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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]

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.

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.

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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. ” Basilly, was a ms, but not a terribly surprisg one given the long, uneven history of gay issu superhero tl.

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