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IN SHOCKG TWIST ON INIC CHARACTER, SUPERMAN REPORTEDLY OUT AS GAY
In Augt, was announced that the latt versn of Rob would have a boyiend while March, Marvel also ma the cisn to pass the mantle of Capta Ameri to a gay the big-screen worlds of Marvel and DC rema ls progrsive. This November’s Eternals is set to change thgs wh the Marvel Cematic Universe’s first LGBTQ+ kiss between Brian Tyree Henry’s Phastos, the first openly gay superhero a Marvel movie, and Haaz Sleiman, who plays his hband. Fally, they start nudgg a few top-tier characters out of the closet — but are always reful never to send 'em out whout first attachg an all-important asterisk, as a bulwark agast any backlash om homophobic rears (and/or stockholrs): Rob's queer!
Other major LGBTQ ic characters clu DC’s Batwoman, Harley Qun and Alan Stt (aka the first Green Lantern), and Marvel’s Iceman, Ameri Chavez (aka Miss Ameri) and Northstar — one of the very first openly gay ic book characters when he me out 1992.
Marvel is also expandg s queer reprentatn, by troducg s first gay superhero, Phastos, to the upg film The Eternals. Superman is gay and is g out DC Comics’ upg book, “Superman: Son of Kal-El. In an attempt to renew the Superman ic book anchise, which DC Comics has been havg trouble wh for some time, the tular character is g out as gay, acrdg to a former artist for the publisher.