Gay Superhero Eternals Is What Audienc Have Been Wag For - Variety

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• Q-FORCE'S FIRST TRAILER WANTS ON ALL THE CORPORATE GAY PANRG
• HOW ‘ETERNALS’ ESTABLISH THE MCU’S FIRST GAY SUPERHERO AND SAME-SEX COUPLE A MOVIE: ‘IT’S LIFE-SAVG’
• MARVEL’S FIRST GAY SUPERHERO DEFEATS EVIL, MAK HISTORY ETERNALS TRAILER
• DC INTRODUCED ITS FIRST GAY SUPERHERO ON TV EARLIER THAN YOU THK
• CW TRODUC FIRST SHOW WH A GAY SUPERHERO – FREEDOM FIGHTERS: THE RAY
• 7 LGBT SUPERHERO WHO WENT FROM COMICS TO CARTOONSABLE TO LEAP MEDIA A SGLE BOUND!{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY DAN AVERYJULY 28, 2017/12:01 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}FREEDOM FIGHTERS: THE RAY/CW SEEDBY DAN AVERYJULY 28, 2017 / 12:01 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"7 LGBT SUPERHERO WHO WENT FROM COMICS TO CARTOONS","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2017-07-28T16:01:01.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2017-07-28T16:01:01.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"DAN AVERY","KEYWORDS":"GEEK","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LGBT SUPERHERO ARE NOTHG NEW. THEY'VE EVEN POPPED UP ON TELEVISN ON SHOWS LIKE SUPERGIRL AND THE FLASH (MOSTLY THANKS TO THE EFFORTS OF OUT PRODUCER GREG BERLANTI). BUT WHEN TO THEIR BRIGHTLY LORED UNTERPARTS THE WORLD OF RTOONS, QUEER REPRENTATN IS STILL SORELY LACKG.WARNER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT PART THAT'S BEE ANIMATN IS STILL VIEWED AS A KID'S MEDIUM, AND STUDS ARE HANT TO FFLE THE FEATHERS OF HOMOPHOBIC PARENTS. (THOUGH THE POPULARY OF SHOWS LIKE STEVEN UNIVERSE AND DANGER AND EGGS ARE PROVG YOU N HAVE LGBT CHARACTERS WHOUT GETTG TO DISCSNS OF SEX.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BELOW, WE SHE A LIGHT ON SEVEN STUMED CSARS WHO ARE OUT AND PROUD, AND LEAPG OM PAGE TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AQUALADDC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AQUALAD HAS BEEN PART OF THE DC UNIVERSE FOR S, THOUGH MORE THAN ONE CHARACTER HAS ED THE NAME. THE MOST RECENT AQUALAD, JACKSON HY, JOED THE TEEN TANS LAST YEAR.DC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HY IS GAY AND HAS (OR AT LEAST HAD) A BOYIEND—AND A MOM WHO'S NOT HAPPY WH HIS “UNNATURAL BEHAVR. (OF URSE HIS MOM HID HIS ATLANTEAN ORIGS OM JACKSON, SO SHE'S NOT ONE TO TALK ABOUT "UNNATURAL.")YOUNG JTICE/CARTOON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE ANIMATED VERSN OF AQUALAD BUTED THE ACCLAIMED YOUNG JTICE RTOON, WHICH IS MAKG A RETURN NEXT YEAR. IN THE ORIGAL SERI, HIS SECRET INTY IS CAL DURHAM, BUT THE CHARACTER'S LOOK AND ORIGS ARE THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE WAS ALSO LOVE WH AN ATLANTEAN GIRL NAMED TULA, BUT WH THE SHOW JUMPG AHEAD SEVERAL YEARS HE ULD EASILY BE PICTED AS HAVG E OUT AS BI OR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BOBBY DRAKE HAS BEEN AN X-MAN FOR MORE THAN 50 YEARS, BUT ONLY ME OUT AS GAY 2015. HE'S APPEARED NUMERO RTOONS, MOST FAMOLY THE MPY '80S SHOW SPIR-MAN AND HIS AMAZG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ICEMAN HASN'T APPEARED RTOON FORM SCE G OUT, BUT WH HIS OWN IC BOOK OUT NOW, 'S ONLY A MATTER OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}VAR ERATNS OF BATWOMAN HAVE APPEARED BATMAN RTOONS, THOUGH THE CURRENT ONE—LBIAN PED CSAR KATE KANE—DIDN'T APPEAR UNTIL THE 2016 ANIMATED FEATURE BATMAN: BAD BLOOD.BATMAN: BAD BLOOD/ WARNER BROS, DC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HER SEXUALY IS OPENLY ADDRSED THE FILM, AND SHE IS SHOWN MEETG WH LBIAN TECTIVE RENEE MONTOYA THE MOVIE'S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HARLEY QUNBATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERI/WARNER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THIS ONE'S TECHNILLY A CHEAT, AS HARLEY FIRST APPEARED A RTOON, BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERI, BACK 1992, BEFORE MAKG HER FIRST APPEARANCE THE ICS 1999.DC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LONG KNOWN AS THE JOKER'S MA SQUEEZE, HARLEY IS NONILLY BISEXUAL, WH HEAVY ALLNS TO A PAST RELATNSHIP WH POISON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NORTHSTARNORTHSTAR/MARVEL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A FRENCH-CANADIAN MUTANT WH THE POWER OF SUPERSPEED, NORTHSTAR (JEAN-PL BEBIER) IS KNOWN AS MUCH FOR HIS SNOOTY ATTU AS HIS CREDIBLE SWIFTNS. (WE WERE NEVER SURE IF HIS HGHTS WAS SUPPOSED TO SIGNIFY HOMOSEXUALY OR "FRENCHNS.")X-MEN/{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NORTHSTAR APPEARS THE 1980S X-MEN RTOON, EPISOS "SLAVE ISLAND", "REPO MAN," AND "CHILD OF LIGHT," ALL VOICED BY RENE LEMIX. (NONE DIRECTLY MENTNED HIS SEXUAL ORIENTATN.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TRACI THIRTEENDC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LIKE MANY HERO, TRACI, THE DGHTER OF OCCULT TECTIVE DR. THIRTEEN, HAS HAD SEVERAL DIFFERENT ORIGS OVER THE YEARS. NO LONG AGO SHE WAS THE LONG-DISTANCE GIRLIEND OF JAIME REY, A.K.A. THE BLUE BEETLE. MORE RECENTLY, "TRACI 13" REAPPEARED AS THE GIRLIEND OF NATASHA IRONS, NIECE OF JOHN HENRY IRONS, A.K.A. STEEL.YOUNG JTICE: {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SHE'S SLATED TO APPEAR THE UPG YOUNG JTICE: OUTSIRS RTOON, GIVG THE SHOW THE PERFECT OPPORTUNY TO SPOTLIGHT BOTH A QUEER CHARACTER AND A SAME-SEX SUPERHERO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE RAYDC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ANOTHER LONG-TIMER WH VAR REVAMPS DATG BACK TO 1940, THE RAY WILL STAR AN ANIMATED SERI, FREEDOM FIGHTERS: THE RAY, ON THE CW SEED. THIS ERATN OF THE RAY IS OPENLY GAY, AND THE CW HAS NFIRMED HIS SEXUALY IS BEG RPORATED TO THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN ICS LAND, THE RAY (REAL NAME: RAY TERRILL) IS PART OF THE JTICE LEAGUE OF AMERI, MAKG HIM THE MOST HIGH-PROFILE LGBT SUPERHERO ON THE MARKET {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
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Q-FORCE'S FIRST TRAILER WANTS ON ALL THE CORPORATE GAY PANRG

My CANNON Bi AND genr fluid child ? the bt Pri Month 's GO queers ?️‍? #LokiSpoilers#loki — Capta Gay ?️‍? (@Mornastt) June 23, 2021. One of the characters, Phastos, portrayed by actor Brian Tyree Henry, will be the first gay superhero the MCU.

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

Marvel has plans to troduce a gay superhero a film this year. ” Eternals will feature the MCU’s first openly gay superhero on the big screen.

Marvel has teased that s November 2021 film The Eternals will feature s first openly gay ma character to grace the big screen.

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MARVEL’S FIRST GAY SUPERHERO DEFEATS EVIL, MAK HISTORY ETERNALS TRAILER

“You would always meet your iends at the bar, but you n’t do that anymore, bee somethg as pure and betiful as homosexualy has been exploed by people who are tryg to ratnalize themselv.

Frozen briefly cut to a blk-and-you’ll-miss- moment of a gay shopkeeper’s hband and kids.

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DC INTRODUCED ITS FIRST GAY SUPERHERO ON TV EARLIER THAN YOU THK

The DC superhero anchise clud an openly gay character Birds of Prey 2020. 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. The Eternals trailer offers the brieft of glimps at Phastos (Brian Tyree Henry), the first gay superhero a major Hollywood anchise. Dcribed as an “telligent ventor” an acpanyg summary, the character will reportedly break ground by sharg the film stud’s first onscreen gay kiss wh his hband, played by out, gay Lebane actor Haaz an terview, Sleiman said the climactic smooch was an emotnal moment on set, pecially given s importance to LGBTQ+ reprentatn.

We're livg the gayt time for superhero ever.

CW TRODUC FIRST SHOW WH A GAY SUPERHERO – FREEDOM FIGHTERS: THE RAY

Marvel Studs is about to troduce their first gay superhero on the big screen.

7 LGBT SUPERHERO WHO WENT FROM COMICS TO CARTOONSABLE TO LEAP MEDIA A SGLE BOUND!{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY DAN AVERYJULY 28, 2017/12:01 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}FREEDOM FIGHTERS: THE RAY/CW SEEDBY DAN AVERYJULY 28, 2017 / 12:01 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"7 LGBT SUPERHERO WHO WENT FROM COMICS TO CARTOONS","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2017-07-28T16:01:01.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2017-07-28T16:01:01.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"DAN AVERY","KEYWORDS":"GEEK","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LGBT SUPERHERO ARE NOTHG NEW. THEY'VE EVEN POPPED UP ON TELEVISN ON SHOWS LIKE SUPERGIRL AND THE FLASH (MOSTLY THANKS TO THE EFFORTS OF OUT PRODUCER GREG BERLANTI). BUT WHEN TO THEIR BRIGHTLY LORED UNTERPARTS THE WORLD OF RTOONS, QUEER REPRENTATN IS STILL SORELY LACKG.WARNER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT PART THAT'S BEE ANIMATN IS STILL VIEWED AS A KID'S MEDIUM, AND STUDS ARE HANT TO FFLE THE FEATHERS OF HOMOPHOBIC PARENTS. (THOUGH THE POPULARY OF SHOWS LIKE STEVEN UNIVERSE AND DANGER AND EGGS ARE PROVG YOU N HAVE LGBT CHARACTERS WHOUT GETTG TO DISCSNS OF SEX.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BELOW, WE SHE A LIGHT ON SEVEN STUMED CSARS WHO ARE OUT AND PROUD, AND LEAPG OM PAGE TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AQUALADDC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AQUALAD HAS BEEN PART OF THE DC UNIVERSE FOR S, THOUGH MORE THAN ONE CHARACTER HAS ED THE NAME. THE MOST RECENT AQUALAD, JACKSON HY, JOED THE TEEN TANS LAST YEAR.DC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HY IS GAY AND HAS (OR AT LEAST HAD) A BOYIEND—AND A MOM WHO'S NOT HAPPY WH HIS “UNNATURAL BEHAVR. (OF URSE HIS MOM HID HIS ATLANTEAN ORIGS OM JACKSON, SO SHE'S NOT ONE TO TALK ABOUT "UNNATURAL.")YOUNG JTICE/CARTOON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE ANIMATED VERSN OF AQUALAD BUTED THE ACCLAIMED YOUNG JTICE RTOON, WHICH IS MAKG A RETURN NEXT YEAR. IN THE ORIGAL SERI, HIS SECRET INTY IS CAL DURHAM, BUT THE CHARACTER'S LOOK AND ORIGS ARE THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE WAS ALSO LOVE WH AN ATLANTEAN GIRL NAMED TULA, BUT WH THE SHOW JUMPG AHEAD SEVERAL YEARS HE ULD EASILY BE PICTED AS HAVG E OUT AS BI OR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BOBBY DRAKE HAS BEEN AN X-MAN FOR MORE THAN 50 YEARS, BUT ONLY ME OUT AS GAY 2015. HE'S APPEARED NUMERO RTOONS, MOST FAMOLY THE MPY '80S SHOW SPIR-MAN AND HIS AMAZG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ICEMAN HASN'T APPEARED RTOON FORM SCE G OUT, BUT WH HIS OWN IC BOOK OUT NOW, 'S ONLY A MATTER OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}VAR ERATNS OF BATWOMAN HAVE APPEARED BATMAN RTOONS, THOUGH THE CURRENT ONE—LBIAN PED CSAR KATE KANE—DIDN'T APPEAR UNTIL THE 2016 ANIMATED FEATURE BATMAN: BAD BLOOD.BATMAN: BAD BLOOD/ WARNER BROS, DC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HER SEXUALY IS OPENLY ADDRSED THE FILM, AND SHE IS SHOWN MEETG WH LBIAN TECTIVE RENEE MONTOYA THE MOVIE'S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HARLEY QUNBATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERI/WARNER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THIS ONE'S TECHNILLY A CHEAT, AS HARLEY FIRST APPEARED A RTOON, BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERI, BACK 1992, BEFORE MAKG HER FIRST APPEARANCE THE ICS 1999.DC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LONG KNOWN AS THE JOKER'S MA SQUEEZE, HARLEY IS NONILLY BISEXUAL, WH HEAVY ALLNS TO A PAST RELATNSHIP WH POISON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NORTHSTARNORTHSTAR/MARVEL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A FRENCH-CANADIAN MUTANT WH THE POWER OF SUPERSPEED, NORTHSTAR (JEAN-PL BEBIER) IS KNOWN AS MUCH FOR HIS SNOOTY ATTU AS HIS CREDIBLE SWIFTNS. (WE WERE NEVER SURE IF HIS HGHTS WAS SUPPOSED TO SIGNIFY HOMOSEXUALY OR "FRENCHNS.")X-MEN/{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NORTHSTAR APPEARS THE 1980S X-MEN RTOON, EPISOS "SLAVE ISLAND", "REPO MAN," AND "CHILD OF LIGHT," ALL VOICED BY RENE LEMIX. (NONE DIRECTLY MENTNED HIS SEXUAL ORIENTATN.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TRACI THIRTEENDC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LIKE MANY HERO, TRACI, THE DGHTER OF OCCULT TECTIVE DR. THIRTEEN, HAS HAD SEVERAL DIFFERENT ORIGS OVER THE YEARS. NO LONG AGO SHE WAS THE LONG-DISTANCE GIRLIEND OF JAIME REY, A.K.A. THE BLUE BEETLE. MORE RECENTLY, "TRACI 13" REAPPEARED AS THE GIRLIEND OF NATASHA IRONS, NIECE OF JOHN HENRY IRONS, A.K.A. STEEL.YOUNG JTICE: {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SHE'S SLATED TO APPEAR THE UPG YOUNG JTICE: OUTSIRS RTOON, GIVG THE SHOW THE PERFECT OPPORTUNY TO SPOTLIGHT BOTH A QUEER CHARACTER AND A SAME-SEX SUPERHERO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE RAYDC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ANOTHER LONG-TIMER WH VAR REVAMPS DATG BACK TO 1940, THE RAY WILL STAR AN ANIMATED SERI, FREEDOM FIGHTERS: THE RAY, ON THE CW SEED. THIS ERATN OF THE RAY IS OPENLY GAY, AND THE CW HAS NFIRMED HIS SEXUALY IS BEG RPORATED TO THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN ICS LAND, THE RAY (REAL NAME: RAY TERRILL) IS PART OF THE JTICE LEAGUE OF AMERI, MAKG HIM THE MOST HIGH-PROFILE LGBT SUPERHERO ON THE MARKET {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

Legends of Tomorrow ntu to be queer as hell, and the pag of ic books jt keep gettg gayer and gayer!

While Phastos has existed the Marvel ics sce the '80s as a member of The Eternals, he was never portrayed as beg gay the ics. This year, the origal Green Lantern, Alan Stt, rejoed the mastream DC ntuy and me out as gay to his kids, the hero Obsidian and Ja.

Unregnized for havg DC's first nfirmed gay superhero on televisn, Static Shock subtly brought LGBTQIA+ reprentatn before the Arrowverse. Before CW's Arrow, Batwoman, or Legends of Tomorrow, DC troduced s first gay superhero to TV the Static Shock animated seri, far earlier than most people thk.

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However, few knew that late Static Shock creator Dwayne McDuffie was subtle about , but not aaid to add a gay character to the Saturday morng experience. However, while many may dismiss as a wish for more reprentatn on Saturday morngs, clu the ics and the words of the late creator himself tablish that Gear was gay, predatg a majory of DC TV's current LGBTQIA+ characters.

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He noted that he'd always nsired Gear to be gay and softly hted at this throughout the show’s n.

In sence, this ma Static Shock's Richie DC’s first nfirmed gay superhero on televisn.

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Wh the upg adaptatn velopment, perhaps Richie Foley, or even the origal Rick Stone, will be seen, not only as a gay in but also as the hero Dwayne McDuffie imaged him to be. The CW has beat Marvel and DC’s big-screen film univers to troduce a gay lead the work’s Televisn Crics Associatn panel on Thursday Los Angel, the channel revealed that s sister streamg se, CW Seed, will premiere a new animated show, Freedom Fighters: The Ray, centered on the Ray, a gay DC Comics the ics, Raymond “Ray” Terill is a reporter gifted wh light-based powers, after beg exposed to a “geic light bomb” while workg on a story.

But when to their brightly lored unterparts the world of rtoons, queer reprentatn is still sorely part that's bee animatn is still viewed as a kid's medium, and studs are hant to ffle the feathers of homophobic parents. The most recent Aqualad, Jackson Hy, joed the Teen Tans last is gay and has (or at least had) a boyiend—and a mom who's not happy wh his “unnatural behavr.

In the origal seri, his secret inty is Cal Durham, but the character's look and origs are the was also love wh an Atlantean girl named Tula, but wh the show jumpg ahead several years he uld easily be picted as havg e out as bi or gay.