Prr to the 1980s, all ic book characters were assumed to be, and prented as, "straight" heterosexual people. But people are plited and societi evolve, so sce that time has e to be acknowledged that some characters are lbian, gay, bisexual, or transgenr. The Comics Co...
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- DC INTRODUCED ITS FIRST GAY SUPERHERO ON TV EARLIER THAN YOU THK
- THE ALL-QUEER JTICE LEAGUE IS BACK TO MAKE THE YULETI GAY
DC INTRODUCED ITS FIRST GAY SUPERHERO ON TV EARLIER THAN YOU THK
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As Gaymg Mag pots out, the all-queer Jtice League -- christened the JLQ -- is troduced the all-new ic DC Pri #1, the short story "Love Life" wrten by Andrew Wheeler, wh art by Luciano Vecch and Rex Lok. Extraño heads up JLQ, even providg s name, which is ftg sce he was DC's first openly gay superhero when he buted 1988.
Bunker, a gay hero, who is an active member of the Teen Tans is here as well. Seri will also feature Alan Stt, an openly gay versn of the Green Lantern.
But people are plited and societi evolve, so sce that time has e to be acknowledged that some characters are lbian, gay, bisexual, or transgenr. Extraño, DC Comics' first openly gay super-hero.
THE ALL-QUEER JTICE LEAGUE IS BACK TO MAKE THE YULETI GAY
The Comics Co Authory explicly forba pictn of homosexualy until 1989, fluenced by Fredric Wertham's Sctn of the Innocent, who saw homosexual elements the relatnship between Batman and his ward Rob. Millennium #2 was not the first appearance of homosexual characters DC Comics, however, is the first time we have seen an openly gay character at DC Comics.
The seri mostly foc on a flamboyant stereotype of a gay man, but do touch on sensive topics like HIV/AIDS, and was ntroversial at the time. Neil Gaiman's Sandman (Volume 2) featured several different topics, cludg elrly gay uple Prelus and Nocturn and a trans woman A Game of You. As general acceptance of LGBT shifted the 21st Century, more characters me out as gay.