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Contents:
- BATMAN V SUPERMAN: 11 OF THEIR GAYT MOMENTS
- BATMAN AND SUPERMAN ARE GAY!
- IS DC REALLY MAKG SUPERMAN GAY?
- HOW DID BATMAN GO FROM BEG FUN AND GAY TO SAD AND BORG?
BATMAN V SUPERMAN: 11 OF THEIR GAYT MOMENTS
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To celebrate the release of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Jtice, PkNews tak a look at the superhero’ most homoerotic moment.
Superman and Lex Luthor's gay love child? In honor of the release of, Mike Ciria has traced the gay history of the two hero wh this week's!
In honor of the release of Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Jtice, Mike Ciria has traced the gay history of the two hero wh this week's Monday Mouth-Off! On Augt 19, Van Sciver ma a livtream which he claimed that “Clark Kent is gog bye-bye” orr to be replaced by Jon, who would then e out as gay, “so Superman is effectively gay.
BATMAN AND SUPERMAN ARE GAY!
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” Aga, unclear if the s actually thk this is te or are jt fanng the flam of knee-jerk homophobic anger, but this sort of thg happens all the time and generally stays ntaed wh s ual echo chamber. Gay, bi, pan, may be a while till this to un on the page. Anyone wrg about this mor who is payg enough attentn to the actual ics has intified Jay as Jon’s new love tert — and hey, when I read the issue, I too was like “Well, there’s some homoerotic subtext happeng here!
” But ics have been rife wh homoerotic subtext sce Jon’s dad first cid to wear his unrwear outsi of his pants 1938. On the other hand, if the world at large firmly believ Jon Kent is gay, maybe DC will have to make him gay or risk lookg homophobic…? Jon Kent is fely gay, and I too have many secret sourc si DC nfirmg this.
IS DC REALLY MAKG SUPERMAN GAY?
Which versns of Superman, Rob, and Wonr Woman are gay? How DC Comics is refg the symbols of characters like Batman, Green Lantern, and the Flash for a new, queerer generatn. * superman vs batman gay *
Fally, they start nudgg a few top-tier characters out of the closet — but are always reful never to send 'em out whout first attachg an all-important asterisk, as a bulwark agast any backlash om homophobic rears (and/or stockholrs): Rob's queer! 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. 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?
HOW DID BATMAN GO FROM BEG FUN AND GAY TO SAD AND BORG?
Gayns is built to Batman. Batman is VERY, very gay.
… 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. “It is like a wish-dream, ” he famoly wrote, “of two homosexuals livg together.
This is the issue wh gay readgs. Any given bond between mal n be homosocial whout beg homoerotic, and even the most explicly homoerotic bond n exist whout ever bbg up agast homosexual sire. Intentn don’t matter when to gay subtext.