Batman's longtime sikick Rob (Tim Drake) has e to a is actually gay. Check out the story!
Contents:
- BATMAN’S LONG TIME SIKICK ROB COM OUT AS GAY
- WA, WAS ROB GAY IN BATMAN & ROB? HERE'S WHAT CHRIS O'DONNELL SAID
- BATMAN AND ROB WERE NEVER GAY, ACRDG TO DIRECTOR JOEL SCHUMACHER
- FEAR OF A GAY BATMAN BROUGHT BATWOMAN TO LIFE
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? 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.
WA, WAS ROB GAY IN BATMAN & ROB? HERE'S WHAT CHRIS O'DONNELL SAID
Unpackg the gay subtext of Rob, the Boy Wonr. Gay subtext managed to suate self to the Dynamic Duo’s dyad om the very start.
BATMAN AND ROB WERE NEVER GAY, ACRDG TO DIRECTOR JOEL SCHUMACHER
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.
FEAR OF A GAY BATMAN BROUGHT BATWOMAN TO LIFE
After all, if a character isn’t wrten as gay, then that character n’t possibly be gay, right? Gayns is built to Batman.
Batman is VERY, very gay. … but the whole basis of the ncept is utterly gay.