A new trailer nfirmed that Eternals will feature Phastos, a gay character played by Brian Tyree Henry, who's married wh a kid. Never heard of him? You're not alone.
Contents:
- HOW MARVEL'S FIRST GAY MOVIE SUPERHERO CAN BE A SUCCS
- 'ETERNALS' WILL FEATURE MCU'S FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTER
- LOOKG BACK AT THE MISTREATMENT OF MARVEL’S FIRST GAY COMIC SUPERHERO
- 15 OPENLY GAY MARVEL CHARACTERS THAT MIGHT BE COMG TO THE MCU
- MARVEL ANNOUNC FIRST GAY CAPTA AMERI
- 5 THGS TO KNOW ABOUT THE MCU'S FIRST OPENLY GAY SUPER-POWERED CHARACTER
- MARVEL'S FIRST GAY CHARACTER IS PLAYED BY AVENGERS: ENDGAME'S DIRECTOR
- "AVENGERS: ENDGAME" FEATUR MARVEL STUDS' FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTER IN A SMALL ROLE
HOW MARVEL'S FIRST GAY MOVIE SUPERHERO CAN BE A SUCCS
We look to Marvel's queer ics history to show how the MCU's first gay movie hero n be a succs. * first gay marvel character *
Even then, the brief cln of one gay character didn’t make up for all the tim that Marvel didn’t seize the opportuny to exprs the queerns of other LGBTQ+ characters on the big screen. When Robert Kirkman first troduced this Green Lantern knockoff 2006, Marvel promoted him as the new gay superhero a bid for clivy, but jt one month later, Curtis was sudnly killed off.
'ETERNALS' WILL FEATURE MCU'S FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTER
'Eternals' Will Feature MCU's First Openly Gay Character: Beatg out Valkyrie 'Thor: Love and Thunr.' * first gay marvel character *
Kirkman has sce regretted this matter openly, realizg that he pretty much murred a fifth of Marvel’s gay characters one fell swoop.
Although Tsa Thompson opened up about Valkyrie’s bi-sexual orientatn durg the 2019 San Diego Comic-Con and the Rso Brothers nfirmed Joe’s character Avengers: Endgame was gay, Marvel Studs head honcho Kev Feige revealed that Eternals will feature the Marvel Cematic Universe‘s first openly gay character.
In April, was believed that Hercul would be the first openly gay character the film. A gay superhero parody of BYU's Brigham Young statue (2017) (image by Pastelopapa via Wikimedia).
LOOKG BACK AT THE MISTREATMENT OF MARVEL’S FIRST GAY COMIC SUPERHERO
From Iceman to Hulklg and Moondragon, Marvel boasts a whole array of openly gay characters who would be smash-hs the MCU. * first gay marvel character *
Marvel’s first gay superhero is an amalgamatn of straight assumptns.
Northstar was troduced 1979 as the first gay character the superhero genre.
Bis men g and out of his home, or lgerg shirtls the background of panels, Northstar was d through the unique perspective of how straight men typilly view gay men. Northstar’s publitn history shows a cross sectn of 40 years of the Uned Stat’s mastream view of the gay muny. In the 1980s he was portrayed as dismissive of women to the pot of misogyny, while the ghts, gay men were so often portrayed fictn as the gay bt iend that Northstar was portrayed almost solely the pany of women.
15 OPENLY GAY MARVEL CHARACTERS THAT MIGHT BE COMG TO THE MCU
Aaron Fischer, a gay teenager, will take on the mantle The Uned Stat of Capta Ameri, markg the character’s 80th anniversary <br> * first gay marvel character *
His backstory evolved as homosexuals emerged om enomic dispary: Where once he was an unattend mor, he beme a wealthy, privileged man as the natnal narrative surroundg queer youth gradually expand. Perhaps seemed that to keep the first out gay man was a potls exercise, pecially one so mired outdated stereotyp. No one lov a 'first gay character' more than Disney.
Disney has been que a b of hot, gay water recent years. The pany has never been known for s great LGBTQ+ reprentatn or polics, but 's e unr even more scty than ual after fans learned that the pany was donatg money to legislators Florida backg that state's ntroversial "Don't Say Gay" bill.
Especially when the news broke that Pixar has been censorg gay ntent out of s films for Disney really been producg enough spirg ntent to unteract s donatns and lack of a statement?
MARVEL ANNOUNC FIRST GAY CAPTA AMERI
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RELATED | 11 Gay, Bi, & Lbian Creators Who Ma Disney What It Is Today. First Gay Married Couple: Bucky and Pronk Oryx-Antlerson 'Zootopia' (2016).
Fans didn't even notice this gay married uple Zootopia until years after the movie me out. First 'Exclively Gay Moment:' LeFou 'Bety and the Beast' (2017).
When this live-actn remake me out, Disney touted LeFou (played by Josh Gad) as beg their first gay character and even said that he had an "exclively gay moment" the film.
5 THGS TO KNOW ABOUT THE MCU'S FIRST OPENLY GAY SUPER-POWERED CHARACTER
Joe Rso played a gay man Avengers: Endgame. * first gay marvel character *
When turned out that gay moment was a flash of him dancg wh another man a group scene, fans weren't so exced. First Gay Character the MCU: Grievg Man 'Avengers: Endgame' (2019).
Disney and Marvel Studs proudly announced that 2019 they had troduced their first gay character the Marvel Cematic Universe, only to have fans fd out that was an unnamed character one scene played by the movie's straight -director.
Aga, they're only shown kissg for a send, but hey, at least we know that gays exist space. First Major Gay Character: MacGregor 'Jungle Cise' (2021).
MARVEL'S FIRST GAY CHARACTER IS PLAYED BY AVENGERS: ENDGAME'S DIRECTOR
Northstar, Marvel Comic's first openly gay superhero, brought queer reprentatn to Marvel Comics and changed the superhero universe forever. * first gay marvel character *
MacGregor, played by Jack Whehall, was supposed to be Disney's "first major gay character" when Jungle Cise was set to be released way back 2019, but bee of the global panmic, the film was layed until 2021. First Gay Superhero the MCU: Phastos 'Eternals' (2021).
Marvel's first gay superhero and the first married gay uple the MCU both happened 2021, which was que the year for "First Gays" for the pany. It took only 13 years and two dozen movi for Marvel to troduce a gay superhero.
"AVENGERS: ENDGAME" FEATUR MARVEL STUDS' FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTER IN A SMALL ROLE
First Major Gay Character (Aga): Artie 'Cella' (2021). Artie is one of several characters advertised as the pany's "first major gay character" after both LeFou Bety and the Beast and MacGregor the layed-for-several-years Jungle Cise.
First Gay Disney Love Song: 'High School Mil: The Mil: The Seri' (2021). In one of the episos season 2, Seb is worried that Carlos is only datg him bee he's the only other gay kid he knows.
After news broke that Disney not only donated to legislators backg anti-gay bills, but also repeatedly cut queer ntent om their movi, Pixar cid to rtore a scene the Lightyear film where a female character named Hawthorne (voiced by Uzo Aduba) kiss her female partner. First Openly Gay Teen Romance a Feature: 'Strange World' (2022).