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• TOM HOLLAND OPEN TO GAY ‘SPIR-MAN,’ AGRE MCU NEEDS MORE THAN JT ‘STRAIGHT WHE GUYS’
• MARVEL REVEALS FIRST GAY SPIR-MAN FOR UPG SERI
• MARVEL IS DEBUTG A GAY SPIR-MAN
• MARVEL TO TRODUCE FIRST GAY SPIR-MAN UPG ‘EDGE OF SPIR-VERSE’
• MARVEL INTRODUC ITS FIRST GAY SPIR-MAN AS THE LATT SPIR-VERSE VARIANT
• TOM HOLLAND IS OPEN TO SPIR-MAN BEG GAY IN THE MCU
• MARVEL ANNOUNC FIRST GAY SPIR-MAN JT TIME FOR PRI
• MARVEL OFFICIALLY GREENLS GAY SPIR-MAN SPOFF - INSI THE MAGIC
• MARVEL INTRODUCG FIRST GAY SPIR-MAN
• THE NEXT VERSN OF SPIR-MAN WILL BE GAY!
• MARVEL REPORTEDLY PLANS TO MAKE THE MCU’S NEXT SPIR-MAN GAY
• ANDREW GARFIELD ON SPIR-MAN: ‘WHY CAN’T HE BE GAY?’
• IS SPIR-MAN GAY, BISEX, OR STRAIGHT? ALL HIS RELATNSHIPS EXPLAED

TOM HOLLAND OPEN TO GAY ‘SPIR-MAN,’ AGRE MCU NEEDS MORE THAN JT ‘STRAIGHT WHE GUYS’

Will Peter Parker e out as gay the Marvel Cematic Universe?

In a new terview wh The Sunday Tim, Holland said he’d be open to his Marvel superhero g out as gay and agreed wh the overwhelmg sentiment that the Marvel Cematic Universe needs to start gettg more clive on the LGBTQ ont as soon as possible. “Yeah, of urse, ” Holland answered when asked if he’d be okay wh Spir-Man/Peter Parker beg gay. Marvel Studs print Kev Feige has already gone on rerd sayg the next phase of Marvel films will clu the MCU’s first openly gay character.

The MCU got a b of blowback earlier this year over the release of “Avengers: Endgame, ” which clud a rather nsequential moment featurg an openly gay character. One persistent mor poss that the first openly gay star character the MCU will be troduced “The Eternals, ” the upg tentpole om filmmaker Chloe Zhao set to star Richard Madn, Angela Jolie, and Kumail Nanjiani. As Marvel ntu s ph for diversy, ’s been revealed that a gay Spir-Man variant is set to be troduced.

MARVEL REVEALS FIRST GAY SPIR-MAN FOR UPG SERI

This will actually be the first gay versn of the inic superhero character, and they’ll be appearg the upg ic book issue Edge of Spir-Verse #5. Steve Foxe also gave a brief scriptn of the character and noted that “he n’t–and shouldn’t– reprent ALL gay men.

“Somethg I realized immediately when nceivg Web-Weaver is that he n’t–and shouldn’t–reprent ALL gay men.

MARVEL IS DEBUTG A GAY SPIR-MAN

Somethg I realized immediately when nceivg Web-Weaver is that he n’t–and shouldn’t–reprent ALL gay men.

MARVEL TO TRODUCE FIRST GAY SPIR-MAN UPG ‘EDGE OF SPIR-VERSE’

In addn to the gay Spir-Man variant named Van Dyne aka Web Weaver, there will also be a Kraven the Hunter variant named “Hunter-Spir, ” a Tyrannoss Rex variant, and many other crazy terpretatns. Marvel Comics’ universe-hoppg Edge of Spir-Verse #5, which hs stor September, will feature three new metaverse versns of Spir-Man — cludg the beloved character’s first gay rnatn, known as scrib the character as a “not-so-d mannered fashn signer at Van Dyne [Indtri]” — the pany owned by Ja Van Dyne, aka the Wasp — who “gets spir-powers and shows a very different kd of Spir-Slayer.

”Eisner-nomated gay wrer Steve Foxe, prevly known for his work on the superhero duo ic Archer & Armstrong for Valiant Comics and Marvel’s X-Men ‘92, will wre the story. A new Spir-Man is g out — and he’s gay, proud, and is troducg s first gay Spir-Man, a character named Web-Weaver, the upg “Edge of Spir-Verse #5, ″ out is troducg s first gay Spir-Man, a character named Web-Weaver, the upg “Edge of Spir-Verse #5″, which out September.

(MARVEL)Earlier this month, wrer Steve Foxe announced on Twter that he’d “had the huge gay honor of helpg to -create WEB-WEAVER, who’ll make his but EDGE OF THE SPIDER-VERSE #5 this September! Somethg I realized immediately when nceivg Web-Weaver is that he n't--and shouldn't--reprent ALL gay men.

MARVEL INTRODUC ITS FIRST GAY SPIR-MAN AS THE LATT SPIR-VERSE VARIANT

“I st a wi for the origal signs while also lookg at new and unique spirs that [Foxe] has remend, which eventually paired down to this look, ” he tweeted, sharg a first-look of the fashn-forward Tuday, Foxe took to Twter to expla a ltle more about his ia for the latt Spir-Verse is troducg s first gay Spir-Man, a character named Web-Weaver, the upg “Edge of Spir-Verse #5″, which out September. (MARVEL)“Somethg I realized immediately when nceivg Web-Weaver is that he n’t — and shouldn’t — reprent ALL gay men.

TOM HOLLAND IS OPEN TO SPIR-MAN BEG GAY IN THE MCU

Marvel Introduc Its First Gay Spir-Man as the Latt Spir-Verse Variant.

Marvel will troduce s first gay Spir-Man, a new character named Web-Weaver, the upg Edge of Spir-Verse #5, which releas Sept.

Marvel will but the first gay Spir-Man the upg Edge of Spir-Verse #5. Edge of Spir-Verse #5 wrer Steve Foxe shared an image of Marvel's first gay Spir-Man, Web-Weaver, onto his Twter acunt. "Somethg I realized immediately when nceivg Web-Weaver is that he n't -- and shouldn't -- reprent ALL gay men, " Foxe posted.

MARVEL ANNOUNC FIRST GAY SPIR-MAN JT TIME FOR PRI

Well, you n now add another person to that list, Spir-Man actor Tom Holland, who was asked about the possibily of the character beg gay – and Holland was fely open to the ia. When he was asked a recent terview wh The Sunday Tim whether there uld ever be a gay Spir-Man the MCU, Tom Holland replied:.

Like we said, Marvel Studs have said that the future is more diverse and clive, and that an openly gay hero will be revealed very soon, so uld be Spir-Man?

MARVEL OFFICIALLY GREENLS GAY SPIR-MAN SPOFF - INSI THE MAGIC

Eternals is also reportedly stg for an openly gay male Asian character. Would you like to see a gay Spir-Man the MCU soon? This Pri month, turns out the Spir-Verse is big enough for the LGBTQ+ muny as Marvel wel their first gay Spir-Man to the fold.

Comic publishers like Marvel have been steppg up their game for Pri month more and more as the years go by, and on top of this year's anthology one-shot and Pri variant vers, Marvel has announced s first gay Spir-Man: Web-Weaver! Sharg the news via Twter, wrer Steve Foxe gave fans a tease by way of a ver announcement and a quick blurb on the gay spir hero dubbed Web-Weaver. If Web-Weaver's civilian reer and wordplay were not enough to key fans on the hero beg part of the LGBTQ+ muny, Foxe later retweeted a post om artist Josh Cornilln about his excement about Foxe -creatg the gay spir.

Furthermore, 's even more special to have LGBTQ+ creators Steve Foxe and Kris Anka be the archects of Marvel's first gay Spir-Man. Even though Marvel's first gay Spir-Man won't be swgg onto shelv until September, the announcement self still mak Web-Weaver to a sweet Pri month surprise. Edge of Spir-Verse #5 will clu the first variant of Spir-Man that is openly gay.

MARVEL INTRODUCG FIRST GAY SPIR-MAN

Foxe ma clear that Web-Weaver, the new Spir-Man variant don’t reprent all gay men, but is the first step towards Marvel ntug to have diversy the Spir-Verse:. Somethg I realized immediately when nceivg Web-Weaver is that he n't–and shouldn't–reprent ALL gay men.

Not all fans are exced that Marvel is gog out of their way to make a gay super hero, but ’s way better than Marvel cis to change Peter Parker’s sexualy.

THE NEXT VERSN OF SPIR-MAN WILL BE GAY!

Edge of Spir-Verse has already ma headl for troducg new variatns of Spir-Man — and Issue #5, that will clu Web-Weaver, who is beg billed as the first gay Spir-Man. "Somethg I realized immediately when nceivg Web-Weaver is that he n't--and shouldn't--reprent ALL gay men, " Foxe wrote. The wrers at Marvel have nfirmed that there will be a Spir-Man who is openly gay.

Acrdg to creator Steve Foxe, this gay character is not meant to reprent every gay character. He says, “Somethg I realised immediately when nceivg Web-Weaver is that he n’t –and shouldn’t – reprent ALL gay men.

MARVEL REPORTEDLY PLANS TO MAKE THE MCU’S NEXT SPIR-MAN GAY

i wont lie i nnot cricise marvels new gay spir-man character.

I also thk ’s great when femme gay men get to be hero and not jok.

— first ever closeted straight man (@rorschachisgay) July 1, 2022.

ANDREW GARFIELD ON SPIR-MAN: ‘WHY CAN’T HE BE GAY?’

Superman’s son is bisexual and has a boyiend, Iceman om the X-Men me out and there have even been gay versns of the Flash.

But what’s perhaps even more trigug than jt Moral’ upg but the Marvel Cematic Universe is the fact that Marvel plans to portray him as gay.

But what do you make of this cisn to portray Mil Moral’ Spir-Man as gay? Wh all ey on the ic book world durg Comic-Con and ample talk of gay rights issu wh the recent SCOTUS lgs, Andrew Garfield cid to be the two and ask a qutn about Spir-Man, the hero he portrays: “Why n’t he be gay?

IS SPIR-MAN GAY, BISEX, OR STRAIGHT? ALL HIS RELATNSHIPS EXPLAED

Garfield has a pot, pecially wh the recent legal battl and the summer’s packed Gay Pri Paras, and Mary Jane’s future the films was uncerta to beg wh. While homophob are by gettg mad at Tom Holland for havg a gay scene his current show The Crowd Room, they’re missg somethg important: he’s not the first Spir-Man actor to play gay.

In fact, Holland is followg a long and proud tradn of Spir-Man actors playg are some prev tim that actors who have played Peter Parker have crossed over to the other si and played gay characters movi, TV, and on stage. The first live-actn Spir-Man has played gay several tim his reer, both before and after playg Spir-Man.