A new trailer nfirmed that Eternals will feature Phastos, a gay character played by Brian Tyree Henry, who's married wh a kid. Never heard of him? You're not alone.
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- MARVEL’S FIRST GAY SUPERHERO DEFEATS EVIL, MAK HISTORY ETERNALS TRAILER
- LOOKG BACK AT THE MISTREATMENT OF MARVEL’S FIRST GAY COMIC SUPERHERO
- WHO WAS THE FIRST GAY SUPERHERO? — THE ROUGH ROAD TO MARVEL’S NORTHSTAR
- DC INTRODUCED ITS FIRST GAY SUPERHERO ON TV EARLIER THAN YOU THK
- HOW DC REEMED THEIR FIRST OPENLY GAY SUPERHERO
- 5 THGS TO KNOW ABOUT THE MCU'S FIRST OPENLY GAY SUPER-POWERED CHARACTER
MARVEL’S FIRST GAY SUPERHERO DEFEATS EVIL, MAK HISTORY ETERNALS TRAILER
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The Eternals trailer offers the brieft of glimps at Phastos (Brian Tyree Henry), the first gay superhero a major Hollywood anchise.
LOOKG BACK AT THE MISTREATMENT OF MARVEL’S FIRST GAY COMIC SUPERHERO
From Wonr Woman to Northstar, here are some of the most groundbreakg LGBTQ characters and gay superhero Marvel and DC Comics non. * first gay hero *
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WHO WAS THE FIRST GAY SUPERHERO? — THE ROUGH ROAD TO MARVEL’S NORTHSTAR
Now that we've vered the LGBTQ ic book basics, and the first mastream, openly gay superhero, Extraño, 's time to take a look at the (sort of) first mastream gay superhero: Northstar. At least, that's what this was gog to be about. Then, over the urse of rearchg how Northstar beme the poster boy for… * first gay hero *
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.
DC INTRODUCED ITS FIRST GAY SUPERHERO ON TV EARLIER THAN YOU THK
Unregnized for havg DC's first nfirmed gay superhero on televisn, Static Shock subtly brought LGBTQIA+ reprentatn before the Arrowverse. * first gay hero *
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.
HOW DC REEMED THEIR FIRST OPENLY GAY SUPERHERO
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Perhaps seemed that to keep the first out gay man was a potls exercise, pecially one so mired outdated stereotyp. The release of Marvel Studs' highly-anticipated ensemble Phase 4 flick Eternals is nigh, and wh the Chloe Zhao-directed film set to troduce the world to Phastos, the first gay superhero the expansive Marvel Cematic Universe, we thought now would be a good time to get faiar wh the character (who is fely gog to be gog down the LGBTQ+ history books)!
Bis makg history as the first gay superhero the Marvel Cematic Universe, Henry and Sleiman are also reportedly gog to be sharg an on-screen kiss the film, which is groundbreakg and of self, pecially when you nsir the long history of Marvel Studs (and every other mastream stud, tbh) and their films beg domated by cishet, whe characters.
We’ve put together this list to troduce some of the most fluential gay superhero, rangg om groundbreakg figur like Marvel’s Northstar to characters like Harley Qun who only me out the past few 12 most inic gay superhero1) Wonr WomanDiana of Themyscira has a long and storied history as a queer in.
5 THGS TO KNOW ABOUT THE MCU'S FIRST OPENLY GAY SUPER-POWERED CHARACTER
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(CC-BY-SA)2) MidnighterPossibly the bt-known gay superhero ic book circl, Midnighter was created as a parody of Batman, startg off the adult-rated Wildstorm ic Stormwatch. As one of the origal X-Men, he was portrayed as straight for s beg outed as gay 2015. Thanks to the X-Men ics’ love of time travel hijks, there are actually two versns of this character at the moment: A teenage Iceman who realized he was gay after Jean Grey read his md, and an adult versn who stayed the closet and dated women for years, but me out after beg nonted by his younger self.