Teen Tans: Was Jericho Always Gay? It's... Complited

Contents:

• TEEN TANS GAY SEX
• TEEN TANS: WAS JERICHO ALWAYS GAY? IT'S... COMPLITED
• DC'S RELNCHED TEEN TANS TO BUT GAY TEEN SUPERHERO [UPDATED]

TEEN TANS GAY SEX

There’s one Tan that already is gay, that we’ve talked about brgg on — probably next season. Bunker, who is openly gay, has the abily to create psnic energy nstcts, which often manift as purple bricks he n e to attack enemi or protect himself as armor.

The list of superhero accintally or liberately d as queer who have never nonilly been brought out of the closet bee of homophobia is long and prsg.

But wa, I n hear the ments already: So now Tim is jt The Rob Who Is Gay?

TEEN TANS: WAS JERICHO ALWAYS GAY? IT'S... COMPLITED

Tim Drake’s story speaks to what advot for diversy n fet and homophob would rather ignore: There are legimate reasons to give a long-standg straight character a g-out story beyond “more diversy is more. In any event, when Perez and Wolfman were creatg the character, their ial tent was to have him be gay. Perez explaed to the Gay League why they cid to change their md, ""While Marv and I did discs the possibily of Joseph Wilson beg gay, Marv cid that was too much of a stereotype to have the sensive, artistic, and wi-eyed character wh arguably effemate featur be also homosexual.

After the ial bate on whether to make Jericho gay or not, Perez went all on Jericho as not only beg straight, but beg a ladi man.

She later ntued to pursue the topic and he fally adms to her that he is gay... Followg through on s pledge to create "a more morn, diverse DC Universe" wh the New 52, DC Comics will troduce a gay teenage superhero Teen Tans. Seri artist Brett Booth has revealed that Bunker will but November's Issue 3 -- he's referred to as "The Wall" the solicatn text -- where he's picted as an openly gay teen om Mexi who "n create small force fields that look like bricks.

DC'S RELNCHED TEEN TANS TO BUT GAY TEEN SUPERHERO [UPDATED]

"We're tryg to make beg gay a part of who he is, " Booth wrote last night on Twter. Bunker isn't the first gay Tan -- that was probably Hero Cz of Tans L. A., although there was a lot of fan speculatn about Jericho when he buted 1984 -- but he's (likely) the first gay teen troduced to the post-Flashpot DC Universe.

He was very loved by his fay and the village as well -- and they were as acceptg of his homosexualy as they were to his super powers when they first manifted. I've seen all the other gay superhero out there, Ok maybe not all.

We wanted to show an tertg character who's homosexualy is part of him, not somethg that's hidn. Sure they are gay people who you wouldn't know are gay right off the bat, but there are others who are a more flamboyant, and we thought would be nice to actually see them portrayed ics.