'Deadpool 2' Is The Gayt Superhero Movie Yet, And That's A Problem | Mashable

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Y and Negasonic Teenage Warhead are the first openly gay superhero cema. But Deadpool 2's simply taken a small first step.

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IS DEADPOOL GAY, BISEXUAL OR STRAIGHT? WHAT IS MARVEL CANON?

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IS DEADPOOL GAY, BISEXUAL, OR STRAIGHT? OR NEHER?

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