Which versns of Superman, Rob, and Wonr Woman are gay? How DC Comics is refg the symbols of characters like Batman, Green Lantern, and the Flash for a new, queerer generatn.
Contents:
- FIRST AIN-AMERIN GAY SUPERHERO JOS ARROW
- ‘ARROW’ REVEALED THAT ANOTHER CENTRAL CHARACTER IS QUEER, SO EVERYONE ASSUM HE’S GAY
- GREEN ARROW'S NOT GAY, SISTS WRER
FIRST AIN-AMERIN GAY SUPERHERO JOS ARROW
William Clayton said he’s gay on the latt episo of the show. * green arrow gay character *
A major character on Arrow, the CW seri based on DC Comics superhero Green Arrow, fally nfirmed that he's gay. I'm gay, and she's my mom.
""[This] may be my favore le of dialogue ever, " tweeted Lewis, who happens to be gay is the first time that William has ed the word "gay" to scribe himself on the show, the CW nfirmed to Out.
‘ARROW’ REVEALED THAT ANOTHER CENTRAL CHARACTER IS QUEER, SO EVERYONE ASSUM HE’S GAY
* green arrow gay character *
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” Here, durg one of the show’s new flash-forwards, Oliver Queen’s son, William (Ben Lewis), sually mentned his ex-boyiend while nversatn wh Roy Harper, who’s played by the openly gay actor Colton Hayn. News outlets like Heroic Hollywood and who picked up on this passg reference to William’s sexual inty were quick to scribe the Arrow character as gay, but the tth is that his orientatn remas unclear.
GREEN ARROW'S NOT GAY, SISTS WRER
While he may ed turn out to be gay, the assumptns stantly erase the possibily that William uld be bisexual, pansexual or even intify wh another aspect of the LGBTQ spectm.
Due to this lack of experience, rears and other characters alike started to speculate that the new Green Arrow was gay. While Connor and the young Green Lantern never acted on their relatnship any physil way, the homoerotic nature of their iendship was clear to the majory of queer rears. Chuck Dixon, creator of ic-book hero Connor Hawke (the 1990s Green Arrow), has nied allegatns that the character is gay, reports Bob Schreck, an out edor at DC Comics, ncurs, even though many hts have been dropped over the years regardg the character's ambivalence toward women.
On his Web se, Dixon was que adamant his feelgs about gays ics: "I don't want to expect to be able to shield my kids om the subject of homosexualy, as the media seems tent on brgg to my home, and nothg short of cuttg the electricy and boardg the wdows will stop . Remember that, people, homosexualy is out--but heterosexual necrophilia is to be enuraged! Buffy the Vampire Slayer was very gay-iendly, and sce then 's only been gettg, wh ic book adaptns cementg their place that trigug rner of televisn, they're makg sure they keep wh the tradns and the, the popular CW seri that follows DC's Green Arrow, has st Echo Kellum as Mr.