Marvel Studs Fally Acknowledg Gay People wh Avengers: Endgame

Contents:

• "AVENGERS: ENDGAME" FEATUR MARVEL STUDS' FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTER IN A SMALL ROLE
• 15 OPENLY GAY MARVEL CHARACTERS THAT MIGHT BE COMG TO THE MCU
• MARVEL'S FIRST GAY CHARACTER IS PLAYED BY AVENGERS: ENDGAME'S DIRECTOR
• MARVEL ANNOUNC FIRST GAY CAPTA AMERI
• MARVEL'S FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTER FEATUR AVENGERS: ENDGAME
• ‘AVENGERS: ENDGAME’ CLUS A GAY CHARACTER—BUT ’S AN AWKWARD CHOICE
• THE GAY AVENGERS: ENDGAME CHARACTER IS A HALF-BAKED ATTEMPT AT DIVERSY
• AVENGERS: ENDGAME HAS THE MCU'S FIRST OPENLY-GAY CHARACTER (BUT DID IT WORK?)
• 'AVENGERS: ENDGAME' DIRECTORS REVEALED THAT ONE OF MARVEL'S EXISTG CHARACTERS IS GAY, BUT FANS ARE MOCKG THE LACKLTER ANNOUNCEMENT
• AVENGERS: ENDGAME’S GAY MOMENT IS A NICE GTURE THAT JT FEELS EXHSTG
• WH AVENGERS: ENDGAME, GAY PEOPLE FALLY EXIST THE MCU
• ‘AVENGERS: ENDGAME’: WHY HAVG A GAY CHARACTER IS SO IMPORTANT THE MCU

"AVENGERS: ENDGAME" FEATUR MARVEL STUDS' FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTER IN A SMALL ROLE

K is gay. “We wanted to be sual, wh the fact that the character is gay tied to the fabric of the storytellg and reprentg what everyday life is, ” Joe told Deadle.

We’ve put together this list to troduce some of the most fluential gay superhero, rangg om groundbreakg figur like Marvel’s Northstar to characters like Harley Qun who only me out the past few 12 most inic gay superhero1) Wonr WomanDiana of Themyscira has a long and storied history as a queer in. (CC-BY-SA)2) MidnighterPossibly the bt-known gay superhero ic book circl, Midnighter was created as a parody of Batman, startg off the adult-rated Wildstorm ic Stormwatch. As one of the origal X-Men, he was portrayed as straight for s beg outed as gay 2015.

15 OPENLY GAY MARVEL CHARACTERS THAT MIGHT BE COMG TO THE MCU

Thanks to the X-Men ics’ love of time travel hijks, there are actually two versns of this character at the moment: A teenage Iceman who realized he was gay after Jean Grey read his md, and an adult versn who stayed the closet and dated women for years, but me out after beg nonted by his younger self. The recent Iceman solo seri foced on his life after this revelatn, earng a mixed rponse bee while ’s great to see a gay character gettg their own ic, his emotnal arc is a rather old-fashned g-out story.

She first appeared as Batman’s love tert the 1950s, shortly after the publitn of Sctn of the Innocent, a book that acced Batman of homosexual propaganda. In recent years she was rewrten to be gay herself, a ntroversial cisn that led to some problems of s her ic’s creators wanted her to marry her girliend, DC nixed the cisn by sayg hero “shouldn’t have happy personal liv, ” a dub statement that sounds pretty ridiculo the ntext of, say, Superman.

MARVEL'S FIRST GAY CHARACTER IS PLAYED BY AVENGERS: ENDGAME'S DIRECTOR

After years of hts, he me out as gay 1992.

MARVEL ANNOUNC FIRST GAY CAPTA AMERI

LGBTQ and gay superhero list:Wonr Woman (DC Comics).

MARVEL'S FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTER FEATUR AVENGERS: ENDGAME

Avengers: Endgame gave the first openly gay character the Marvel Cematic Universe, but left a lot of fans (who have spent the last wag to see a gay superhero jo the Avengers) pretty unrwhelmed.

Here's a selectn of openly gay Marvel characters who serve their time to she the MCU.

‘AVENGERS: ENDGAME’ CLUS A GAY CHARACTER—BUT ’S AN AWKWARD CHOICE

While many fans hope that Marvel Studs ntu to diversify the superhero they brg to live-actn, Eternals recently took a signifint step forward by prentg Phastos as part of the first openly gay superhero uple the MCU. Iceman had been fightg alongsi the X-Men the ics for s before he stunned dienc by g out as gay, but fans quickly accepted his sexualy. Wh Marvel Studs hopg to fix the X-Men film anchise after acquirg om Fox, this uld be a good ll for the MCU’s first gay character.

THE GAY AVENGERS: ENDGAME CHARACTER IS A HALF-BAKED ATTEMPT AT DIVERSY

Viv’s sexualy hasn’t been nfirmed the ics, but she's kissed Ironheart and was strongly suggted that she’s eher gay or asexual when she said, “an attractn to boys is nowhere wh me. ” The MCU uld easily portray the character as gay.

AVENGERS: ENDGAME HAS THE MCU'S FIRST OPENLY-GAY CHARACTER (BUT DID IT WORK?)

There was speculatn that Hercul would be a lead  The Eternals when Marvel announced that the film would star a gay lead, but the reference was stead to Phastos. Phyla-Vell was first intified as gay when she admted to and acted on her attractn towards Moondragon. In any discsn of who will be the first openly gay superhero the MCU, ’s important to mentn the first openly gay superhero Marvel Comics.

'AVENGERS: ENDGAME' DIRECTORS REVEALED THAT ONE OF MARVEL'S EXISTG CHARACTERS IS GAY, BUT FANS ARE MOCKG THE LACKLTER ANNOUNCEMENT

Northstar was a landmark character for ic book history bee he was one of the first gay superhero, the first to e out a Marvel book, and 2012, he beme the first character to have a same-sex weddg a mastream ic.

Phastos may be half of the first openly gay relatnship the Marvel Cematic Universe, but Negasonic Teenage Warhead was part of the first gay superhero uple all of superhero cema several years earlier. The two shared the first gay kiss between major characters a Marvel ic back X-Force #45 while Rictor was huntg for Multiple Man New England. Rictor has also dated women the Marvel Universe, such as Wolfsbane and Boom Boom, but he stated X-Force #20 that he always knew ep down that he was gay.

A clearly gay character has fally arrived the Marvel universe -- although many sual viewers may miss the historic Rso, who directed Avengers: Endgame wh his brother Anthony Rso, portrays a gay man the blockbter, reports Deadle. "It was important to as we did four of the films, we wanted a gay character somewhere them.

AVENGERS: ENDGAME’S GAY MOMENT IS A NICE GTURE THAT JT FEELS EXHSTG

Several mor characters, like Thor: Ragnarok's Valkyrie (Tsa Thompson) and Black Panther's Ayo (Florence Kasumba) and Okoye (Danai Gurira), were reportedly -gayed through leted scen.

Anthony Rso told Deadle that the cln of the gay character reprented a step toward clivy that reflected the real world. "Marvel has yet to troduce a clearly LGBTQ superhero -- although the stud is reportedly searchg for a gay actor to portray one. A Marvel executive, Victoria Alonso, told Variety at the Capta Marvel premiere that "the world is ready" for a gay superhero.

Aaron Fischer, a gay teenager, will be the first, the new limed seri, released scribed Fischer, who will be the “Capta Ameri of the Railways”, as “a fearls teen who stepped up to protect fellow naways and the unhoed”, wh his but timed to ci wh Pri Month the US. “As a transgenr person, I am happy to be able to prent an openly gay person who admir Capta Ameri and fights agast evil to help those who are almost visible to society, ” said Bazaldua. ”Marvel reportedly had a “No Gays the Marvel Universe” policy the 1980s and, the 1990s, placed an “Adults Only” label on any ics featurg proment LGBTQ+ characters rponse to nservative protts.

WH AVENGERS: ENDGAME, GAY PEOPLE FALLY EXIST THE MCU

The publisher’s first gay character, Northstar of the Canadian superhero team Alpha Flight, was planned as such by creator John Byrne 1979, but his sexualy was not revealed on the page until recent years, Marvel has moved to diversify s st of superhero.

‘AVENGERS: ENDGAME’: WHY HAVG A GAY CHARACTER IS SO IMPORTANT THE MCU

And 2015, Iceman, one of the origal X-Men created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby back 1963, me out as gay. A gay character, played by Joe Rso, appears 'Avengers: Endgame'.

Avengers: Endgame has troduced Marvel's first openly gay character and only took them 20+ the follow up to last year's Infy War, dienc wns a tone that se an on screen character make reference to beg gay–somethg which has, surprisgly, not happened an MCU film until now. “It was important to as we did four of the films, we wanted a gay character somewhere them.

" Though this is the first stance of an openly gay character picted on screen, there is potential for more LGBTQ+ stori the MCU.