXPLAED "EARTH 2" WRER JAM ROBSON AN TERVIEW WH USA TODAY. "WHAT I REALLY WANT TO DO WH THIS CHARACTER IS MAKE THE FACT THAT HE'S GAY TO BE A PART OF WHO HE IS AND NOT TO BE THE ONE INTIFYG ASPECT OF HIM ... AND HAVE HIS HUMOR AND HIS BRAVERY BE AS MUCH OR MORE A PART OF HIM AS HIS SEXUALY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ROBSON ADD THAT STT WILL ONE DAY MEET HAL JORDAN, THE HERO PLAYED BY RYAN REYNOLDS 2011'S "GREEN LANTERN" MOVIE, AND THEY'LL HAVE VERY DIFFERENT PERSONALI AND POWER SETS. "WHEN THEY'RE FIRG THEIR RGS AT THE SAME TIME, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO TELL WHICH ENERGY IS WHICH," SAID THE WRER. "THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT THG SO THAT SETS THEM APART."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DC'S ANNOUNCEMENT OF ALAN STT'S NEW SEXUALY FOLLOWS LAST MONTH'S NEWS THAT RIVAL PUBLISHER MARVEL WOULD BE FEATURG A GAY WEDDG THE PAG OF "ASTONISHG X-MEN." THE CHARACTER AT THE HEART OF THAT STORY -- NORTHSTAR, A FORMER MEMBER OF THE CANADIAN SUPERHERO TEAM ALPHA FLIGHT -- ISN'T EXACTLY A HOEHOLD NAME. STT ISN'T THE MOST WILY KNOWN CHARACTER EHER, BUT AS A GREEN LANTERN, HE'S ABOUT TO BEE ONE OF THE MOST INIC GAY HERO MASTREAM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"HE'S SOMEONE YOU WOULD WANT TO WATCH OVER YOUR CHILDREN," ROBSON SAID OF STT. "PRENTG THAT KD OF A HEROIC ROLE MOL HOPEFULLY WILL BE A GOOD THG AND HELP TO SHOW GAYS A POSIVE LIGHT FOR PEOPLE WHO MIGHT BE A LTLE MORE SMALL-MD."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}STT'S FULL STORY WILL BE TOLD "EARTH 2" #2, ON SALE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TELL WHAT YOU THK OF GREEN LANTERN'S NEW SEXUALY THE MENTS SECTN BELOW!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• THE GREEN LANTERN IS GAY!

DC FALLY STS GAY GREEN LANTERN — BUT RAIS NEW QUTNS

After weeks of reports, HBO Max has officially filled the role of Alan Stt, the origal Green Lantern of Earth who me out as gay the pag of DC Comics, for the upg Lantern seri om Arrowverse archect Greg Berlanti. More recently, he spoke on the page about his experience beg gay the issue Infe Frontier #0. For the new show, which spans s, Alan will feature the year 1941 as a secretly gay FBI agent.

GREEN LANTERN COM OUT AS GAY ‘EARTH TWO’

Irve has proven himself to be an imprsive actor, though 's hard to divorce his portrayal of a famo gay ics hero om that wily loathed movie, which he played a gay man the midst of the most well-known moment the Amerin LGBTQ rights movement.

HBO MAX'S GREEN LANTERN SERI WILL HAVE A GAY LEAD ITS DC SUPERHERO ENSEMBLE

In one particular terview wh BuzzFeed, the filmmaker said, "You have to unrstand one thg: I didn't make this movie only for gay people, I ma also for straight people. '" Jeremy Irve, Green Lantern Alan Stt Jeremy Irve will play Alan Stt, DC Comics' gay Green Lantern.

GREEN LANTERN: HBO MAX SERI INCLUS GAY HERO, INTRODUC NEW CORPS MEMBERS

Wilson/Getty Imag; DC Comics Irve's stg as Danny — and now also Alan — further speaks to the ongog nversatn still happeng Hollywood about straight actors takg on gay rol.

In a 2015 terview wh DailyXtra, he was asked about how his sexualy rmed his performance as a gay man Stonewall. There were a lot of gay actors this movie, there were a lot of straight actors, but we all had to fight to get our rol. Henry Goldg, as a straight actor who stepped to a gay role for the film Monsoon, spoke wh EW last year, regnizg that 's an "extremely layered nversatn.

GREEN LANTERN JT CAME OUT AS GAY DC CANON

"It's unrstandg what the stggl have been, why there's a mp that says gay characters should only be played by gay people vers the mp that says actors should be able to mimic or bee who their character is.

The producer, an out gay man who's brought some of the most proment LGBTQ pictns to the superhero TV space, has a proven track rerd when to stg that shouldn't be dismissed. In 2012, an alternate universe versn of the character was troduced to the DC Universe who was gay and had never married a woman. This will be the first time that the Goln Age versn of the character is nfirmed as out the ics Infe Frontier #0, wrten by out ics wrer Jam Tynn IV, where he tells his tw children, Ja and Obsidian, that he's gay.

GREEN LANTERN COM OUT AS GAY RELNCHED COMIC

""I'm gay, " he ntu, "I let a few of the boys the [Jtice] Society know back the day, and I've had a good al of... The show will also feature other Green Lanterns like Jsi Cz, Simon Baz, Guy Gardner, Stro, and show has already nfirmed that Stt would be gay, "te to the ics.

"RELATED: 'WandaVisn' May Have Introduced MCU's First Gay Baby Superhero. " Berlanti is the expert the area, havg created and produced shows like Arrow, Supergirl, Legends of Tomorrow, Tans, The Flash, Superman & Lois, and Doom next year, was announced that the show wouldn't foc on jt one Green Lantern, but will feature several, cludg the origal hero to have that name, a gay man named Alan Stt. Preview pag featurg DC Comics' new openly gay hero.

In the send issue of the ic, stor June 6th, Robson and Stt prove jt how different this world is by revealg that their versn of Alan Stt, the first Green Lantern troduced back 1940, is an openly gay man. The new versns of the characters Earth Two have all been aged down nsirably, to the pot that Stt’s gay superhero son Obsidian had to be sacrificed.

DC COMICS' GREEN LANTERN IS NOW GAY

Robson says he was spired to wre Stt himself as a gay character to make up for that loss. “The logil leap that I ma was, oh, why don’t we make Alan Stt gay?, ” he says. Though Marvel Comics’ gay hero Northstar is set to face some tolerance om his peers followg his marriage to his long term boyiend the pag of Astonishg X-Men, Robson and Stt are planng on portrayg an ialized world which Alan Stt is judged only by the qualy of his character.

“He don’t e out issue two; he is already a gay man, ” Robson says. I image he’s such a Type A character that when he realized he was gay, he was like, ‘Okay, I’m gay, now I’m jt gonna go on wh my life. ’ He’s so acceptg of himself and he’s such a pellg person that the world knows Alan Stt’s gay.

HBO MAX CASTS JEREMY IRVE AS GAY GREEN LANTERN ALAN STT

Will have one gay member of the new Green Lantern TV show. The Green Lantern TV seri currently the works for HBO Max will, ed, feature a gay versn of the inic DC Comics superhero.

The Green Lantern HBO Max show is then mentned, wh the report specifilly notg that "HBO Max is stg for a gay Green Lantern character for an upg seri. Alan Stt is gay the pag of DC Comics, so was expected that would be a factor the show as well.

GREEN LANTERN NOW GAY?! HOW WILL THIS CHANGE RYAN REYNOLDS' FRANCHISE?

Even though this new report don't specifilly say that Stt is gog to be the gay Green Lantern, that seems all but assured at this pot. HBO Max's Green Lantern live-actn seri will feature a st cludg Alan Stt, who is gay, and all-new members of the Green Lantern Corps.

HBO MAX'S 'GREEN LANTERN' SERI WILL FEATURE A GAY SUPERHERO

The Green Lantern live-actn seri for HBO Max has revealed s central characters, which will clu the Earth's first Green Lantern, Alan Stt -- who will be gay jt like the Earth-2 ics and DC's updated ma timele -- and all-new rps members.

In DC's Infe Frontier #0, Green Lantern Alan Stt adms to his dghter Ja and his son Obsidian that after years of hidg , he is gay. Wh the lnch of DC's Infe Frontier, Alan Stt, the first Green Lantern and -founr of the Jtice Society of Ameri, has nfirmed that he is a gay man. He adms how difficult is to Todd, whose own backstory as a gay hero who's mataed an undisturbed relatnship allows him to provi the necsary love and enuragement.

"I'm gay" says Alan Stt. His hts to Todd are a betiful reference to the former villa's backstory as a gay hero, sympathetic to his father's stggle and givg him the necsary strength to fally accept the tth and say out loud. Earth has a new protector, and he happens to be gay.

FANDOM 5: GAY GREEN LANTERN; TT MEGA-AUCTN; JACK KIRBY MM?

Though the superhero will be openly gay, the book’s creators say Stt’s sexualy will be jt one aspect of a plex character. “What I really want to do wh this character is make the fact that he’s gay to be a part of who he is and not to be the one intifyg aspect of him, ” wrer Jam Robson told USA Today. Prr to a universe-wi reboot, he was an olr man and had an openly gay son, Obsidian.

ORIGAL GREEN LANTERN IS GAY, DC ANNOUNCALAN STT, WHO FIRST APPEARED THE 1940S, IS BEG RETRODUCED BY DC COMICS AS A HOMOSEXUAL {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY JOSH WIGLERJUNE 1, 2012/2:08 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}BY JOSH WIGLERJUNE 1, 2012 / 2:08 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"ORIGAL GREEN LANTERN IS GAY, DC ANNOUNC","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2012-06-01T18:08:41.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2012-06-01T18:08:41.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"JOSH WIGLER","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHEN DC COMICS RELNCHED S ENTIRE LE OF SUPERHERO 2011, BIG CHANG WERE MA TO THEIR BIGGT CHARACTERS: SUPERMAN WAS NO LONGER MARRIED TO LOIS LANE, A SECRET CRIMAL ANIZATN WAS NNG GOTHAM CY PLETELY UNR BATMAN'S RADAR, AND AQUAMAN FALLY GOT SOME RPECT. BUT PERHAPS THE BIGGT OF ALL THE ALTERATNS TO A DC HERO'S ORIG WAS JT ANNOUNCED FRIDAY (JUNE 1): ALAN STT, THE ORIGAL GREEN LANTERN, IS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FIRST APPEARG A 1940 ISSUE OF "ALL-AMERIN COMICS," STT WAS ORIGALLY TRODUCED AS A MYSTILLY DRIVEN HERO WHO SHARED LTLE MON WH THE TERGALACTIC PEACE-KEEPG GREEN LANTERN CORPS, ASI OM HIS SUPERHERO NAME OF CHOICE. NOW, HE'LL BE RETRODUCED THE PAG OF "EARTH 2" -- WHICH TAK PLACE A PARALLEL WORLD OM THE RT OF THE DC UNIVERSE -- NOT ONLY AS A MEMBER OF THE CORPS, BUT AS A GAY MAN AS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"HE'S GOG TO BE THE LEAR OF THE TEAM, THIS DYNAMIC HERO, HE'LL DO ANYTHG TO SAVE PEOPLE, THE BRAVT MAN ON THE PLA. WHY NOT JT MAKE HIM GAY AS WELL?" EXPLAED "EARTH 2" WRER JAM ROBSON AN TERVIEW WH USA TODAY. "WHAT I REALLY WANT TO DO WH THIS CHARACTER IS MAKE THE FACT THAT HE'S GAY TO BE A PART OF WHO HE IS AND NOT TO BE THE ONE INTIFYG ASPECT OF HIM ... AND HAVE HIS HUMOR AND HIS BRAVERY BE AS MUCH OR MORE A PART OF HIM AS HIS SEXUALY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ROBSON ADD THAT STT WILL ONE DAY MEET HAL JORDAN, THE HERO PLAYED BY RYAN REYNOLDS 2011'S "GREEN LANTERN" MOVIE, AND THEY'LL HAVE VERY DIFFERENT PERSONALI AND POWER SETS. "WHEN THEY'RE FIRG THEIR RGS AT THE SAME TIME, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO TELL WHICH ENERGY IS WHICH," SAID THE WRER. "THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT THG SO THAT SETS THEM APART."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DC'S ANNOUNCEMENT OF ALAN STT'S NEW SEXUALY FOLLOWS LAST MONTH'S NEWS THAT RIVAL PUBLISHER MARVEL WOULD BE FEATURG A GAY WEDDG THE PAG OF "ASTONISHG X-MEN." THE CHARACTER AT THE HEART OF THAT STORY -- NORTHSTAR, A FORMER MEMBER OF THE CANADIAN SUPERHERO TEAM ALPHA FLIGHT -- ISN'T EXACTLY A HOEHOLD NAME. STT ISN'T THE MOST WILY KNOWN CHARACTER EHER, BUT AS A GREEN LANTERN, HE'S ABOUT TO BEE ONE OF THE MOST INIC GAY HERO MASTREAM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"HE'S SOMEONE YOU WOULD WANT TO WATCH OVER YOUR CHILDREN," ROBSON SAID OF STT. "PRENTG THAT KD OF A HEROIC ROLE MOL HOPEFULLY WILL BE A GOOD THG AND HELP TO SHOW GAYS A POSIVE LIGHT FOR PEOPLE WHO MIGHT BE A LTLE MORE SMALL-MD."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}STT'S FULL STORY WILL BE TOLD "EARTH 2" #2, ON SALE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TELL WHAT YOU THK OF GREEN LANTERN'S NEW SEXUALY THE MENTS SECTN BELOW!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

After the reboot, Robson saw an opportuny to reimage Stt as gay. I thought was a shame that DC was losg such a posive gay character, ” Robson told EW. “I said, ‘Why not make Alan Stt gay?

THE GREEN LANTERN IS GAY!

Stt jos a superhero roster which openly gay characters are beg more mon.

DC broke ground 2006 when created Batwoman, an openly lbian character whose books have received two “Outstandg Comic” award om GLAAD (Gay & Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn). Marvel announced last week that two gay X-Men would be married the ics. One of DC Comics olst hero is super-g origal Green Lantern - a DC Comics mastay for the past 70 years - will be revealed to be a gay man next week's issue of "Earth 2.