In DC's Infe Frontier #0, Green Lantern Alan Stt adms that to his dghter Ja and his son Obsidian that after years of hidg , he is gay.
Contents:
- DC FALLY STS GAY GREEN LANTERN — BUT RAIS NEW QUTNS
- ‘GREEN LANTERN’ HBO MAX SERI CASTS JEREMY IRVE AS GAY SUPERHERO ALAN STT
- ORIGAL GREEN LANTERN ALAN STT CONFIRMED AS GAY BY DC COMICS
- GREEN LANTERN JT CAME OUT AS GAY DC CANON
- GREEN LANTERN COM OUT AS GAY ‘EARTH TWO’
- DC COMICS' GREEN LANTERN IS NOW GAY
- THE GREEN LANTERN IS GAY!
- ORIGAL GREEN LANTERN OUT AS GAY DC COMICS’ ‘EARTH TWO’
- EXPLAG WHO THE GAY GREEN LANTERN IS TO YOUR NON-COMICS-READG FRIENDS
- DC COMICS GREEN LANTERN RELNCHED AS GAY SUPERHERO
- GREEN LANTERN NOW GAY?! HOW WILL THIS CHANGE RYAN REYNOLDS' FRANCHISE?
- HBO MAX'S GREEN LANTERN SERI WILL HAVE A GAY LEAD ITS DC SUPERHERO ENSEMBLE
- GREEN LANTERN IS GAY: SO WHAT?
- THE GREEN LANTERN IS BACK ... AND HE'S GAY
- 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
DC FALLY STS GAY GREEN LANTERN — BUT RAIS NEW QUTNS
The 'Green Lantern' HBO Max seri st 'Stonewall' star Jeremy Irve as Alan Stt, DC Comics' first Green Lantern of Earth to e out as gay. * who is the gay green lantern *
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’ HBO MAX SERI CASTS JEREMY IRVE AS GAY SUPERHERO ALAN STT
Wh his return to mastream ics ntuy, DC Comics has nfirmed that Alan Stt, the origal Goln Age Green Lantern, is now a gay man. * who is the gay green lantern *
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.
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.
ORIGAL GREEN LANTERN ALAN STT CONFIRMED AS GAY BY DC COMICS
* who is the gay green lantern *
'" Jeremy Irve, Green Lantern Alan Stt Jeremy Irve will play Alan Stt, DC Comics' gay Green Lantern.
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
Preview pag featurg DC Comics' new openly gay hero * who is the gay green lantern *
"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. ""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...
GREEN LANTERN COM OUT AS GAY ‘EARTH TWO’
Explag Who the Gay Green Lantern Is To Your Non-Comics-Readg Friends * who is the gay green lantern *
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. Stt was Earth’s first Green Lantern, who, te to the ics, is a gay man.
DC COMICS' GREEN LANTERN IS NOW GAY
It has been nfirmed that Warner Bros. will have one gay member of the new Green Lantern TV show. * who is the gay green lantern *
Wh his return to mastream ics ntuy, DC has nfirmed that the origal versn of Alan Stt, better known as the Goln Age Green Lantern, is now a gay man. However, the wake of the ntuy alterg events of Flashpot and the lnch of the New 52 publishg iative, Stt was reimaged as gay, wh the loss of his boyiend even servg as one of the talysts for his transformatn to the Green Lantern. Related: DC Comics Introduc Gay And Overweight Dghter Of Starfire.
While the origal Stt and his New 52 unterpart were prevly nsired entirely separate terpretatns of the same character, DC Comics has now fold the two versns to a sgle hero, retroducg the Goln Age Stt to male ntuy as a gay man. Invg Ja and Obsidian (himself a gay man) to the JSA Headquarters, Stt rms them that spe havg been “married a few tim to women I did love wh all my md, ” he had e to realize that “there was somethg about myself I was hidg away.
“I’m gay, ” Stt bluntly reveals to his children. 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.
THE GREEN LANTERN IS GAY!
The Green Lantern has been rebooted -- he's young aga, and he's gay. * who is the gay green lantern *
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.
ORIGAL GREEN LANTERN OUT AS GAY DC COMICS’ ‘EARTH TWO’
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.
EXPLAG WHO THE GAY GREEN LANTERN IS TO YOUR NON-COMICS-READG FRIENDS
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. 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.
DC COMICS GREEN LANTERN RELNCHED AS GAY SUPERHERO
“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.
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. He's also gay, " "Earth 2" wrer Jam Robson told The Emerald Guardian's sexualy was rebooted along wh the rt of his fictnal universe as part of DC's "New 52" iative aimed at rejuvenatg their On This... Robson said he cid to make the change bee makg the character young aga meant erasg Stt's gay superhero son out of existence.
GREEN LANTERN NOW GAY?! HOW WILL THIS CHANGE RYAN REYNOLDS' FRANCHISE?
"The only downsi of his beg young was we lose his son, Obsidian, who's gay.
HBO MAX'S GREEN LANTERN SERI WILL HAVE A GAY LEAD ITS DC SUPERHERO ENSEMBLE
So I thought, 'Why not make Alan Stt gay?
One of DC Comics olst hero, The Green Lantern, is gay! The 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. He’s also gay, ” “Earth 2” wrer Jam Robson told The Post.
GREEN LANTERN IS GAY: SO WHAT?
Robson said he cid to make the change bee makg the character young aga meant erasg Stt’s gay superhero son out of existence.
“The only downsi of his beg young was we lose his son, Obsidian, who’s gay.
So I thought, ‘Why not make Alan Stt gay? Robson, a Brish wrer who liv San Francis wh his wife, is no stranger to gay characters – he wrote DC’s “Starman” ic the 1990s, a groundbreakg tle that starred a homosexual superhero.
THE GREEN LANTERN IS BACK ... AND HE'S GAY
While a gay weddg Archie Comics earlier this year and impendg same-sex nuptials a Marvel X-Men ic have recieved a small amount of backlash om angry parents, Robson said he’s not worried about that bee “that kd of negativy is stupid and outmod. Speculatn the ics muny about which DC character would be revamped as gay was at a fever pch recent weeks, most notably at Dareh Gregorian. DC Comics' "Earth Two" issue two shows Alan Stt, the first Green Lantern, as an openly gay man.
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
"He don't e out issue two; he is already a gay man, " wrer Jam Robson says. In the send issue of the ic, stor June 6, 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. 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.
As Bleedg Cool also pots out, this isn't the first time Alan's queerns has been explored a DC tle (he had a boyiend and was openly gay the Earth 2 seri back 2012), but gettg to see such a heartfelt moment where Alan as a father out of the closet and explicly says the words "I'm gay" to his acceptg children is still groundbreakg, pecially nsirg how far LGBTQ+ reprentatn has e recent years the ics world! Back October 2020, was announced that TV producer and Arrowverse mastermd Greg Berlanti would be velopg a live-actn Green Lantern seri for HBO Max that will be clive (and gay!
It’s big news that Green Lantern is now gay, but there appears to be a ltle (a lot? ) of nfn the general public over which Green Lantern is gay. That’s not the gay one.