Marvel Comics Hosts First Gay Weddg ‘Astonishg X-Men’ – Rollg Stone

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• MARVEL COMICS HOSTS FIRST GAY WEDDG ‘ASTONISHG X-MEN’
• MARVEL ANNOUNCES ‘X-MEN’S’ GAY WEDDING: DO THIS MEAN MASTREAM ICS ARE ‘EVOLVG’?

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. Related: ‘HSM’ Director Confirms Popular Character is Ined Gay.

Alpha Flight's Northstar ma history by beg the first openly gay superhero om a major publisher, and then ma history aga when he was a part of the first gay marriage om a major publisher. Along wh beg gay, Northstar and Kyle also reprent a mixed-race marriage, which is still unmon ics. The weddg of Northstar and Kyle opened the door to other gay upl g forward ics, cludg Mystique and Dty, and on DC's si, Pied Piper and David Sgh.

MARVEL ANNOUNCES ‘X-MEN’S’ GAY WEDDING: DO THIS MEAN MASTREAM ICS ARE ‘EVOLVG’?

All clu characters who are gay, lbian, bisexual or transgenr. The first issue clus the orig story of the gay teenager Aaron Fischer — a character created by Cantwell, Jan Bazaldua and Joshua Tjillo — who puts on a versn of the red, whe and blue uniform to help save a group of naways.

NOTE: In the wake of Print Obama’s recent endorsement of same-sex marriage, some rears have asked whether mastream ics will ”evolve” their pictns of gay upl (to voke Obama's word).

COMICS today has jt nfirmed the weddg that was as publicly mored geek circl as Mark Zuckerberg's nuptials were secret:Northstar, Marvel's first gay superhero, will marry his beloved Kyle next month's "Astonishg X-Men #51, " the publisher announced. “So was only natural that when New York legalized gay marriage last year, ” Brevoort ntu, “our thoughts would turn towards what impact this might have on Northstar [aka Jean-Pl Bebier] and his ongog relatnship wh... ”“Astonishg X-Men #51, ” to be released June 20, is om the creative team of Marjorie Liu and Mike 's news lands jt days after DC publisher Dan DiD said at London's Kapow ic nventn that a major DC character will soon bee "one of our most proment gay characters, " acrdg to dtry se Bleedg Cool.