On the CW seri, Batwoman is open about beg a lbian. However, fans of the show are cur if the character is gay the ic books.
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- HOW BATWOMAN'S BIG DECISN FS INTO THE HISTORY OF GAY SUPERHERO [SPOILERS]
- FEAR OF A GAY BATMAN BROUGHT BATWOMAN TO LIFE
HOW BATWOMAN'S BIG DECISN FS INTO THE HISTORY OF GAY SUPERHERO [SPOILERS]
However, fans of the show are cur if the character is gay the ic Oct. Source: DC ComicsArticle ntu below advertisementIs Batwoman gay DC ic books? The cisn to clu a female equivalent of Batman me about om speculatn that Batman was gay.
FEAR OF A GAY BATMAN BROUGHT BATWOMAN TO LIFE
She was to serve as a female romantic tert for Batman, thereby unterg the charge ma by Freric Wertham his book Sctn of the Innocent (1954) that Batman and his teen sikick Rob were promotg a gay liftyle. Whereas the origal Batwoman was created partially to show that Batman was not gay, DC Comics prented the new Batwoman as a lbian om her very first appearance, and she was portrayed as havg been a long-term relatnship wh Gotham Cy police tective Renee Montoya. Spoilers for the new issue of Batwoman *Batwoman *#17, available om DC Comics prt and digal versns today, the openly gay heroe Batwoman (aka Kathere “Kate” Kane) propos to her girliend, police tective Maggie Sawyer.
Granted, this isn't the first same-sex proposal mastream superhero ics; most recently, the Marvel Comics superhero Northstar -- one of the first openly gay mal superhero ics -- proposed to his boyiend an X-Men ic published last May, and married him the subsequent Batwoman's proposal also at a time when Batwoman publisher DC Comics is takg heat om ics fans for another LGBTQ issue: the hirg of noted homophobe Orson Stt Card as the wrer of an upg Superman story.