Is Rob (Tim Drake) Gay or Bisexual? - The Comic Book Dispatch
Contents:
- IS ROB (TIM DRAKE) GAY OR BISEXUAL?
- BATMAN’S LONG TIME SIKICK ROB COM OUT AS GAY
- IS ROB OM STRANGER THGS GAY?
IS ROB (TIM DRAKE) GAY OR BISEXUAL?
* how gay is robin *
More than 80 years sce he was first troduced to rears, and after s of homoerotic subtext wh his pann Batman, ics’ most tsty sikick Rob has nonilly e out as a cliffhanger endg to DC’s latt issue of Batman: Urban Legends, the current eratn of the Boy Wonr, Tim Drake, is shown acceptg a date vatn om his iend Bernard, havg jt rcued him om a villa while disguise as Rob.
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.
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. The list of superhero accintally or liberately d as queer who have never nonilly been brought out of the closet bee of homophobia is long and prsg. But wa, I n hear the ments already: So now Tim is jt The Rob Who Is Gay?
BATMAN’S LONG TIME SIKICK ROB COM OUT AS GAY
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.
IS ROB OM STRANGER THGS GAY?
Now, tth be told, many have advertently been promotg the ia of a Rob ( general) beg gay for years om slurs to ignorant jok and even nuendos. Therefore, to those trolls out there only readg the tl of so many articl, Rob is not gay nor has he “e out of the closet” after 80 years. Pl, we technilly aren’t ma aware if he is gay, bisexual, or any sexual nnotatn at this pot per Meghan Fzmart.