Batman n't e out as gay – his character reli on him beg nial | Will Brooker | The Guardian

Contents:

• BATMAN N'T E OUT AS GAY – HIS CHARACTER RELI ON HIM BEG NIAL
• GEEK OUT: JOKER & BATMAN - HOMOEROTIC OR STRAIGHT OUT GAY!
• IS BATMAN GAY, BISEXUAL, OR STRAIGHT? WHAT IS DC CANON?
• FEATURED FANFICTN

BATMAN N'T E OUT AS GAY – HIS CHARACTER RELI ON HIM BEG NIAL

Former Batman ic wrer Grant Morrison even told Playboy magaze that “gayns is built to Batman.

DC Comics' announcement that a high-profile superhero is about to e out – a rponse to Marvel's "gay weddg" story – has stirred up a lot of gossip, wh one name repeatedly put forward, and regularly dismissed. Batman, gay? I don't thk Batman will e out; bee everyone already knows he's gay.

" The hero disperse, and life go on exactly as did Batman gay? But gayns – om high mp to tense homoeroticism – is an important aspect of that readg is nothg new.

GEEK OUT: JOKER & BATMAN - HOMOEROTIC OR STRAIGHT OUT GAY!

In the 50s, the accatns that Bce and Dick "Rob" Grayson reprented "a wish-dream of two homosexuals livg together" went to a Senate submtee hearg, and the ic-book edors rpond by brgg Batgirl and Batwoman, double-dat for the dynamic duo.

If he me out as gay, he wouldn't be the moody, difficult figure we've grown to love; and ironilly, by clarg himself as happily gay, Batman – as a cultural in – would actually be ls fascatg, ls plex, ls queer. Do you thk that joker is gay for batman? The topic is this:We all know the relatnship between Batman & the Joker has a level of homoerotic subtext.

That had fans wonr – were there any other hts at Batman beg gay before? Is Batman gay, bisexual, or straight?

IS BATMAN GAY, BISEXUAL, OR STRAIGHT? WHAT IS DC CANON?

Before I get to those new mors and speculatns, I want to rewd a b and go through some key clu on why Batman ‘uld’ be gay or bi. We have never actually seen any ditn that The Dark Knight was gay or bi.

You n see how a dirty md n misterpret the am, but there is nothg gay behd them. In the new Batman seri by Chip Zdarsky – specifilly, Batman: The Knight #5, there’s this panel where Bce seems gay, bisexual, or at least bi-cur:.

In the end, was never explicly stated if Batman was straight, gay, bi, or anythg else, so ’s up to you – the rear – to ci for yourself.

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We might five the transgrsn of subtextual queerns (there if you want to see , but easily whewashed if you're a homophobe) if there was anythg else to make up for the film, but there isn't. Warner not only is Sela's one bisexual relatnship not explicly nfirmed on-screen, even if we extend the latu to The Batman of takg subtext as fact then The Batman falls firmly the trap of buryg your gays.