Director Jam Gunn hts that gay characters may already exist the MCU wh a recent Black Panther clip htg at a lbian relatnship.
Contents:
- DISNEY REMOV GAY BLACK PANTHER 2 SCENE TO AVOID BAN
- BLACK PANTHER TO FEATURE FIRST GAY CHARACTERS A MARVEL MOVIE?
- IS BLACK PANTHER GAY, BISEXUAL, OR STRAIGHT? WHAT IS MARVEL CANON?
- IS MARVEL'S "BLACK PANTHER" CENSORG ITS OWN GAY STORYLE?"THAT SPECIFIC LOVE STORYLE OM THE NOT ED AS A SOURCE," A MARVEL REP {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY DAN AVERYAPRIL 24, 2017/4:49 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}DISNEY/MARVEL BY DAN AVERYAPRIL 24, 2017 / 4:49 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"IS MARVEL'S \"BLACK PANTHER\" CENSORG ITS OWN GAY STORYLE?","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2017-04-24T20:49:06.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2017-04-24T20:49:06.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"DAN AVERY","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF BUZZ ABOUT QUEER REPRENTATN BETY AND THE BEAST AND POWER RANGERS, BUT NOW LGBT MOVIEGOERS ARE SCRATCHG THEIR HEADS AS LOOKS LIKE A SAME-SEX UPLE HAS BEEN ERASED OM THE UPG MARVEL MOVIE BLACK {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE ADVENTUR OF KG T'CHALLA AND THE KGDOM OF WAKANDA ARE CURRENTLY BEG CHRONICLED TWO MARVEL IC BOOKS, BLACK PANTHER, WRTEN BY TA-NEHISI COAT, AND WORLD OF WAKANDA, WRTEN BY COAT AND QUEER WRER ROXANE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WORLD OF WAKANDA ADDRS BOTH EXTERNAL THREATS AND TERNAL STRIFE THE AIN NATN, AND LV UNAMBIGUOLY TO THE RELATNSHIP BETWEEN TWO MEMBERS OF THE DORA MILAJE, T'CHALLA'S ALL-FEMALE WARRR GUARD. OKOYE AND AYO ARE TORN BETWEEN THEIR LOVE FOR EACH OTHER AND THEIR DUTY TO THEIR KG. THE IC'S OFFICIAL SCRIPTN EVEN ASKS "WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOUR NATN NEEDS YOUR HEARTS AND MDS, BUT YOU ALREADY GAVE THEM TO EACH OTHER?"WORLD OF WAKANDA/MARVEL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FOOTAGE OM THE FILM, CURRENTLY SLATED TO H THEATERS FEBARY 16, 2018, WAS SCREENED FOR JOURNALISTS RECENTLY. AND VANY FAIR'S JOANNA ROBSON FIRST REPORTED THAT AYO AND OKOYE'S RELATNSHIP WAS THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN THE ROUGH CUT OF THIS BLACK PANTHER SCENE, WE SEE [DANAI] GURIRA’S OKOYE AND KASUMBA’S AYO SWAYG RHYTHMILLY BACK FORMATN WH THE RT OF THEIR TEAM. OKOYE EY AYO FLIRTATLY FOR A LONG TIME AS THE MERA PANS ON THEM. EVENTUALLY, SHE SAYS, APPRECIATIVELY AND APPRAISGLY, “YOU LOOK GOOD." AYO RPONDS KD. OKOYE GRS AND REPLI, “I KNOW."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THIS QUICK MOMENT BETWEEN TWO WARRR WOMEN ON THEIR WAY TO T’CHALLA’S RONATN LEANS TO A CURRENT VERY POPULAR N OF THE BLACK PANTHER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT AFTER ROBSON'S FEATURE WAS PUBLISHED, A MARVEL REPRENTATIVE TOLD HER THAT THE RELATNSHIP BETWEEN OKOYE AND AYO AS PICTED THE MOVIE "IS NOT A ROMANTIC ONE." AND SPE BEG THE CX OF THEIR WORLD OF WAKANDA ARC, "THAT SPECIFIC LOVE STORYLE OM THE NOT ED AS A SOURCE" FOR THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DID DISNEY GET LD FEET ABOUT REPRENTG THE MARVEL CEMATIC UNIVERSE'S FIRST LBIAN RELATNSHIP?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHILE WE'VE SEEN A FEW STANDALONE CHARACTERS ON MARVEL'S AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. AND JSI JON, WE'VE STILL BEEN WAG FOR A QUEER HERO TO BURST ONTO THE BIG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN 2015, MARVEL PRINT KEV FEIGE SAID HE WAS NFINT MARVEL STUDS WOULD ADD AN LGBT CHARACTER TO THE FOLD "WH THE NEXT ." CONSIRG MARVEL ICS IS BURSTG WH LGBT CHARACTERS—ICEMAN AND AMERI EVEN HAVE THEIR OWN IC BOOKS—'S DOWNRIGHT RETROGRA FOR THE FILMS TO WHEWASH REPRENTATN, OR RELY ON BLG-AND-YOU'LL-MISS- {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LETS PICK UP THE PACE, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
- GAY ROMANCE WAS CUT FROM ‘BLACK PANTHER’
- BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER’S ONLY LGBTQ+ MOMENT CUT FOR KUWA RELEASETWO OTHER SMALL BUT KEY MOMENTS WERE ALSO CUT OM THE FILM. BY YOHANA DTANOVEMBER 11, 2022COURTY OF MARVEL STUDS/DISNEY.SAVE THIS STORYSAVESAVE THIS STORYSAVEIN BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER, THERE’S A BRIEF MOMENT WHERE ’S MA CLEAR THAT MICHAELA COEL AND FLORENCE KASUMBA’S CHARACTERS—ANEKA AND AYO, DORA MILAJE WARRRS—ARE A RELATNSHIP. BUT VIEWERS WHO WATCH THE FILM KUWA WILL NEVER SEE THAT MOMENT. ACRDG TO THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER, THE BRIEF SCENE HAS BEEN CUT OM THE FILM FOR S THEATRIL N THE GULF UNTRY, REMOVG THE ONLY EXPLICLY LGBTQ+ SCENE THE BLACK PANTHER SEQUEL. IN THE SCENE, ANEKA KISS AYO ON THE FOREHEAD. AYO REPLI, “THANK YOU, MY LOVE,” MAKG CLEAR THE PAIR ARE ROMANTILLY LKED. THE SCENE LASTS JT A FEW SENDS (PAR FOR THE URSE WH MARVEL AND S TEPID LGBTQ+ REPRENTATN RERD), BUT WAS APPARENTLY STILL TOO MUCH FOR THE KUWAI CENSORS. THR ALSO REPORTS THAT A FEW OTHER SMALL BUT KEY EDS WERE MA, CLUDG A SCENE WHICH A WOMAN GIV BIRTH TO A CHILD AND A CHARACTER SAYS THE LE, “A GOD TO HIS PEOPLE” REFERENCE TO NAMOR, THE POWERFUL TALOKAN LEAR PLAYED BY TENOCH HUERTA. ALL ALL, THE CUTS AMOUNT TO JT OVER ONE MUTE OF FOOTAGE, PER THR. A SOURCE NFIRMED THE CUTS TO VANY FAIR, NOTG THEY WERE DONE TO ADHERE TO KUWA’S CULTURAL SENSIVI. THE CUTS THAT WERE MA WERE EMED NOT CRIL TO THE STORY, AND WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN MA IF THEY IMPACTED THE STORYTELLG, THE SOURCE ADDS. TH FAR, THR NOT THAT KUWA IS THE ONLY GULF UNTRY TO N THAT LIGHTLY CENSORED VERSN OF THE FILM, A SEQUEL TO THE BILLN-DOLLAR 2018 H BLACK PANTHER. KUWA IS FAMOLY CENSOR WHEN TO S THEATRIL NS, REQUIRG THAT SCEN CLUDG TIMACY (REGARDLS OF GENR), RELIG REFERENC, MEDIL PROCR AND MORE BE EDED OUT OF FILMS, THE SOURCE TELLS VF. WHEN THE FIRST BLACK PANTHER WAS RELEASED, A SCENE PICTG A KISS BETWEEN T’CHALLA AND NAKIA WAS EDED OUT OF THE FILM BEFORE ULD H THEATERS THE UNTRY. IN A PREV TERVIEW, COEL HAS SAID THAT ANEKA AND AYO’S RELATNSHIP WAS ONE OF THE REASONS SHE SIGNED ON TO THE SEQUEL. “THAT SOLD ME ON THE ROLE, THE FACT THAT MY CHARACTER’S QUEER,” SHE RECENTLY TOLD VOGUE. THE EMMY-WNG MULTIHYPHENATE, WHO IS BRISH-GHANAIAN, WAS PARTICULARLY TERTED PLAYG ANEKA BEE GHANA HAS NOTORLY OPPRSIVE ANTI-LGBTQ+ LAWS. “PEOPLE SAY, ‘OH, ’S FE, ’S JT POLICS.’ BUT I DON’T THK IS JT POLICS WHEN AFFECTS HOW PEOPLE GET TO LIVE THEIR DAILY LIV,” SHE NTUED. “THAT’S WHY FELT IMPORTANT FOR ME TO STEP AND DO THAT ROLE BEE I KNOW JT BY MY BEG GHANAIAN, GHANAIANS WILL E.”KASUMBA HAS SIARLY SPOKEN OUT ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF QUEER REPRENTATN THE MARVEL CEMATIC UNIVERSE. “WHEN YOU SEE THAT A PRODUCTN LIKE THIS, WH PEOPLE YOU REALLY LOOK UP TO, MAK A BIG DIFFERENCE,” SHE TOLD DIGAL SPY. IN THE FIRST BLACK PANTHER, THERE WAS ORIGALLY A SCENE AN EARLY ROUGH CUT WHERE KASUMBA’S AYO APPEARED TO FLIRT WH OKOYE, THE DORA MILAJE LEAR PLAYED BY DANAI GURIRA (THOUGH MARVEL PREVLY CLARIFIED THAT THEIR RELATNSHIP WAS NOT ROMANTIC). HOWEVER, THE SCENE WAS ULTIMATELY CUT OUT OF THE FAL FILM. WAKANDA FOREVER SEEMS TO, AT LAST, MAKE GOOD ON SHOWG THIS ASPECT OF AYO’S LIFE—EVEN IF IS AS WILDLY BRIEF AND MARVEL-SAFE AS POSSIBLE. THIS POST HAS BEEN UPDATED. MORE GREAT STORI FROM VANY FAIRRILEY KEOUGH ON GROWG UP PRLEY, INHERG GRACELAND, AND MORETE CRIME, TE FAH: THE SERIAL KILLER AND THE TEXAS MOM WHO STOPPED HIMTHE TAN SUBMERSIBLE DISASTER WAS YEARS THE MAKG, NEW DETAILS REVEALWHY THE GEIA INDICTMENT AGAST TMP AND HIS ALLI IS THE MOST SWEEPG YETIVANKA TMP IS NOT LETTG HER DAD’S MOUNTG LEGAL WO RU HER SUMMERA NEW SLIM AARONS BOOK CAPTUR A LOST WORLDTHE 25 BT SHOWS ON NETFLIX TO WATCH RIGHT NOWFROM THE ARCHIVE: TOO HEPBURN FOR HOLLYWOOD (2006)MOST POPULARAND JT LIKE THAT… PREPAR FOR ITS LAST SUPPERBY CHRIS MURPHYRACHEL LEVISS SEEMGLY QUS VANRPUMP RUL WH HELP FROM BETHENNY FRANKELBY SAVANNAH WALSHRILEY KEOUGH ON GROWG UP PRLEY, LOSG LISA MARIE, AND INHERG GRACELANDBY BRT HENNEMUTHYOHANA DTA
- 'BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER' SET TO BE BANNED CHA FOR FEATURG OPENLY GAY CHARACTERS: REPORT
- THE INCREDIBLE TE ADVENTURE OF FIVE GAY ACTIVISTS SEARCH OF THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY
DISNEY REMOV GAY BLACK PANTHER 2 SCENE TO AVOID BAN
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Meanwhile, Chavez (Xochl Gomez) herself, who intifi as a lbian the ics, do wear an LGBTQ+ badge durg the movie but the film don't explore her own biggt form of LGBTQ+ reprentatn me "Eternals, " which premiered last year, where one of the hero Phastos (Brian Tyree Henry) is married to a man and has the first on-screen gay kiss. If reports about Black Panther's sexual chemistry is right, then the movie may be takg a page straight om Roxane Gay's n of World of Wakanda.
BLACK PANTHER TO FEATURE FIRST GAY CHARACTERS A MARVEL MOVIE?
Marvel Studs' Black Panther stirs ntroversy wh the removal of gay flirtatn scene * black panther gay couple *
Regardls of fan petns, the MCU will ntue on s prested trajectory even if do leave fans smartg over s homogeno take on sexualy. This clud Brian Tyree Henry’s Phastos, who beme the first openly gay super-powered hero the MCU. K is gay.
Even Sdi Arabia, where homosexualy is illegal, will show the forehead kiss. Recent blockbters such as “Thor: Love and Thunr, ” “Doctor Strange the Multiverse of Madns” and “Wt Si Story” reportedly didn’t make to Sdi theaters bee of same-genr kiss and gay or transgenr characters. She add that “by my beg Ghanaian, Ghanaians will e”, and that she wanted to provi a posive LGBTQ+ portrayal for those the untry, where is illegal to be gay.
IS BLACK PANTHER GAY, BISEXUAL, OR STRAIGHT? WHAT IS MARVEL CANON?
This trend n also be spotted the recent Thor: Love and Thunr, which director Taika Wai claimed was “super gay” but ntaed ltle actual LGBTQ+ romance. For ntext, like many Ain untri, Ghana has dranian anti-gay laws datg back to the 1860s. But a new bill was put to the Ghana parliament last year proposg the most opprsive anti-LGBTQIA+ legislatn passed whout amendments, uld make one intifyg as gay or even an ally a send-gree felony, punishable by five years Coel, she wants "to show that to Ghana" and that " felt important for me to step and do [this] role" bee she knows "by my beg Ghanaian, Ghanaians will e:"“I thought: I like that, I want to show that to Ghana.
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever has ma s MCU but across the world, but appears that a moment of gay reprentatn has been cut one ternatnal Phase 4 of the MCU began, Marvel Studs has put more of a ncerted effort to brgg new levels of reprentatn to the story on the big and small screen. 2021’s Eternals was banned om releasg three Middle Eastern natns due to Phastos beg picted as a gay character, wh the movie showg his relatnship wh his hband.
Six months later, Doctor Strange the Multiverse of Madns faced those same bans thanks to Ameri Chavez havg two mothers, although Disney refed to take that moment out due to beg only 12 sends of, Black Panther 2 fac that same stggle wh s own but, as Disney was forced to remove a small amount of material brgg a new gay relatnship to the Marvel Studs Cuts LGBTQ+ Scene for Black Panther 2. The pany stood behd Doctor Strange 2 s full form while cuttg this moment between Ayo and Aneka for Black Panther 2, and 's difficult to tell why Disney ma this ll after seeg what happened earlier this and Aneka's gay relatnship has been discsed a number of tim throughout the marketg mpaign for Black Panther 2, beg nfirmed as part of the movie a few weeks ahead of s but. Director Jam Gunn hts that gay characters may already exist the MCU wh a recent Black Panther clip htg at a lbian relatnship.
IS MARVEL'S "BLACK PANTHER" CENSORG ITS OWN GAY STORYLE?"THAT SPECIFIC LOVE STORYLE OM THE NOT ED AS A SOURCE," A MARVEL REP {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY DAN AVERYAPRIL 24, 2017/4:49 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}DISNEY/MARVEL BY DAN AVERYAPRIL 24, 2017 / 4:49 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"IS MARVEL'S \"BLACK PANTHER\" CENSORG ITS OWN GAY STORYLE?","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2017-04-24T20:49:06.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2017-04-24T20:49:06.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"DAN AVERY","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF BUZZ ABOUT QUEER REPRENTATN BETY AND THE BEAST AND POWER RANGERS, BUT NOW LGBT MOVIEGOERS ARE SCRATCHG THEIR HEADS AS LOOKS LIKE A SAME-SEX UPLE HAS BEEN ERASED OM THE UPG MARVEL MOVIE BLACK {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE ADVENTUR OF KG T'CHALLA AND THE KGDOM OF WAKANDA ARE CURRENTLY BEG CHRONICLED TWO MARVEL IC BOOKS, BLACK PANTHER, WRTEN BY TA-NEHISI COAT, AND WORLD OF WAKANDA, WRTEN BY COAT AND QUEER WRER ROXANE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WORLD OF WAKANDA ADDRS BOTH EXTERNAL THREATS AND TERNAL STRIFE THE AIN NATN, AND LV UNAMBIGUOLY TO THE RELATNSHIP BETWEEN TWO MEMBERS OF THE DORA MILAJE, T'CHALLA'S ALL-FEMALE WARRR GUARD. OKOYE AND AYO ARE TORN BETWEEN THEIR LOVE FOR EACH OTHER AND THEIR DUTY TO THEIR KG. THE IC'S OFFICIAL SCRIPTN EVEN ASKS "WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOUR NATN NEEDS YOUR HEARTS AND MDS, BUT YOU ALREADY GAVE THEM TO EACH OTHER?"WORLD OF WAKANDA/MARVEL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FOOTAGE OM THE FILM, CURRENTLY SLATED TO H THEATERS FEBARY 16, 2018, WAS SCREENED FOR JOURNALISTS RECENTLY. AND VANY FAIR'S JOANNA ROBSON FIRST REPORTED THAT AYO AND OKOYE'S RELATNSHIP WAS THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN THE ROUGH CUT OF THIS BLACK PANTHER SCENE, WE SEE [DANAI] GURIRA’S OKOYE AND KASUMBA’S AYO SWAYG RHYTHMILLY BACK FORMATN WH THE RT OF THEIR TEAM. OKOYE EY AYO FLIRTATLY FOR A LONG TIME AS THE MERA PANS ON THEM. EVENTUALLY, SHE SAYS, APPRECIATIVELY AND APPRAISGLY, “YOU LOOK GOOD." AYO RPONDS KD. OKOYE GRS AND REPLI, “I KNOW."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THIS QUICK MOMENT BETWEEN TWO WARRR WOMEN ON THEIR WAY TO T’CHALLA’S RONATN LEANS TO A CURRENT VERY POPULAR N OF THE BLACK PANTHER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT AFTER ROBSON'S FEATURE WAS PUBLISHED, A MARVEL REPRENTATIVE TOLD HER THAT THE RELATNSHIP BETWEEN OKOYE AND AYO AS PICTED THE MOVIE "IS NOT A ROMANTIC ONE." AND SPE BEG THE CX OF THEIR WORLD OF WAKANDA ARC, "THAT SPECIFIC LOVE STORYLE OM THE NOT ED AS A SOURCE" FOR THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DID DISNEY GET LD FEET ABOUT REPRENTG THE MARVEL CEMATIC UNIVERSE'S FIRST LBIAN RELATNSHIP?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHILE WE'VE SEEN A FEW STANDALONE CHARACTERS ON MARVEL'S AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. AND JSI JON, WE'VE STILL BEEN WAG FOR A QUEER HERO TO BURST ONTO THE BIG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN 2015, MARVEL PRINT KEV FEIGE SAID HE WAS NFINT MARVEL STUDS WOULD ADD AN LGBT CHARACTER TO THE FOLD "WH THE NEXT ." CONSIRG MARVEL ICS IS BURSTG WH LGBT CHARACTERS—ICEMAN AND AMERI EVEN HAVE THEIR OWN IC BOOKS—'S DOWNRIGHT RETROGRA FOR THE FILMS TO WHEWASH REPRENTATN, OR RELY ON BLG-AND-YOU'LL-MISS- {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LETS PICK UP THE PACE, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
Are gay characters already the Marvel Cematic Universe?
GAY ROMANCE WAS CUT FROM ‘BLACK PANTHER’
But Guardians of the Galaxy director Jam Gunn thks that gay characters uld already be out there. At one pot, the topic of gay characters the MCU me up and Jam Gunn revealed that he thks there is a possibily they already exist, and his reasong is pretty sound. "You know, somebody asked me, 'Will there be any gay characters Marvel movi?
BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER’S ONLY LGBTQ+ MOMENT CUT FOR KUWA RELEASETWO OTHER SMALL BUT KEY MOMENTS WERE ALSO CUT OM THE FILM. BY YOHANA DTANOVEMBER 11, 2022COURTY OF MARVEL STUDS/DISNEY.SAVE THIS STORYSAVESAVE THIS STORYSAVEIN BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER, THERE’S A BRIEF MOMENT WHERE ’S MA CLEAR THAT MICHAELA COEL AND FLORENCE KASUMBA’S CHARACTERS—ANEKA AND AYO, DORA MILAJE WARRRS—ARE A RELATNSHIP. BUT VIEWERS WHO WATCH THE FILM KUWA WILL NEVER SEE THAT MOMENT. ACRDG TO THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER, THE BRIEF SCENE HAS BEEN CUT OM THE FILM FOR S THEATRIL N THE GULF UNTRY, REMOVG THE ONLY EXPLICLY LGBTQ+ SCENE THE BLACK PANTHER SEQUEL. IN THE SCENE, ANEKA KISS AYO ON THE FOREHEAD. AYO REPLI, “THANK YOU, MY LOVE,” MAKG CLEAR THE PAIR ARE ROMANTILLY LKED. THE SCENE LASTS JT A FEW SENDS (PAR FOR THE URSE WH MARVEL AND S TEPID LGBTQ+ REPRENTATN RERD), BUT WAS APPARENTLY STILL TOO MUCH FOR THE KUWAI CENSORS. THR ALSO REPORTS THAT A FEW OTHER SMALL BUT KEY EDS WERE MA, CLUDG A SCENE WHICH A WOMAN GIV BIRTH TO A CHILD AND A CHARACTER SAYS THE LE, “A GOD TO HIS PEOPLE” REFERENCE TO NAMOR, THE POWERFUL TALOKAN LEAR PLAYED BY TENOCH HUERTA. ALL ALL, THE CUTS AMOUNT TO JT OVER ONE MUTE OF FOOTAGE, PER THR. A SOURCE NFIRMED THE CUTS TO VANY FAIR, NOTG THEY WERE DONE TO ADHERE TO KUWA’S CULTURAL SENSIVI. THE CUTS THAT WERE MA WERE EMED NOT CRIL TO THE STORY, AND WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN MA IF THEY IMPACTED THE STORYTELLG, THE SOURCE ADDS. TH FAR, THR NOT THAT KUWA IS THE ONLY GULF UNTRY TO N THAT LIGHTLY CENSORED VERSN OF THE FILM, A SEQUEL TO THE BILLN-DOLLAR 2018 H BLACK PANTHER. KUWA IS FAMOLY CENSOR WHEN TO S THEATRIL NS, REQUIRG THAT SCEN CLUDG TIMACY (REGARDLS OF GENR), RELIG REFERENC, MEDIL PROCR AND MORE BE EDED OUT OF FILMS, THE SOURCE TELLS VF. WHEN THE FIRST BLACK PANTHER WAS RELEASED, A SCENE PICTG A KISS BETWEEN T’CHALLA AND NAKIA WAS EDED OUT OF THE FILM BEFORE ULD H THEATERS THE UNTRY. IN A PREV TERVIEW, COEL HAS SAID THAT ANEKA AND AYO’S RELATNSHIP WAS ONE OF THE REASONS SHE SIGNED ON TO THE SEQUEL. “THAT SOLD ME ON THE ROLE, THE FACT THAT MY CHARACTER’S QUEER,” SHE RECENTLY TOLD VOGUE. THE EMMY-WNG MULTIHYPHENATE, WHO IS BRISH-GHANAIAN, WAS PARTICULARLY TERTED PLAYG ANEKA BEE GHANA HAS NOTORLY OPPRSIVE ANTI-LGBTQ+ LAWS. “PEOPLE SAY, ‘OH, ’S FE, ’S JT POLICS.’ BUT I DON’T THK IS JT POLICS WHEN AFFECTS HOW PEOPLE GET TO LIVE THEIR DAILY LIV,” SHE NTUED. “THAT’S WHY FELT IMPORTANT FOR ME TO STEP AND DO THAT ROLE BEE I KNOW JT BY MY BEG GHANAIAN, GHANAIANS WILL E.”KASUMBA HAS SIARLY SPOKEN OUT ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF QUEER REPRENTATN THE MARVEL CEMATIC UNIVERSE. “WHEN YOU SEE THAT A PRODUCTN LIKE THIS, WH PEOPLE YOU REALLY LOOK UP TO, MAK A BIG DIFFERENCE,” SHE TOLD DIGAL SPY. IN THE FIRST BLACK PANTHER, THERE WAS ORIGALLY A SCENE AN EARLY ROUGH CUT WHERE KASUMBA’S AYO APPEARED TO FLIRT WH OKOYE, THE DORA MILAJE LEAR PLAYED BY DANAI GURIRA (THOUGH MARVEL PREVLY CLARIFIED THAT THEIR RELATNSHIP WAS NOT ROMANTIC). HOWEVER, THE SCENE WAS ULTIMATELY CUT OUT OF THE FAL FILM. WAKANDA FOREVER SEEMS TO, AT LAST, MAKE GOOD ON SHOWG THIS ASPECT OF AYO’S LIFE—EVEN IF IS AS WILDLY BRIEF AND MARVEL-SAFE AS POSSIBLE. THIS POST HAS BEEN UPDATED. MORE GREAT STORI FROM VANY FAIRRILEY KEOUGH ON GROWG UP PRLEY, INHERG GRACELAND, AND MORETE CRIME, TE FAH: THE SERIAL KILLER AND THE TEXAS MOM WHO STOPPED HIMTHE TAN SUBMERSIBLE DISASTER WAS YEARS THE MAKG, NEW DETAILS REVEALWHY THE GEIA INDICTMENT AGAST TMP AND HIS ALLI IS THE MOST SWEEPG YETIVANKA TMP IS NOT LETTG HER DAD’S MOUNTG LEGAL WO RU HER SUMMERA NEW SLIM AARONS BOOK CAPTUR A LOST WORLDTHE 25 BT SHOWS ON NETFLIX TO WATCH RIGHT NOWFROM THE ARCHIVE: TOO HEPBURN FOR HOLLYWOOD (2006)MOST POPULARAND JT LIKE THAT… PREPAR FOR ITS LAST SUPPERBY CHRIS MURPHYRACHEL LEVISS SEEMGLY QUS VANRPUMP RUL WH HELP FROM BETHENNY FRANKELBY SAVANNAH WALSHRILEY KEOUGH ON GROWG UP PRLEY, LOSG LISA MARIE, AND INHERG GRACELANDBY BRT HENNEMUTHYOHANA DTA
Whether 's gay or straight or bisexual, we don't really know.
Um, so I image that there are probably, you know, gay characters the Marvel universe, you know, we jt don't know who they are yet.
'BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER' SET TO BE BANNED CHA FOR FEATURG OPENLY GAY CHARACTERS: REPORT
So sure, there uld be gay characters the universe that we already know. But the gay them are heavily implied, and 's tertg to note that this is one of the few dialogue exchang Marvel cid to show atten of their open hoe.
THE INCREDIBLE TE ADVENTURE OF FIVE GAY ACTIVISTS SEARCH OF THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY
Even if there are some unintified gay characters already floatg around somewhere wh the nf of the MCU, this is a much bigger al. And havg an openly gay character this sprg's mega-h Bety and the Beast certaly didn't hamper s n at the box office, wh that movie also g om Disney.