Marvel’s First Gay Superhero Defeats Evil, Mak History “Eternals” Trailer | Them

first gay kiss in marvel

Marvel's first gay superhero is Phastos (Brian Tyree Henry), who will have the MCU's first gay kiss, nfirmed by Eternals movie actor Haaz Sleiman.

Contents:

MARVEL'S FIRST GAY SUPERHERO & KISS ACCINTALLY CONFIRMED BY ETERNALS ACTOR

* first gay kiss in marvel *

Marvel's first gay superhero is Phastos (Brian Tyree Henry), who will have the MCU's first gay kiss, nfirmed by Eternals movie actor Haaz Sleiman. Marvel's first gay superhero is Phastos (Brian Tyree Henry), who will have the Marvel Cematic Universe's first gay kiss, as nfirmed by Eternals movie actor Haaz Sleiman.

THE MCU'S FIRST GAY KISS BROUGHT A LOT OF EMOTN TO MARVEL'S ETERNALS SET

Haaz Sleiman stars Eternals and reveals that Marvel's first gay kissg scene was an emotnal day on the set. * first gay kiss in marvel *

It's also been nfirmed by Marvel Studs head Kev Feige that Eternals would clu the MCU's first gay superhero, but was unclear which hero would be.

Sleiman nfirmed he's playg the hband of Henry's Phastos, though he didn't specify his character's name: "I jt shot a Marvel film wh the first openly gay superhero, The Eternals. I’m married to the gay superhero Phastos, played by Atlanta’s Brian Tyree Henry, and we reprent a gay fay and have a child. " When asked if Eternals would feature Marvel's first gay kiss, Sleiman nfirmed would.

Last year, Avengers: Endgame troduced a gay character, the namels support group member played by -director Joe Rso, who beme Marvel's first nfirmed LGBTQ character the MCU. Though technilly a step forward for reprentatn the MCU, was cricized for beg such a mor part of the film, and for the role not gog to a gay actor.

‘THE ETERNALS’ ACTOR SAYS CREW CRIED ON SET WHILE FILMG MCU’S FIRST GAY KISS

Actors Brian Tyree Henry and Haaz Sleiman are starrg as an openly gay married uple Marvel's fall tentpole. * first gay kiss in marvel *

Last sprg, reports first surfaced that Eternals was stg a gay superhero, and ever sce the film's st was nfirmed at San Diego Comic-Con 2019, many speculated would be Richard Madn's Ikaris. Instead, appears the MCU's first gay superhero will be Henry's Phastos, and he'll share an on-screen kiss wh his hband, the character played by Sleiman. The first openly gay superhero a Marvel movie, and Haaz Sleiman (Ltle Ameri), who plays his hband.

Rodriguez/Getty Imag And Sleiman is proud to be a part of the first openly gay superhero storyle for Marvel. "I'm married to the gay superhero Phastos, played by Atlanta's Brian Tyree Henry, and we reprent a gay fay and have a child, " he add. Prevly, Marvel Studs print Kev Feige nfirmed that The Eternals would feature an openly gay character to help further onscreen LGBTQ reprentatn.

Related ntent: Marvel's The Eternals nfirms openly gay character: 'He's married, he's got a fay'Marvel boss nfirms Tsa Thompson's Valkyrie as MCU's first LGBTQ superheroK Hargton jos Marvel's The Eternals for Game of Thron rnn wh Richard Madn. No one lov a 'first gay character' more than Disney. Disney has been que a b of hot, gay water recent years.

HAAZ SLEIMAN ON "LTLE AMERI" AND KISSG MARVEL'S FIRST GAY SUPERHEROTHE ACTOR IS A PROUD QUEER MLIM, A PROUD "TOTAL BOTTOM," AND PROUD TO BE BANGG PHASTOS THE {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;}TVBY LAWRENCE FERBERFEBARY 13, 2020/9:33 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:2022PX;WIDTH:3840PX;}APPLE TV+HAAZ SLEIMAN (LEFT) AND ADAM ALI “LTLE AMERI."BY LAWRENCE FERBERFEBARY 13, 2020 / 9:33 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"HAAZ SLEIMAN ON \"LTLE AMERI\" AND KISSG MARVEL'S FIRST GAY SUPERHERO","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2020-02-13T14:33:57.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2020-02-13T14:33:57.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","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":"LAWRENCE FERBER","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{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;}HAAZ SLEIMAN LEFT HIS HOMELAND OF LEBANON AT THE AGE OF 21 TO LIVE HIS LIFE OPENLY, AND HE'S FOUND EEDOM AND FAY HOLLYWOOD—SPECIFILLY ONE OF S HOTTT MODI: THE MARVEL CEMATIC UNIVERSE. HOWEVER, BEFORE HE EARNS A NEW LEGN OF FANS PLAYG THE HBAND OF THE MCU’S FIRST GAY SUPERHERO NOVEMBER'S THE ETERNALS, YOU N TCH HIM “THE SON,” A STANDOUT EPISO OM THE ACCLAIMED APPLE TV+ ANTHOLOGY SERI LTLE AMERI, WHICH CHRONICL THE IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE THE UNED STAT (THE SHOW WAS GREENL FOR A SEND SEASON DECEMBER, A MONTH BEFORE THE FIRST SEASON PREMIERED).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{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 THE EPISO, DIRECTED BY CLOSET MONSTER’S STEPHEN DUNN AND -WRTEN BY QUEER NONBARY IRAQI-BR AMROU AL-KADHI, SLEIMAN STARS AS RAFIQ, A CLOSETED SYRIAN RIDG THE VILLAGE OF QARDHA. AFTER HIS FATHER TCH HIM WH ANOTHER MAN AND SLDS HIS ARM ON A BLAZG STOVE AS PUNISHMENT, RAFIQ FLE TO DAMASC, WHERE HE BEIENDS A YOUNGER, MORE NFINT QUEER MAN, ZA (ADAM ALI), AND EVENTUALLY APPLI FOR ASYLUM THE U.S TO PE BEG KILLED. THE FACT THAT THE TALE IS BASED ON A TE STORY MAK ALL THE MORE HEARTBREAKG AND {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;}SLEIMAN—WHO HAS ALREADY HAD ROL NURSE JACKIE, 24, VERONI MARS, THE GOOD WIFE, AND JACK RYAN—WILL NEXT STAR WRER-DIRECTOR MIKE MOSALLAM’S BREAKG FAST, A ROM- ABOUT A GAY MLIM ARAB LIVG WT HOLLYWOOD THAT WILL SCREEN THIS MARCH AT PHILALPHIA’S QFLIX AND SILIN VALLEY’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;}NEWNOWNEXT UGHT UP WH THE ACTOR TO CHAT ABOUT THE REAL RAFIQ, EAKG OUT MADONNA, BOTTOM EMPOWERMENT, AND THE ETERNALS, WHICH HE SAYS WILL FEATURE AN HONT-TO-GOD SAME-SEX KISS.APPLE TV+HAAZ SLEIMAN “LTLE AMERI."{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;}HAAZ SLEIMAN LTLE {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 SON” WAS ABSOLUTELY CREDIBLE. I CRIED!{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;}THANK YOU SO MUCH. IT'S MY FAVORE THG I EVER SHOT. IT WAS VERY SPECIAL, IMPORTANT, AND MAGIL, AND WAS THE GAYT SET! I FELT LIKE A KID A NDY STORE. UNIRNS WERE FLYG. RABOWS!{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;}HAVE YOU SPOKEN WH THE REAL RAFIQ? WE SEE HIS PHOTO AT THE END OF THE {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;}I MET HIM FOR THE FIRST TIME AT THE PREMIERE. I CHOSE NOT TO TALK TO HIM BEFORE BEE WAS CLEAR TO ME WHAT THE STORY WAS ABOUT, AND I ULD REALLY RELATE. I DIDN’T GET MY ARM BURNED ON A STOVETOP, BUT I’M OM LEBANON, I’M ARAB, I’M MLIM, AND I’M OM A SMALL VILLAGE. HE’S ARAB, MLIM, AND OM A SMALL VILLAGE. AND I HAD TO FLEE—I LEFT MY UNTRY AND ME HERE BEE I WOULD’VE KILLED MYSELF OR DIED LEBANON IF I'D STAYED THERE. I ULDN’T BE MYSELF. SEEG HIM AT THE PREMIERE WAS PROFOUND. HE TOLD ME HE RELIVED EVERYTHG THROUGH THE EPISO AND THAT HE WAS SHAKG AND CRIED WHILE WATCHG . HE WAS LIKE, "HOW ULD YOU GUYS GET SO PERFECT?" THAT MA ME VERY {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’S LIVG THE DREAM {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;}YEAH! HE’S MARRIED! I WAS LIKE, "DAMN, I’M NOT MARRIED!" I MET HIS HBAND AT THE PREMIERE, AND THEY WERE ADORABLE. I THK HE’S HAPPY AND EE TO BE HIMSELF, AND APPARENTLY HAS HIS OWN CHOSEN FAY NOW.APPLE TV+KAMIRAN ALO (LEFT) AND ADAM ALI “LTLE AMERI."{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;}KAMIRAN ALO (LEFT) AND ADAM ALI LTLE {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;}IF YOUR FATHER HAD TRIED TO BURN YOUR ARM ON A STOVE, WOULD YOU HAVE CRATERED HIS SKULL WH A ST-IRON PAN?{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;}NOW I WOULD BEAT THE SH OUT OF HIM AND RIP HIM APART, BUT MY 20S I THK I'D BE MORE VULNERABLE AND FEEL A SENSE OF LOSS AND NFN. I’M 43 NOW. IN MY 20S, I DIDN’T HAVE A STRONG SENSE OF SELF OR SELF-WORTH. THAT’S ANOTHER THG RAFIQ AND I HAVE MON: LIKE, "THIS IS MY FATHER AND HOME, AND NOW 'S THE MOST DANGERO PLACE FOR ME. I HAVE SO MUCH EMPATHY FOR HIM FOR {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;}I HEARD THE LTLE AMERI SHOOT WAS MOVED TO CANADA OVER NCERNS THAT ACTORS OM UNTRI ON THE U.S. TRAVEL BAN WOULDN’T ABLE TO ENTER THE U.S., CLUDG ADAM ALI, A U.K. CIZEN WHO WAS BORN {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;}Y. OH MY GOD, I LOVED ADAM. HE WAS THE CLOSET BEFORE WE SHOT THE EPISO! WHEN WE FILMED, HE EXPLAED TO ME THAT WAS HIS WAY OF G OUT, SO WAS A BIG AL FOR HIM. HE WAS AAID HOW HIS FAY WOULD REACT, SO WAS REALLY SPECIAL FOR ME AND STEPHEN DUNN TO HOLD HIS HAND THROUGHOUT THE PROCS, BEE WE SAW OURSELV HIM. HIS CHARACTER ZA IS MORE FORTABLE HIS OWN SK THAN RAFIQ. WHEN WE SHOT , HE WAS 21 AND I WAS 42, AND ’S SO MUCH BETTER FOR YOUNG PEOPLE NOW WH SOCIAL MEDIA, RUPL’S DRAG RACE, AND THE BIG BLOCKBTER MOVI ABOUT GAY PEOPLE. I JT SHOT A MARVEL FILM WH THE FIRST OPENLY GAY SUPERHERO, THE ETERNALS. I’M MARRIED TO THE GAY SUPERHERO PHASTOS, PLAYED BY ATLANTA’S BRIAN TYREE HENRY, AND WE REPRENT A GAY FAY AND HAVE A {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;}SO WE’LL ALSO GET A GAY KISS THE ETERNALS?{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;}OH, YEAH, ABSOLUTELY, AND ’S A BETIFUL, VERY MOVG KISS. EVERYONE CRIED ON SET. FOR ME ’S VERY IMPORTANT TO SHOW HOW LOVG AND BETIFUL A QUEER FAY N BE. BRIAN TYREE HENRY IS SUCH A TREMENDO ACTOR AND BROUGHT SO MUCH BETY TO THIS PART, AND AT ONE POT I SAW A CHILD HIS EY, AND I THK ’S IMPORTANT FOR THE WORLD TO BE REMD THAT WE THE QUEER MUNY WERE ALL CHILDREN AT ONE POT. WE FET THAT BEE WE’RE ALWAYS PICTED AS SEXUAL OR REBELL. WE FET TO NNECT ON THAT HUMAN PART.APPLE TV+HAAZ SLEIMAN “LTLE AMERI."{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;}TOTALLY. BACK TO “THE SON.” I SEARCHED “KILLS GAY CHILD” BEFORE WE SPOKE, AND SOME OF THE FIRST RULTS THAT ME UP WERE A GUY OM NEVADA WHO SHOT HIS 14-YEAR-OLD, A BRAZILIAN WOMAN WHO MURRED HER 17-YEAR-OLD, AND A LATA WOMAN CALIFORNIA WHO TORTURED AND KILLED HER 8-YEAR-OLD. SO ARE THOSE WH CHRISTIAN AND CATHOLIC BACKGROUNDS—AND THOSE THE WT—ANY DIFFERENT OM HOMOPHOB WHO PRACTICE ISLAM?{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;}I’M SO GLAD YOU SAID THAT. THERE’S NO DIFFERENCE. AND THERE ARE EVEN MORE HORRIFYG STORI YOU N HEAR OM ARAB CHRISTIANS ABOUT WHAT THEY WENT THROUGH! THERE’S A GAY CHRISTIAN LEBANE GUY WHOSE UNCLE FOUND OUT HE WAS GAY AND MA HIM STAND THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY WAG FOR A R TO H HIM. THEN THERE ARE A LOT OF MLIMS, MORE THAN THE WORLD N IMAGE, WHO ARE FE WH HOMOSEXUALY. MY MOTHER TOLD ME, "I KNOW YOU WERE BORN THAT WAY AND LOVE YOU THE WAY YOU ARE." SO ’S NOT BLACK-AND-WHE, AND PEOPLE WOULD BE SURPRISED TO SEE EVEN WORSE STORYL CHRISTIANY OR JUDAISM, AND EVEN SECULAR CULTUR. EVEN MIDDLE AMERI ’S STILL PRETTY BAD, AND WE FET {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;}YOUR EPISO HAS BEEN BANNED 10 ARAB UNTRI AND {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;}I’M NOT SURPRISED THEY WANTED TO CENSOR OUR EPISO. WE’RE PHG BUTTONS AND FORCG THEM TO CREATE A DIALOGUE. RSIA IS A POWERFUL UNTRY, AND LOOK HOW BACKWARDS THEY ARE. IT’S A LTLE SRY, BUT ’S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THE TTH AND THE STATE OF THE WORLD {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 “THE SON,” ZA WORSHIPS KELLY CLARKSON, WHO HELPS SERVE AS A BRIDGE TO QUEER CULTURE AND THE WT. I READ THAT YOU NSIR MADONNA A ROLE MOL. HAVE YOU MET HER?{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;}I GOT REALLY CLOSE TO HER. IT WAS MY BIRTHDAY, AND WAS HER CONFSNS TOUR, AND I WANTED TO TREAT MYSELF AND BOUGHT A NCERT TICKET FOR, LIKE, $1,600, AND WAS RIGHT AT THE NWAY WHERE SHE GO THROUGH THE CROWD. SHE POTED AT ME, AND AT THE END WHEN SGG “HUNG UP” SHE GOT DOWN ON HER KNE AND GAVE ME HER MICROPHONE TO SG "TIME GO BY." I LOST MY MD. I CHANNELLED MY NER ARAB, AND THE WAY I WAS CHANTG WAS A LTLE SRY, SO I THK I EAKED HER OUT A LTLE B! BUT THAT WAS THE CLOST I GOT TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{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;}SLEIMAN AND HIS LTLE AMERI -STAR ADAM {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;}THANK YOU FOR G OUT AS A "TOTAL BOTTOM," BY THE WAY. I THK WE NEED TO CHANGE THE POWER DYNAMIC SO THAT TOPPG ISN’T A SIGN OF DOMATN OR POWER, AND THAT BOTTOMG N BE JT AS {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;}THAT’S WHY I DID THAT WAY. IT’S NNECTED TO BOTTOM SHAMG AND SEXISM. IT’S OKAY FOR A WOMAN TO DRS UP LIKE A MAN, BUT FOR A MAN TO DRS UP LIKE A GIRL IS GRADG, RIGHT? LIKE MADONNA'S "WHAT IT FEELS LIKE FOR A GIRL." BEG A BOTTOM YOU’RE TAKG THE POSN OF A WOMAN SEXUALLY, AND I THK WHAT HAPPENS IS THE ONE WHO BE OR IS THE BOTTOM IS SHAMED FOR , BEE THEY’RE NSIRED WEAKER AND LS-THAN, LS POWERFUL. I WAS MAKG A POT: ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. I WANTED TO SHOW HOW POWERFUL I AM. I GOT AN AWARD OM HRC, AND THAT TO ME WAS THE VALIDATN I NEED—HRC BACKG ME {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;}WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE THE FIRST OPENLY BOTTOM HOLLYWOOD ACTN MOVIE STAR OR ROMANTIC LEAD?{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;}[LGHS] EHER-OR? IT’S ONE ASPECT OF WHO I AM. SOME PEOPLE THOUGHT I SAID THAT BEE I WAS LOOKG FOR A TOTAL TOP! I WAS LIKE, "I DON’T NEED HELP THAT PARTMENT!"{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;}SPEAKG OF ROMANTIC LEADS, WHAT N YOU TELL ABOUT YOUR MOVIE BREAKG FAST, WHICH IS BASED ON A 2018 SHORT FILM OF THE SAME NAME?{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;}I PLAY MO, THE LEAD CHARACTER, AND I THK ’S THE FIRST PROJECT THAT SHOWS AN OPENLY GAY PRACTICG MLIM—A GUY WHO RPECTS AND FOLLOWS AND IS VOTED TO HIS RELIGN BUT IS STILL OPENLY GAY. IT'S NTROVERSIAL BEE TO SOME MLIMS THAT WILL BE OFFENSIVE. ALL THE MORE REASON SHOULD BE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{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

The pany has never been known for s great LGBTQ+ reprentatn or polics, but 's e unr even more scty than ual after fans learned that the pany was donatg money to legislators Florida backg that state's ntroversial "Don't Say Gay" bill. Especially when the news broke that Pixar has been censorg gay ntent out of s films for Disney really been producg enough spirg ntent to unteract s donatns and lack of a statement?

MARVEL’S FIRST GAY SUPERHERO DEFEATS EVIL, MAK HISTORY ETERNALS TRAILER

RELATED | 11 Gay, Bi, & Lbian Creators Who Ma Disney What It Is Today. First Gay Married Couple: Bucky and Pronk Oryx-Antlerson 'Zootopia' (2016).

MARVEL’S FIRST GAY KISS TO BE FEATURED UPG FILM

Fans didn't even notice this gay married uple Zootopia until years after the movie me out.

First 'Exclively Gay Moment:' LeFou 'Bety and the Beast' (2017).

*BEAR-MAGAZINE.COM* FIRST GAY KISS IN MARVEL

Marvel’s First Gay Superhero Defeats Evil, Mak History “Eternals” Trailer | Them .

TOP