Joel Schumacher was rolute: His Batman (portrayed by Val Kilmer and then Gee Clooney) and his Rob (Chris O’Donnell) were not gay. Nor did he tend to make wkg reference to the way people had for s terpreted the Dynamic Duo’s relatnship as beg... pecially dynamic and non-platonic. In an…
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- BATMAN’S LONG TIME SIKICK ROB COM OUT AS GAY
- WA, WAS ROB GAY IN BATMAN & ROB? HERE'S WHAT CHRIS O'DONNELL SAID
- BATMAN & ROB IS A GAY MOVIE, BUT IS IT GAY LIKE HAPPY, OR...?
- BATMAN AND ROB WERE NEVER GAY, ACRDG TO DIRECTOR JOEL SCHUMACHER
BATMAN’S LONG TIME SIKICK ROB COM OUT AS GAY
Batman's longtime sikick Rob (Tim Drake) has e to a is actually gay. Check out the story! * batman robin gay video *
Former Batman ic wrer Grant Morrison even told Playboy magaze that “gayns is built to Batman. Ultimately, this wouldn’t have happened whout champns at DC, like Dave and Jam Tynn IV, and I hope is as meangful for others as has been for me, ” she HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINERThe character jos Kate Kane, or Batwoman, as an LGBT member of the Batman Fay, as Kane was troduced 2006 as nonilly ic’s clivy ph was also preced by the reveal of a gay Capta Ameri earlier this year.
WA, WAS ROB GAY IN BATMAN & ROB? HERE'S WHAT CHRIS O'DONNELL SAID
In March, Marvel unveiled their first gay Capta Ameri character — a queer youth advote named Aaron Fischer — to be clud the upg “Uned Stat of Capta Ameri” ic book miseri.
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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. Unpackg the gay subtext of Rob, the Boy Wonr. Gay subtext managed to suate self to the Dynamic Duo’s dyad om the very start.
BATMAN & ROB IS A GAY MOVIE, BUT IS IT GAY LIKE HAPPY, OR...?
Let’s get one thg absolutely clear: Rob isn’t gay. So have wrers like Frank Miller, Denny O’Neil, Alan Grant, and Dev Grayson—though Grayson admted that she uld “unrstand the gay readgs. After all, if a character isn’t wrten as gay, then that character n’t possibly be gay, right?
Gayns is built to Batman.
Batman is VERY, very gay.
BATMAN AND ROB WERE NEVER GAY, ACRDG TO DIRECTOR JOEL SCHUMACHER
… but the whole basis of the ncept is utterly gay. But gay subtext managed to suate self to the Dynamic Duo’s dyad om the very start.