Contents:
- MARVEL COMICS HOSTS FIRST GAY WEDDG ‘ASTONISHG X-MEN’
- MARVEL'S X-MEN SUPPORT GAY MARRIAGE ON ABC'S THE VIEW
- <I>ASTONISHG X-MEN</I> CREATORS DISH ON MARVEL'S HISTORIC GAY WEDDG
- X-MAN NORTHSTAR TO GET MARVEL-O GAY WEDDG
MARVEL COMICS HOSTS FIRST GAY WEDDG ‘ASTONISHG X-MEN’
Back 1992, Marvel Comics ma headl by revealg that Northstar, a Canadian superhero associated wh Alpha Flight and the X-Men, was gay. “When gay marriage beme legal New York State, raised obv qutns sce most of our hero ri New York State. Northstar is the first openly gay character ics and he’s been a longterm relatnship wh his partner Kyle so the big qutn was – how would this change his relatnship?, ” says Marvel Comics edor--chief Axel Alonso.
“Here are two people, tryg to live their liv – mutant and gay, black and gay – empowered their own ways, but also ge-dwellers, ” says Liu. The tensns will rm Liu’s Astonishg X-Men stori gog forward, but Alonso says the uple will also have to nont homophobia om Northstar’s teammat.
MARVEL'S X-MEN SUPPORT GAY MARRIAGE ON ABC'S THE VIEW
""In Astonishg X-Men #50, gay X-Man Northstar will propose to his boyiend Kyle, wh a marriage an upg issue, " said Goldberg. On May 8, 2012, gay marriage was officially banned the nstutn of the state of North Carola.
Two days before that, on NBC's Meet the Prs, Vice Print Joe Bin exprsed his "fort" wh the ia of equal rights for gay upl. Fally, on May 9, 2012, Print Obama officially endorsed gay marriage the Uned Stat an terview on ABC News, though he did mata that Stat should handle any laws supportg , not the feral ernment. Northstar me out 1992, beg the first openly gay superhero at Marvel Comics.
Marvel would later troduce Hulklg and Wicn, a gay teenage superhero uple the pag of Young Avengers, as well as havg gay characters X-Factor, Runaways, and even one of the members of Power Pack.
<I>ASTONISHG X-MEN</I> CREATORS DISH ON MARVEL'S HISTORIC GAY WEDDG
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Specifilly, 's the weddg bells of Marvel's first gay marriage between longtime X-Man Northstar and his civilian boyiend, Kyle. The ic dtry's number-one publisher has always reflected Ameri's cultural and polil velopments, and wh Print Obama's recent public support of gay marriage, an official marriage uldn't have e at a better time. Jean-Pl Bebier, this jt the latt velopment his posn as Marvel's premiere gay superhero.
X-MAN NORTHSTAR TO GET MARVEL-O GAY WEDDG
The character also adopted a baby wh AIDS, mentored a gay mutant named Anole, and even wrote a book about his experience as a gay mutant, tled Born Normal; 's hard to image how this guy ma time for fightg, the creative mds behd the weddg of the -- Axel Alonso, Edor--Chief of Marvel Comics; Jeane Schaffer and Daniel Ketchum, Astonishg X-Men's -edors; Marjorie Liu, wrer of Astonishg X-Men; and Mike Perks, penciller of Astonishg X-Men -- dish on why they're hostg the weddg now, the divisive reactn wh the Marvel Universe, and the endls storytellg possibili that this latt evolutn holds. Alex Alonso: When gay marriage beme legal New York State, raised a qutn, sce most of our hero ri that state: How would Northstar, the first openly gay character ics, rpond to this new velopment?
Whereas foistg this story upon another character would have been a forced step their progrsn, we've been buildg toward this exact place wh the two for about a year now, sce gay marriage was legalized New York State, makg a natural velopment. And, lookg ahead, the marriage of two gay characters opens a number of avenu for future stori, and Northstar and Kyle are the characters bt sued to explore every proment same-sex uple ics has been between two members of the superhero muny, but your first gay marriage is between a superhero and a civilian.
Alonso: Recent events North Carola and Print Obama's statement of support for gay marriage unrsre that this is a topil -- and ntroversial -- issue. Will we see any reactns om other gay upl like Hulklg and Wicn or Rictor and Shatter Star? As Marvel, and the ics dtry general, has troduced an creasg number of gay characters, how do you feel the fans have generally reacted?