Marvel's 'Eternals': How Gay Superhero Phastos Came to Be - Variety

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• MARVEL FALLY ADDS A GAY TLE HERO "ETERNALS," ONLY TO HAVE FILM BANNED SOME UNTRI
• HOW ‘ETERNALS’ ESTABLISH THE MCU’S FIRST GAY SUPERHERO AND SAME-SEX COUPLE A MOVIE: ‘IT’S LIFE-SAVG’
• 5 THGS TO KNOW ABOUT THE MCU'S FIRST OPENLY GAY SUPER-POWERED CHARACTER
• WHY THE 'ETERNALS' GAY COUPLE ACTUALLY ISN'T THE FIRST IN MCU HISTORY
• ONE OF N.L.'S FIRST MARRIED GAY UPL LOOK BACK WH PRI
• A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.
• MARVEL’S ‘ETERNALS’ WILL FEATURE FIRST OPENLY GAY COUPLE WH A FAY THE MCU
• MARVEL'S "ETERNALS" WILL FEATURE FIRST OPENLY GAY COUPLE WH FAY IN MCU - INSI THE MAGIC
• ETERNALS STAR DISCS THE MCU'S FIRST OPENLY GAY COUPLE
• ‘THE ETERNALS’ ACTOR SAYS CREW CRIED ON SET WHILE FILMG MCU’S FIRST GAY KISS
• THE GAY SUPERHERO ‘ETERNALS’ IS ‘WHAT AUDIENC HAVE BEEN WAG FOR,’ SAYS GLAAD (GUT COLUMN)

MARVEL FALLY ADDS A GAY TLE HERO "ETERNALS," ONLY TO HAVE FILM BANNED SOME UNTRI

Homosexualy is still illegal some Gulf untri, and is punishable by the ath penalty Qatar and Sdi Arabia. Kal Penn out as gay, announc engagement. The 45-year-old actor, who me out as gay 2017, uld srcely believe he was on the red rpet for a massive stud movie which his character, Ben, is the hband of one of the tle superhero, Phastos (Brian Tyree Henry).

It’s about do you actually feel for them, whether you’re gay or straight or whatever.

He's not the first queer MCU character; he's the first out, super-powered MCU character In 2019's Avengers: Endgame, -director Joe Rso played an unnamed gay man a brief scene at a support group.

HOW ‘ETERNALS’ ESTABLISH THE MCU’S FIRST GAY SUPERHERO AND SAME-SEX COUPLE A MOVIE: ‘IT’S LIFE-SAVG’

Pl, there's sr of background players var crowd scen that have pged my personal gaydar. The reason Henry's character is drawg such a buzz is that he's a gay fay man. Keep md that Henry playg a homosexual man isn't all that surprisg to see onscreen.

It's a monumental moment for dividuals strivg to see more characters like themselv on the big screen, except dienc need to know Phastos and his hband aren't the first gay Marvel uple. Ni and Karola perta to Marvel's Eternals bee they're actually the first gay uple onscreen, not Phastos and his hband.

Marvel Studs has jt released Eternals, the first film the pany's superhero anchise to feature a gay hero — and you're fiven if you're feelg any déjà vu. Prev films the Marvel Cematic Universe have featured "gay moments, " like Avengers: Endgame's brief scene which a non-superhero character, portrayed by director Joe Rso, scrib a same-sex date.

5 THGS TO KNOW ABOUT THE MCU'S FIRST OPENLY GAY SUPER-POWERED CHARACTER

(Marvel Studs/Disney/The Associated Prs)In Eternals, Phastos (played by Brian Tyree Henry) is a married gay man wh a young son, and his fay life is entwed to the heart of the story. "Not all LGBTQ superhero the ics world are up for character Wicn, a member of the Young Avengers who ma his first appearance a 2005 ic, has been wrten as a gay teenager om the start.

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It also means explicly gay ntent rarely se the light of day a major stud Chat talks Eternals and SpencerThis week, Eternals was pulled om Sdi Arabia, Qatar and Kuwa, allegedly rponse to s cln of the same-sex uple. Henry's Marvel character will be the first openly gay hero to grace the screen the MCU. Marvel's Eternals has been h by review-bombers on IMDB due to s cln of a gay kiss and LGBTQIA+ reprentatn the film.

WHY THE 'ETERNALS' GAY COUPLE ACTUALLY ISN'T THE FIRST IN MCU HISTORY

The reviews have not all been glowg, but none have mentned a legimate ncern regardg gay reprentatn Eternals. Power and David Philpott had to make their own ke topper by glug groomsmen figur togetherFrom “partner” to “hband”: meet one of the first married gay upl N.

ONE OF N.L.'S FIRST MARRIED GAY UPL LOOK BACK WH PRI

Philpott and Power may have been the first gay uple the provce to be legally married, but the trail they blazed was soon followed by many, wh the St. The bsman and his wife, Melissa, first plaed to the Front Porch proprietors about pre-dawn vendor liveri 2019, not long after the nservative Christian uple moved their fancial firm right next door to the rtrant, which fli a gay Pri flag.

A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.

(Front Porch Market and Grill)What’s more, the Washers say, the ad rat was jt one more sult that the uple, who once planted an “all liv matter” sign their ont yard, have endured sce movg next door to a rtrant owned by a gay uple. They married 2020, five years after they opened the Front Porch, which quickly beme a statn The Front Porch has been flyg a Pri flag on s pat sce 2016, not long after a gunman killed 49 people a gay bar Orlando.

Waybourn was print of the Dallas Gay Alliance when sued Parkland Memorial Hospal for failg to provi readily available medic to AIDS patients.

In 1991, he lnched the Gay and Lbian Victory Fund (now the LGBTQ+ Victory Fund) to elect openly gay policians to office. He served as managg director of the Gay & Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn, or GLAAD, which he helped turn to a natnal group.

MARVEL’S ‘ETERNALS’ WILL FEATURE FIRST OPENLY GAY COUPLE WH A FAY THE MCU

He owned gay newspapers Hoton, Atlanta, New York and Washgton. “I had so many threats agast me that even the Dallas police statned squad rs outsi our home, ” Waybourn an activist, Waybourn says, his goals were clear: same-sex marriage, gays and lbians the ary, accs to lifavg medic. To the activist, feels like a step backward after a lifetime of fightg for gay pack the seats at the Board of Zong Appeals hearg hosted at Grace Epispal Church.

“I have que a few gay iends, clients and a fay member, and I have patronized a gay-owned rtrant for years, ” he whether the Washers are tryg to remake The Plas to their image of Ameri — Whe, nservative, Christian — Melissa said, “I n see where you’re g om. Please note: some posts may nta affiliate lks which means our team uld earn money if you purchase products om our seMarvel’s ‘Eternals‘ Will Feature First Openly Gay Couple Wh A Fay the MCU. Though other characters and hero, such as Valkyrie om Thor: Ragnarok, have been nfirmed as gay off-screen so far by Marvel Studs, Marvel will soon feature the first openly gay character on-screen who will be married and have already started a fay.

MARVEL'S "ETERNALS" WILL FEATURE FIRST OPENLY GAY COUPLE WH FAY IN MCU - INSI THE MAGIC

The character Phastos, as played by Brian Tyree Henry, will be the first openly gay superhero to be featured the Marvel Cematic Haaz Sleiman shared the news wh LOGO’s NewNowNext. “I jt shot a Marvel film wh the first openly gay superhero, Eternals. I’m married to the gay superhero Phastos, played by Atlanta’s Brian Tyree Henry, and we reprent a gay fay and have a child.

ETERNALS STAR DISCS THE MCU'S FIRST OPENLY GAY COUPLE

Marvel has jt announced that s upg film, The Eternals, will feature the first openly gay Marvel superhero uple the MCU. Brian Tyree Henry is portrayg Phastos the upg MCU film, and his character will be the first ever gay Marvel Cematic Universe superhero wh an onscreen love tert. “I jt shot a Marvel film wh the first openly gay superhero, The Eternals, ” Sleiman stated.

“I’m married to the gay superhero Phastos, played by Atlanta’s Brian Tyree Henry, and we reprent a gay fay and have a child. Last year, Joe and Anthony Rso nfirmed that one of the Marvel Cematic Universe superhero would be revealed as gay an upg MCU film.

‘THE ETERNALS’ ACTOR SAYS CREW CRIED ON SET WHILE FILMG MCU’S FIRST GAY KISS

Eternals star Haaz Sleiman opened up about playg half of the MCU's first openly gay uple wh Brian Tyree Henry.

THE GAY SUPERHERO ‘ETERNALS’ IS ‘WHAT AUDIENC HAVE BEEN WAG FOR,’ SAYS GLAAD (GUT COLUMN)

Eternals star Haaz Sleiman is exced to break ground the MCU as half of the shared universe's first openly gay uple. In the movie, he'll be married to Brian Tyree Henry's Phastos, who will be the Marvel Cematic Universe's first openly gay superhero.

Even though I wished I was the superhero, bee when will we see an Arab Mlim openly gay actor playg a superhero? Marvel Studs has ma no secret that s upg fall tentpole “The Eternals” will feature s first openly gay superhero. In a new terview wh Logo, “Eternals” actor Haaz Sleiman reveals his character is one half of the gay uple that appears the movie.

Sleiman says his character is “married to the gay superhero Phastos, played by ‘Atlanta’s’ Brian Tyree Henry, and we reprent a gay fay and have a child. ” Marvel’s parent pany Disney has promised signifint gay moments past tentpol only for them to not be too explic (who n fet the live-actn “Bety and the Beast” remake? ), but Sleiman promis signifint gay reprentatn “The Eternals.