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.
MARVEL'S X-MEN SUPPORT GAY MARRIAGE ON ABC'S THE VIEW
“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. ""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.
<I>ASTONISHG X-MEN</I> CREATORS DISH ON MARVEL'S HISTORIC GAY WEDDG
Northstar me out 1992, beg the first openly gay superhero at Marvel Comics.
X-MAN NORTHSTAR TO GET MARVEL-O GAY WEDDG
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.