Are there any openly gay superheroes

Comics fans are still reeling from the news that next-generation Superman Jonathan Kent, the son of Clark Kent and Lois Lane, is bisexual. Although DC shared the news on Oct. Below we celebrate a dozen comic book characters who hoisted the rainbow flag this year in print or screen.

In the story, Tim reconnects with an old friend, Bernard, who gets kidnapped by the Chaos Monster. The character has previously been linked to Stephanie Brown, the superheroine Spoiler. In the DC Comics universe, Batwoman is an out lesbian, Catwoman has been presented as bisexual and antiheroes Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy have been portrayed as romantic partners.

Writer Ivan Cohen said in a reality that is already commenting on gender, it felt natural to introduce a hero that defied the binary. Setting the story on an alternate Earth also freed him from decades of comic-book continuity. Batwoman, a. Kate Kane, debuted in the s as a female foil to the Caped Crusader.

But the first hero to slip on the magic green ring was Alan Scott, created in by writer Martin Nodell and artist Bill Finger. In the same issue, penned by bisexual writer James Tynion IV, the gray-haired ring-slinger comes out as gay to his adult children, the superhero duo Jade and Obsidian.

In it, Nia Nal stops the League of Shadows from poisoning National City in time to make her date with super-intelligent alien Brainiac 5. We are more than our trauma. We are just fully-fledged superheroes, who have an arc outside of our transness. She has some ideas. Keep you posted.

12 superheroes who came out in 2021

While Phastos is part of a tribe of alien immortals with fantastic powers, he is married to a human husband, played by out actor Haaz Sleiman. The two share a kiss, according to Sleiman. That may explain why the movie has earned a mature rating in Russiawhere depictions of LGBTQ people in pop culture are prohibited.

Another Eternal, Sprite appears to be a mischievous tween but is actually centuries old and has been trapped looking like a child. Created by legendary artist Jack Kirby in the s, Sprite has alternately been depicted as male, female and gender fluid. Interestingly, Makkari, an Eternal whose super-speed allegedly inspired the myth of Mercury, has been changed from a male character in the comic books to a female character in the film, played by deaf actress Lauren Ridloff.

Tommy, the fast-moving Speed, was hinted to be bisexual, and the character confirmed he was dating fellow bi hero Prodigy last year. Eager to celebrate her new lease on life, Pryde gets a tattoo and shares a kiss with the female artist who gave her the tat.

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