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Batman's longtime sikick Rob (Tim Drake) has e to a is actually gay. Check out the story!

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BATMAN’S LONG TIME SIKICK ROB COM OUT AS GAY

Created 1998, Apollo and Midnighter were among the first married gay upl superhero ics — and they were totally parodi of Batman and Superman. Now, thanks to DC Comics ntuy, the four characters fally met face to face. * batman and robin gay love *

Former Batman ic wrer Grant Morrison even told Playboy magaze that “gayns is built to Batman.

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?

WA, WAS ROB GAY IN BATMAN & ROB? HERE'S WHAT CHRIS O'DONNELL SAID

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.

BATMAN AND ROB WERE NEVER GAY, ACRDG TO DIRECTOR JOEL SCHUMACHER

Unpackg the gay subtext of Rob, the Boy Wonr.

FEAR OF A GAY BATMAN BROUGHT BATWOMAN TO LIFE

Gay subtext managed to suate self to the Dynamic Duo’s dyad om the very start. Let’s get one thg absolutely clear: Rob isn’t gay. So have wrers like Frank Miller, Denny O’Neil, Alan Grant, and Dev Grayson—though Grayson admted that she uld “unrstand the gay readgs.

After all, if a character isn’t wrten as gay, then that character n’t possibly be gay, right? Gayns is built to Batman.

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Batman and Rob Were Never Gay, Acrdg to Director Joel Schumacher – IndieWire .

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