Reports me om Bleedg Cool yterday that Brett Booth and Stt Lobll will be troducg an outwardly gay character their upg re-lnch of Teen Tans, as a member of the team. Seen solicatns unr the moniker of the Wall, the character’s name has sce been changed to Bunker. His powers are as yet unknown, but given his nam and the ver of Teen Tans #3, appears that they are fensive nature, wh the hero beg able to create barriers and other nstcts.
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- DC'S RELNCHED TEEN TANS TO BUT GAY TEEN SUPERHERO [UPDATED]
- TEEN TANS: WAS JERICHO ALWAYS GAY? IT'S... COMPLITED
DC'S RELNCHED TEEN TANS TO BUT GAY TEEN SUPERHERO [UPDATED]
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There’s one Tan that already is gay, that we’ve talked about brgg on — probably next season.
Bunker, who is openly gay, has the abily to create psnic energy nstcts, which often manift as purple bricks he n e to attack enemi or protect himself as armor. The list of superhero accintally or liberately d as queer who have never nonilly been brought out of the closet bee of homophobia is long and prsg. But wa, I n hear the ments already: So now Tim is jt The Rob Who Is Gay?
Tim Drake’s story speaks to what advot for diversy n fet and homophob would rather ignore: There are legimate reasons to give a long-standg straight character a g-out story beyond “more diversy is more. Followg through on s pledge to create "a more morn, diverse DC Universe" wh the New 52, DC Comics will troduce a gay teenage superhero Teen Tans. Seri artist Brett Booth has revealed that Bunker will but November's Issue 3 -- he's referred to as "The Wall" the solicatn text -- where he's picted as an openly gay teen om Mexi who "n create small force fields that look like bricks.
TEEN TANS: WAS JERICHO ALWAYS GAY? IT'S... COMPLITED
"We're tryg to make beg gay a part of who he is, " Booth wrote last night on Twter. Bunker isn't the first gay Tan -- that was probably Hero Cz of Tans L. A., although there was a lot of fan speculatn about Jericho when he buted 1984 -- but he's (likely) the first gay teen troduced to the post-Flashpot DC Universe.
He was very loved by his fay and the village as well -- and they were as acceptg of his homosexualy as they were to his super powers when they first manifted. I've seen all the other gay superhero out there, Ok maybe not all. We wanted to show an tertg character who's homosexualy is part of him, not somethg that's hidn.