Led by the efforts of a Rsian ic book rear, a small group of fans is petng DC Comics to make The Joker gay 'aga'.
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IS THE JOKER GAY, BISEX, OR STRAIGHT?
From Wonr Woman to Northstar, here are some of the most groundbreakg LGBTQ characters and gay superhero Marvel and DC Comics non. * batman gay joker *
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. His pulsn to Joker-fy his victims also feeds the homophobic myth of a gay nversn agenda.
DC COMICS FANS LNCH PETN TO 'MAKE THE JOKER GAY AGA'
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.