Comics Corner - Is the future of the DC Universe a gay superhero utopia? - Bear World Magaze

HOW THE NEW GAY AQUAMAN IS BEG RETRODUCED BY A BLACK SOCAL WRER
DC'S GAY AQUAMAN LANDS HIS OWN HBO MAX SERI
AQUALAD IS GAY IN DC COMICS' NEW "REBIRTH" UNIVERSEDC COMICS IS REVAMPG SOME WELL-KNOWN CHARACTERS THIS {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;}NEWSBY DAN AVERYMAY 21, 2016/7:53 PMBY DAN AVERYMAY 21, 2016 / 7:53 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"AQUALAD IS GAY IN DC COMICS' NEW \"REBIRTH\" UNIVERSE","DATEPUBLISHED":"2016-05-21T23:53:45.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2016-05-21T23:53:45.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","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":"NEWS"}{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;}DC COMICS IS GETTG READY TO REBOOT S SUPERHERO UNIVERSE (AGA), WH WEDNDAY'S DC UNIVERSE: REBIRTH NO. 1, WHICH WILL SEE CHANG MAJOR AND MOR TO HERO, VILLAS AND SUPPORTG {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;}SOME HAVE ALREADY BEEN ANNOUNCED—SUPERMAN HAS AN ADOLCENT SON, WONR WOMAN HAS A TW BROTHER, THE JTICE SOCIETY IS RETURNG. BUT A PREVIEW OF REBIRTH ON NEWSARAMA, WE MEET A NEW VERSN OF AQUALAD WHO'S {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 CHARACTER OF AQUALAD, TRADNALLY AQUAMAN'S TEEN SIKICK, BUTED 1960. HE WAS GARTH, A MUTANT OUTST OM ATLANTIS WHO JOED UP WH ROB, WONR GIRL AND KID FLASH AS THE CRIME-FIGHTG TEEN {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;}AFTER SOME TIME, GARTH GRADUATED TO BEE TEMPT, WH MORE MAGIL-BASED {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 2010, DC TRODUCED A NEW AIN-AMERIN AQUALAD, JACKSON HY, BOTH THE ICS AND THE YOUNG JTICE RTOON ON CARTOON NETWORK. THIS VERSN ULD MANIPULATE WATER AND WAS THE SON OF AQUAMAN FOE 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;}BUT WHEN DC REBOOTED S ICS UNIVERSE 2011, JACKSON WAS ERASED. NOW, SEEMS, HE'S {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 REBIRTH, WE SEE A YOUNG BLACK MAN INTIFIED AS "JACKSON" BEG NONTED BY HIS MOTHER, WHO SAYS WHAT HE DO ISN'T "NORMAL."{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;}WHEN HE ASKS IF SHE MEANS WHAT HE N DO THE WATER, SHE SAYS "NO, I'M TALKG ABOUT THE BOYS."{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;}"IT'S NOT BOYS, MOM, 'S BOY. AS MY BOYIEND," HE REPLI, STARG TO AN AQUARIUM. "AND ALL OF THIS, S WHO I AM—EVEN IF I DON'T KNOW WHY."{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 PREV JACKSON HY HAD AN ON-AGA, OFF-AGA GIRLIEND, BUT HE WAS AROUND SO BRIEFLY 'S NO CLEAR IF HAVG HIM E OUT LATER WAS THE EDORS' {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;}HE WOULDN'T BE THE FIRST GAY TAN: MIGUEL JOSE BARRAGAN, A.K.A. BUNKER, WAS AN OUT-AND-PROUD LATO HERO DURG THE LAST N OF TEEN TANS. IT'S NOT CLEAR IF BUNKER WILL REAPPEAR THE DC REBIRTH {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;}WHETHER THE NEW JACKSON HY WILL JO THE TEEN TANS—OR PERHAPS MAKE AN APPEARANCE THE UPG AQUAMAN MOVIE STARRG JASON MOMOA REMAS TO BE {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
COMICS CORNER – IS THE FUTURE OF THE DC UNIVERSE A GAY SUPERHERO UTOPIA?

HOW THE NEW GAY AQUAMAN IS BEG RETRODUCED BY A BLACK SOCAL WRER

In a preview of DC Universe: Rebirth we meet a new versn of Aqualad who is gay. * jackson hyde gay *

Cludg a newly rebooted Jackson Hy, who DC Universe: Rebirth #1 was picted for the first time as a closeted, gay young man livg unr his mother’s roof.

Neverthels, his stewardship unr Aquaman has ma him to one of the DC Universe’s most proment gay male hero. This versn of Maria se Jake as more than a iend, but Jake himself is too by reckong wh his feelgs for swim team athlete Kenny Liu, the only openly gay stunt at his high school. Aquaman: The Beg featur Jackson Hy, a young Black gay superhero currently known as Aqualad.

DC'S GAY AQUAMAN LANDS HIS OWN HBO MAX SERI

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HBO Max is workg on a new seri starrg DC's Jackson "Jake" Hy, an openly gay ic book character who is perhaps bt known as the send Aqualad -- and who recently beme the send Aquaman. "The seri will explore the life of Jackson 'Jake' Hy, a gay teenager livg New Mexi, " Variety explas.

In DC's ic book universe, Jackson has been picted as openly gay post-Rebirth, whereas his Young Jtice unterpart has been portrayed as bisexual. Jackson is openly gay.

AQUALAD IS GAY IN DC COMICS' NEW "REBIRTH" UNIVERSEDC COMICS IS REVAMPG SOME WELL-KNOWN CHARACTERS THIS {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;}NEWSBY DAN AVERYMAY 21, 2016/7:53 PMBY DAN AVERYMAY 21, 2016 / 7:53 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"AQUALAD IS GAY IN DC COMICS' NEW \"REBIRTH\" UNIVERSE","DATEPUBLISHED":"2016-05-21T23:53:45.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2016-05-21T23:53:45.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","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":"NEWS"}{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;}DC COMICS IS GETTG READY TO REBOOT S SUPERHERO UNIVERSE (AGA), WH WEDNDAY'S DC UNIVERSE: REBIRTH NO. 1, WHICH WILL SEE CHANG MAJOR AND MOR TO HERO, VILLAS AND SUPPORTG {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;}SOME HAVE ALREADY BEEN ANNOUNCED—SUPERMAN HAS AN ADOLCENT SON, WONR WOMAN HAS A TW BROTHER, THE JTICE SOCIETY IS RETURNG. BUT A PREVIEW OF REBIRTH ON NEWSARAMA, WE MEET A NEW VERSN OF AQUALAD WHO'S {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 CHARACTER OF AQUALAD, TRADNALLY AQUAMAN'S TEEN SIKICK, BUTED 1960. HE WAS GARTH, A MUTANT OUTST OM ATLANTIS WHO JOED UP WH ROB, WONR GIRL AND KID FLASH AS THE CRIME-FIGHTG TEEN {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;}AFTER SOME TIME, GARTH GRADUATED TO BEE TEMPT, WH MORE MAGIL-BASED {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 2010, DC TRODUCED A NEW AIN-AMERIN AQUALAD, JACKSON HY, BOTH THE ICS AND THE YOUNG JTICE RTOON ON CARTOON NETWORK. THIS VERSN ULD MANIPULATE WATER AND WAS THE SON OF AQUAMAN FOE 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;}BUT WHEN DC REBOOTED S ICS UNIVERSE 2011, JACKSON WAS ERASED. NOW, SEEMS, HE'S {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 REBIRTH, WE SEE A YOUNG BLACK MAN INTIFIED AS "JACKSON" BEG NONTED BY HIS MOTHER, WHO SAYS WHAT HE DO ISN'T "NORMAL."{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;}WHEN HE ASKS IF SHE MEANS WHAT HE N DO THE WATER, SHE SAYS "NO, I'M TALKG ABOUT THE BOYS."{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;}"IT'S NOT BOYS, MOM, 'S BOY. AS MY BOYIEND," HE REPLI, STARG TO AN AQUARIUM. "AND ALL OF THIS, S WHO I AM—EVEN IF I DON'T KNOW WHY."{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 PREV JACKSON HY HAD AN ON-AGA, OFF-AGA GIRLIEND, BUT HE WAS AROUND SO BRIEFLY 'S NO CLEAR IF HAVG HIM E OUT LATER WAS THE EDORS' {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;}HE WOULDN'T BE THE FIRST GAY TAN: MIGUEL JOSE BARRAGAN, A.K.A. BUNKER, WAS AN OUT-AND-PROUD LATO HERO DURG THE LAST N OF TEEN TANS. IT'S NOT CLEAR IF BUNKER WILL REAPPEAR THE DC REBIRTH {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;}WHETHER THE NEW JACKSON HY WILL JO THE TEEN TANS—OR PERHAPS MAKE AN APPEARANCE THE UPG AQUAMAN MOVIE STARRG JASON MOMOA REMAS TO BE {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

At some pot Jackson me out as gay, which his mother was apprehensive about, as ma him stand out more. Although the young man don't have a speakg part, we see him aga the episo's closg moments, sharg a kiss wh Kaldur, nfirmg the Young Jtice character is gay, or perhaps bisexual. The DC Rebirth versn of the character Teen Tans is an openly gay teenager wh a boyiend, so the Young Jtice animated seri appears to be followg the tablished ics non.

Now, wh the Jtice League's lear nfirmed as gay or bisexual, a proment and origal st member stands as a posive example of LGBTQ reprentatn on the DC seri.