Contents:
- BATMAN N'T E OUT AS GAY – HIS CHARACTER RELI ON HIM BEG NIAL
- IS BATMAN GAY, BISEXUAL, OR STRAIGHT? WHAT IS DC CANON?
BATMAN N'T E OUT AS GAY – HIS CHARACTER RELI ON HIM BEG NIAL
DC Comics' announcement that a high-profile superhero is about to e out – a rponse to Marvel's "gay weddg" story – has stirred up a lot of gossip, wh one name repeatedly put forward, and regularly dismissed. Batman, gay? I don't thk Batman will e out; bee everyone already knows he's gay.
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IS BATMAN GAY, BISEXUAL, OR STRAIGHT? WHAT IS DC CANON?
In the 50s, the accatns that Bce and Dick "Rob" Grayson reprented "a wish-dream of two homosexuals livg together" went to a Senate submtee hearg, and the ic-book edors rpond by brgg Batgirl and Batwoman, double-dat for the dynamic duo.
If he me out as gay, he wouldn't be the moody, difficult figure we've grown to love; and ironilly, by clarg himself as happily gay, Batman – as a cultural in – would actually be ls fascatg, ls plex, ls queer. From gay martial arts masters and lbian tectiv to badass bisexual antihero and transgenr magicians, the are 52 characters that’ve left their mark and helped change the genre.
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