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GAY 'BEARS' BARE ALL BODY-POSIVE ART EXHIB
Web-Weaver – the very first gay, male Spir-Man – was troduced to fans back early July through Steve Foxe,. Marvel has jt buted their very first gay Spir-Man named Web-Weaver — a fashn signer that isn’t aaid to take.
This week, we return to the archiv for another examatn of the historilly important Gay Comix.
Here’s somethg that’ll have homophobic ic fans othg at the mouth but the rt of jumpg for joy: Superman. Japane ics, or manga, are replete wh same-sex pairgs – but are they actually as gay as wtern rears might. PLEASE DO NOT SCROLL DOWN TO VIEW THESE DRAWINGS IF YOU ARE LIKELY TO BE OFFENDED BY IMAGES OF HOMOSEXUAL ACTIVITY.
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But always he had a secret sile illtratg stori Amerin gay magaz. Many of them posss a distctly homoerotic flavour and mt have given great pleasure to many young stunts durg their studi. When live-actn televisn began makg roads for gay reprentatn durg the turn of the century, animatn remaed a tratgly straight (if equently queer-d) affair.
The reasons behd the medium’s slowns were obv and, predictably, homophobic. So, pearl-clutchg TV crics would argue, children shouldn’t be exposed to “adult” (read: gay) characters through rnchy rtoons.
Wtern animatn, meanwhile, eher featured gay characters one-off episos (see “The Simpsons'” inic John Water’s gay steel l episo) if they were aimed more at adults, or kept hidn subtext if the target dience was younger.