DC Comics’ gay Rob reveal Batman ics was far overdue - Polygon

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• 10 IMPORTANT GAY MOMENTS COMIC BOOK HISTORY
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• BATMAN’S LONG TIME SIKICK ROB COM OUT AS GAY

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Cullen row, the gay meek younger brother of the vigilante Bluebird. Former Batman ic wrer Grant Morrison even told Playboy magaze that “gayns is built to Batman.

More than 80 years sce he was first troduced to rears, and after s of homoerotic subtext wh his pann Batman, ics’ most tsty sikick Rob has nonilly e out as a cliffhanger endg to DC’s latt issue of Batman: Urban Legends, the current eratn of the Boy Wonr, Tim Drake, is shown acceptg a date vatn om his iend Bernard, havg jt rcued him om a villa while disguise as Rob. " || APP COLLAB ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE AU Gaybo9 43 2 3 This stori characters are based off a gacha app llaboratn on TikTok. When the Rawhi Kid returned to ics 2003, he was re-brand as gay the more adult-themed ic book seri.

While the Kid wasn't sent to any Old Wt gay bars between gun slgg, he did affect a different speech pattern and air and attu more sued to a stereotypil homosexual character. Tre as may have seemed, he was still reprentg the LGBT muny a time history where went strictly longt mored-to-be-gay character mastream super hero ics was "Alpha Flight's" Northstar.

10 IMPORTANT GAY MOMENTS COMIC BOOK HISTORY

Thk about and Shatterstar may be gettg all the gay mutant attentn the days, but before the two were out and proud, Marvel mutants Phat and Vivector were proudly announcg their queer stat to the world back '03. Over the urse of their publicy stunt, they both realized they really were gay and started a relatnship. They broke off when they realized that gay or not… neher of them was really attracted to the other.

But before you go cryg "Homophobia! Acrdg to Wertham, Batman and Rob habed "a wish dream of two homosexuals livg together. Not to mentn proclivi for stum, drsg up, and fantasy role play; secretive behavr and double-liv; ltle tert women; and of urse, pictns of Batman and Rob were equently homoerotic, visually emphasizg Batman's physique and Robs bare legs and short pants.

The list of superhero accintally or liberately d as queer who have never nonilly been brought out of the closet bee of homophobia is long and prsg. But wa, I n hear the ments already: So now Tim is jt The Rob Who Is Gay?

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Tim Drake’s story speaks to what advot for diversy n fet and homophob would rather ignore: There are legimate reasons to give a long-standg straight character a g-out story beyond “more diversy is more. In March, Marvel unveiled their first gay Capta Ameri character — a queer youth advote named Aaron Fischer — to be clud the upg “Uned Stat of Capta Ameri” ic book miseri.

DC Comics has cid to reveal that Tim Drake, the third male Rob, is gay … not bisexual. ”For years, people have speculated that one of the Robs was gay — nstantly qutng the relatnship between the olr Batman and the young sikick. This is an age-old and dangero stereotype lked to the Roman stutn of Perasty and horribly patg healthy-md gay men as pedophil and perverts.

BATMAN’S LONG TIME SIKICK ROB COM OUT AS GAY

Also, spe some reports, Drake is gay and not bisexual. Bee the character did not know he was gay when he was his off-and-on relatnship wh Stephanie Brown.