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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IS THE JOKER GAY, BISEX, OR STRAIGHT?
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Whether 's the psycho-sexual relatnship between Batman and his nemis the Joker, the flamboyant mp of Jim Carrey's Riddler, or the bisexual wil of Catwoman, Batman is famo for beatg up queer-d what would happen if they started actually stg gay, bisexual, and queer actors as the villas though? As long as villas are gog to be d as queer, we want them to be played by actual gay, bi, and queer actors. A petn on started by Elena Shtakova lls for DC Entertament to "Make The Joker Gay Aga, " pactg the long-nng speculatn about the DC villa's sexualy to a clear ll to actn.
"The Joker is a character wh almost 80 years [of] history, half of which he was portrayed as homosexual, " Shtakova stat. "Neal Adams claimed that the Joker was and always had been homosexual [.. That is why 's so important to me and other queer rears to return his homosexualy.
Takg the character's entire history to acunt, different readgs uld eher see a troubled portra of a closeted gay man feigng an tert heterosexualy, or someone who is openly bisexual, pansexual or sexually fluid.
DC COMICS FANS LNCH PETN TO 'MAKE THE JOKER GAY AGA'
His pulsn to Joker-fy his victims also feeds the homophobic myth of a gay nversn agenda.
Frank Miller once summarized the Joker and Batman has a "homophobic nightmare. " But "beg queer don't make someone a bad person, " Shtakova pots out, "therefore, fictnal characters don't need to be good and righteo to be gay. There's no reason that the historil subtext of a gay, bisexual, pansexual, queer or asexual Joker n't be brought back to the surface a siar, unmistakable way.