Gay male superhero

Amidst rumors that Marvel wants to verb its first gay superhero as the lead of the cast of their upcoming movie The Eternals, Marvel executive Victoria Alonso told Variety at the Captain Marvel premiere that she believes the world is ready for exactly that kind of character.

She would not confirm that Eternals will feature a gay superhero (although definitely looked to be choosing her words very carefully in the video that&#x;s up at , suggesting there is at least some truth to the rumor). We are going to cast the best Eternals cast that we can and when we&#x;re ready to make known it we promise you we will, she said.

She did also speak about Marvel&#x;s commitment to diversity, raising a very nice point that the core of Marvel&#x;s stories has always been people who are different:

Our entire success is based on people that are incredibly different Our audience is global, is diverse, is inclusive. If we don&#x;t do it that wa

Queer Heroes: 15 Superheroes Who Are Gay Icons

What makes someone a gay icon? Well for starters, being a woman helps, and usually a heterosexual one at that. The queen of them all, Judy Garland, embodies everything traditionally associated with the label -- beauty and poise on the surface masking a broiling sadness within. Even to this day, being a "Friend of Dorothy" is recognizable code for gay men. But, gay icons can also be men -- camp or butch, straight or gay -- and for the female members of the LGBTQ+ community, gay icons often get the shape of strong, capable women -- gay, straight or otherwise -- who defy traditional gender norms.

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Because of a persistent lack of representation across all media, LGBTQ+ geeks often have to make do with whatever they can find in terms of icons. Batman's sexuality and historical campiness has been a subject of debate for decades, while the X-Men's themes of prejudice and otherness make them easy conduits for those who are marginalized in the real world. Really, superhero

Northstar is often called the first gay superhero, although he wasn’t allowed to come out until 13 years after his debut. But he was almost certainly the first mainstream superhero deliberately (albeit subtextually) depicted as queer, he was Marvel’s first gay superhero, and his coming out in was a landmark event, as was his eventual wedding to his husband, Kyle, 20 years later.

I will begin with this disclaimer: I am not going to do justice to this subject in the space I have here. Scholarly papers have been written about Northstar’s history and significance; there are decades of blog posts, letter columns, zines, and newspaper articles, not to mention the comics themselves. This profile could very well be a book — and I hope someone writes it someday so I can read it. But in the meantime, here’s the condensed version:

Jean-Paul Beaubier, AKA Northstar, was created by Chris Claremont and John Byrne, and he first appeared in X-Men # (April ) as a member of the Canadian superhero team Alpha Flight, along with his twin sister Jeanne-Marie Beaubier (Aurora). He didn’t really get