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Contents:
- A CHRONOLOGY OF GAY COMIC BOOK CHARACTERS
- 5 THGS TO KNOW ABOUT THE MCU'S FIRST OPENLY GAY SUPER-POWERED CHARACTER
- LOOKG BACK AT THE MISTREATMENT OF MARVEL’S FIRST GAY COMIC SUPERHERO
- HOW DC REEMED THEIR FIRST OPENLY GAY SUPERHERO
A CHRONOLOGY OF GAY COMIC BOOK CHARACTERS
* first openly gay comic book character *
Fan NewsThe Evolutn of Extraño, DC's First Openly Gay SuperheroBY: Alex Jaffe.
5 THGS TO KNOW ABOUT THE MCU'S FIRST OPENLY GAY SUPER-POWERED CHARACTER
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LOOKG BACK AT THE MISTREATMENT OF MARVEL’S FIRST GAY COMIC SUPERHERO
But his wake, many characters even olr than he beme open about their own inti as gay men. A queer thor himself, Orlando felt was time to brg back DC’s origal gay character om limbo to help celebrate DC’s first ic headled by an openly gay uple. Mastream ics have had more than their fair share of homosexual subtext almost sce their ceptn — look no further than Wonr Woman’s all-female homeland of Paradise Island or Bce Wayne’s overly fortable relatnship wh his ward Dick Grayson.
HOW DC REEMED THEIR FIRST OPENLY GAY SUPERHERO
In honor of the news that Archie ics troduced s first openly gay character last week, here’s a look back at the evolutn of open homosexualy mastream ic books. NorthstarIt’s not exactly a stretch to see the anti-mutant bigotry found the world of the X-Men as a thly veiled metaphor for homophobia — mutants are lled “homo superr, ” after all. It’s strange, then, that the first openly gay major character the Marvel stable hails om the Canadian super-team Alpha Flight.