15 Openly Gay Marvel Characters That Might Be Comg To The MCU

Contents:

• MARVEL COMICS REVEALS EARTH'S FIRST GAY SUPER-COUPLE
• 15 OPENLY GAY MARVEL CHARACTERS THAT MIGHT BE COMG TO THE MCU
• GAY COMICS VOL 1 (1944–1949)
• IS HULK GAY, BISEX, OR STRAIGHT?
• WHAT ARE OTHER GOOD STORI WH GAY HULK?
• MARVEL COMICS: HULKS (MAD TV: GAY HULK)
• IS SHE-HULK GAY, BISEXUAL OR STRAIGHT? WHAT IS MARVEL CANON?
• GAY COMICS VOL 1 (1944–1949)

MARVEL COMICS REVEALS EARTH'S FIRST GAY SUPER-COUPLE

K is gay. When asked about K's sexual orientatn, director Taika Wai, who also plays K onscreen, said that he didn't thk of the character as gay when he played him, but that, "he uld be". Avengers: Endgame gave the first openly gay character the Marvel Cematic Universe, but left a lot of fans (who have spent the last wag to see a gay superhero jo the Avengers) pretty unrwhelmed.

Here's a selectn of openly gay Marvel characters who serve their time to she the MCU. While many fans hope that Marvel Studs ntu to diversify the superhero they brg to live-actn, Eternals recently took a signifint step forward by prentg Phastos as part of the first openly gay superhero uple the MCU.

Iceman had been fightg alongsi the X-Men the ics for s before he stunned dienc by g out as gay, but fans quickly accepted his sexualy.

15 OPENLY GAY MARVEL CHARACTERS THAT MIGHT BE COMG TO THE MCU

Wh Marvel Studs hopg to fix the X-Men film anchise after acquirg om Fox, this uld be a good ll for the MCU’s first gay character.

Viv’s sexualy hasn’t been nfirmed the ics, but she's kissed Ironheart and was strongly suggted that she’s eher gay or asexual when she said, “an attractn to boys is nowhere wh me.

GAY COMICS VOL 1 (1944–1949)

” The MCU uld easily portray the character as gay. There was speculatn that Hercul would be a lead  The Eternals when Marvel announced that the film would star a gay lead, but the reference was stead to Phastos. Phyla-Vell was first intified as gay when she admted to and acted on her attractn towards Moondragon.

In any discsn of who will be the first openly gay superhero the MCU, ’s important to mentn the first openly gay superhero Marvel Comics. Northstar was a landmark character for ic book history bee he was one of the first gay superhero, the first to e out a Marvel book, and 2012, he beme the first character to have a same-sex weddg a mastream ic. Phastos may be half of the first openly gay relatnship the Marvel Cematic Universe, but Negasonic Teenage Warhead was part of the first gay superhero uple all of superhero cema several years earlier.

The two shared the first gay kiss between major characters a Marvel ic back X-Force #45 while Rictor was huntg for Multiple Man New England.

IS HULK GAY, BISEX, OR STRAIGHT?

Rictor has also dated women the Marvel Universe, such as Wolfsbane and Boom Boom, but he stated X-Force #20 that he always knew ep down that he was gay. Ayo then went on to -lead a ic tled Black Panther: World of Wakanda, by Roxanne Gay, Ta-Nehsi Coat, Alha Martez, Roberto Poggi, and Rachelle Rosenberg.

WHAT ARE OTHER GOOD STORI WH GAY HULK?

Anole, whose real name is Victor Borkowski, is a gay man who is also a mutant and was created by Nunz DeFilippis, Christa Weir, and Keron Grant. CBR ntributor Alan Kistler brgs a tailed history of LGBT characters and ncepts superhero ics om Tijuana Bibl to the creatn of Northstar and Alan Stt's reimagg as a gay man.

Soon after Marvel Comics' openly gay hero Northstar proposed to his boyiend Kyle, DC Comics reimaged Alan Stt, the origal Green Lantern, as an openly gay man.

MARVEL COMICS: HULKS (MAD TV: GAY HULK)

Freric Wertham was one of the lears of the charge, speakg on the dangero fluence of superhero ics, claimg that the stori spired children to embrace anarchy, vlence, crime and homosexual behavr. So although didn't say "homosexualy has no place ics, " that's how the Co chose to e , particularly njunctn wh the le #4.

To bat mors that Batman and Rob were volved any kd of homosexual relatnship, the character Kathy Kane AKA Batwoman was troduced as a new love tert for Batman (though Catwoman had been around for years, she was not seen as a viable love tert sce she was a crimal and the Co mand she be punished and not glamorized any way). Element Lad was one of the early ic book superhero who was implied to be gay.

By the mid 1970s, several LSH fans had nclud that Element Lad was gay and many fan-fictn stori were wrten volvg him same-sex enunters wh other team members. Regular st member Joanie Cc was attracted to Andy but wound up heartbroken when he explaed that he was gay.

IS SHE-HULK GAY, BISEXUAL OR STRAIGHT? WHAT IS MARVEL CANON?

Andy vanished om the strip later that year, but returned 1982 as a gay rights activist. A few creators ma implitns that characters were gay, though often this was done a negative light.

It has been reported that although the Co had lightened nsirably, Shooter clared a policy that there were "no gays the Marvel Universe. Dpe the Co and censorship attus, wrer/artist John Byrne had created a gay character 1979: Jean-Pl Bebier, the hero known as Northstar. While Shooter was charge, Northstar uld not e out as a gay man and so this was only hted at dialogue and behavr, enough so many rears were able to duce the tth.

GAY COMICS VOL 1 (1944–1949)

Capta Ameri's childhood iend Arnie was also implied as beg gay the late 1970s. Although they didn't directly say , rears were given enough clu to figure out that Arnie was gay and that Capta Ameri himself was not only aware of , he didn't md one way or the other. That same year, Swamp Thg and the sorcerer John Constante alt wh gay bashers.

And around the same time, Wonr Woman met the gay brother of a iend who openly discsed his orientatn and how had led to an trangement wh his fay. An effemate Pevian sorcerer who wore flamboyant clothg, took few thgs serly, and referred to himself as "Auntie, " Extraño was nsired eher a silly gay stereotype or an sultg one, pendg on the dience. Dpe this, some have argued that he is the first openly gay superhero sce Northstar, although created ne years earlier, was still not out by this time.