The Runaways’ Virgia Gardner Is Breakg Superhero Taboos as Marvel’s First Gay Character

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• THE RUNAWAYS’ VIRGIA GARDNER IS BREAKG SUPERHERO TABOOS AS MARVEL’S FIRST GAY CHARACTER
• MEET VIRGIA GARDNER, THE GIRL PORTRAYG GAY SUPERHERO KAROLA DEAN

THE RUNAWAYS’ VIRGIA GARDNER IS BREAKG SUPERHERO TABOOS AS MARVEL’S FIRST GAY CHARACTER

But beneath her sunny exterr, Karola, who is one of the first openly gay Marvel characters, grappl wh her inty—and Gardner unrstands the dissonance between appearanc and realy. It’s like I uld jt rip out a nunchucks route at a what I know of the ic book, Karola is the first gay Marvel character onscreen? I also n’t totally speak to her sexualy on the show yet bee we want to be a surprise, but the ic books I believe she is one of the first openly gay, let’s see how we n dance around this… I assume that’s not somethg that’s not pletely elimated om her inty the is safe to assume.

His extensive creds clu “My Fair Lady” at Olney Theatre, a Helen Hay nomated turn as a gay teen “Girliend” at Signature Theatre, the tle role “Bat Boy” at 1st Stage, and most recently a part Signature Theatre’s “Sweeney Todd.

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".

MEET VIRGIA GARDNER, THE GIRL PORTRAYG GAY SUPERHERO KAROLA DEAN

On TV, the bisexual Whe Canary (Cay Lotz) and gay Alex Danvers (Chyler Leigh) and Mr.

Stray mentns of a seldom-seen gay Unn Jack, or police officer Maggie Sawyer, or Dty and Mystique’s obv (but not explicly stated) relatnship, or the still ntroversial Extraño–there weren’t many characters to choose om, and all of them were seldom-seen supportg players. That changed 1992 when was revealed that Northstar, a foundg member of the X-Men spoff team Alpha Flight, was gay. That’s why ol’ Jean-Pl Bebier, an Olympic skier turned hothead do-goor, is nsired to be the first gay superhero.