The Advote's Tiara Chiaramonte breaks down the basics and giv an troductn to the fascatg world of gay Japane ics.
Contents:
- LOOKG BACK AT THE MISTREATMENT OF MARVEL’S FIRST GAY COMIC SUPERHERO
- YAOI: THE ART OF JAPANE GAY COMICS
- 'GAY GEEKS': AN ONLE UTOPIA FOR LGBTQ GAMERS, COMIC FANS AND TREKKI
LOOKG BACK AT THE MISTREATMENT OF MARVEL’S FIRST GAY COMIC SUPERHERO
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A gay superhero parody of BYU's Brigham Young statue (2017) (image by Pastelopapa via Wikimedia). Marvel’s first gay superhero is an amalgamatn of straight assumptns. Northstar was troduced 1979 as the first gay character the superhero genre.
YAOI: THE ART OF JAPANE GAY COMICS
Bis men g and out of his home, or lgerg shirtls the background of panels, Northstar was d through the unique perspective of how straight men typilly view gay men.
Northstar’s publitn history shows a cross sectn of 40 years of the Uned Stat’s mastream view of the gay muny. In the 1980s he was portrayed as dismissive of women to the pot of misogyny, while the ghts, gay men were so often portrayed fictn as the gay bt iend that Northstar was portrayed almost solely the pany of women. His backstory evolved as homosexuals emerged om enomic dispary: Where once he was an unattend mor, he beme a wealthy, privileged man as the natnal narrative surroundg queer youth gradually expand.
'GAY GEEKS': AN ONLE UTOPIA FOR LGBTQ GAMERS, COMIC FANS AND TREKKI
Perhaps seemed that to keep the first out gay man was a potls exercise, pecially one so mired outdated stereotyp. Yaoi (pronounced "yah-oh-ee") is a term typilly thrown around the g of the geek muny, but what is this gay Japane phenomna?
It's a form of manga, or Japane ics/graphic novels, wh homoerotic and homoromantic them. Whether you've wanted to know more about this queer Japane art form or your cursy is beg piqued for the first time, the followg brief gui will help faiarize you wh one of the most read gay ic book genr the world.