The history of the gay subtext of Batman and Rob.

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?

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

I don't thk Batman will e out; bee everyone already knows he's gay.

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

" 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. 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.

FEATURED FANFICTN

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?