Matt Bomer Says Gay 'Doom Patrol' Character's Sexualy Don't 'Defe Who He Is'

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• DOOM PATROL'S MATT BOMER REVEALS THE "ST" OF PLAYG A GAY SUPERHERO
• MATT BOMER SAYS GAY 'DOOM PATROL' CHARACTER'S SEXUALY DON'T 'DEFE WHO HE IS'
• DOOM PATROL‘S MATT BOMER ON LARRY TRAOR, AND PLAYG A GAY SUPERHERO

DOOM PATROL'S MATT BOMER REVEALS THE "ST" OF PLAYG A GAY SUPERHERO

Larry Traor is a gay character om Doom Patrol. Gayngst. Queer Character, Queer Actor - Matt Bomer is also gay.

GAY. The hotshot pilot turned reluctant hero experienc another update wh the premiere of DC Universe's live-actn Doom Patrol, which he's revealed to be gay. Durg the adventure, Larry learned to accept the spir wh him, beiendg the team, and acceptg his homosexualy.

MATT BOMER SAYS GAY 'DOOM PATROL' CHARACTER'S SEXUALY DON'T 'DEFE WHO HE IS'

And on the third n of the memory he speaks directly to , explag how hard he found livg as a gay man durg that time, existg wh the perd’s homophobia. While Pl is packg up his recently ceased brother’s belonggs, Larry cis to e clean about him beg gay and love wh John.

He disvered his buddg homosexualy at a young age, but mostly kept hidn out of fear and the prsurg of his vout Christian parents. Wh Larry and Vic's help, Danny fally stood up to and fought the Bure, forcg them to leave the street and s rints alone, and return, Danny and Mra helped Larry realize that he didn't need to hi who he was, and that beg gay is nothg to be ashamed of.

DOOM PATROL‘S MATT BOMER ON LARRY TRAOR, AND PLAYG A GAY SUPERHERO

He was then forced to nont his subnsc self, the memory of him on his weddg day beg to aaid to e out as gay, as part of the Sisterhood's "Eternal Flagellatn", makg him fally e to terms wh, and fully embrace, his sexualy, and open up even more to his iends. When HBO cid to adapt "Doom Patrol" to the small screen, Jeremy Carver, who veloped the seri, shared a Q&A he wanted to make Larry Traor a more plex character who not only had to al wh the ic book versn's superpowered isolatn, but also had a history as a closeted gay man hidg his te self om the world.

Ined, this characterizatn was a major factor why Matt Bomer signed up for the role, wh the actor tellg, "A big reason why I wanted to be a part of Doom Patrol is bee I've never really seen a gay male superhero.

The groundbreakg 1980s ic about a middle aged gay uple is fally seeg a plete llectn of all of the prevly out-of-prt ics.

Tim Barela's groundbreakg Leonard and Larry will be fally released a plete llectn, featurg all of the origal out-of-prt llectns of the classic gay ic, which was released at a time where there were very ltle the way of gay pop culture perd, let alone a regular ic about a gay uple.

Instead, Barela put the spotlight upon the happy uple Gay Comix #5 (eded by the great Robert Triptow), where a still somewhat closeted Leonard is prsured to go out on a date wh the dghter of a iend of his mother and so he and Larry go on a double date wh the woman and her roommate. The llectn will have forwards by Charl Solomon and Andy Mangels (who put together a Gay Comix Special spotlightg Leonard and Larry) and an troductn by Barela himself.

The llectn has drawn some outstandg praise, like the legendary Alison Bechl notg, "Tim Barela’s masterful ic strip offered up an tritely textured story that never failed to melt my late twentieth century r away" and the brilliant Chip Kidd explag, "Fet for a moment that the characters are gay, and jt nsir them as fully flh-and-blood PEOPLE, people you e to know eply and lovgly, ma out of nothg other than k and paper and Mr.