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Series writer Tom Taylor said the evolution of this new Superman is keeping with the values the character has always represented – and, importantly, reflects the experiences of many comic fans. What I love is that she’s not only strong enough to keep going, but she’s also an advocate and fights for her community,” Leslie told NBC News previously. “I think that subconsciously it plants seeds of empowerment in our community ... seeds of power, strength, and toughness.” Green Lantern

Also, having a power isn't enough to make you a superhero. While it's still a necessary component, quite often in anime universes pretty much the entire population will have some sort of power. In the DC superhero universe, we’ve got a superfast character, Kid Flash. And I thought about how ‘Kid’ can really be any gender,” Cohen told NBC News in November 2020. “There are all these choices we can make — why don’t we do something besides what we would have made up if it was 1965?” Avengers: Endgame did include a cameo from director Joe Russo in which he plays a gay character who gets a few lines in which he talks about going on dates with men during a group therapy session led by Captain America. In May, EW confirmed British actor Jeremy Irvine will play Alan Scott in the HBO Max “Green Lantern” series from Arrowverse architect Greg Berlanti. Dreamer Nicole Maines as Dreamer in "Supergirl" on The CW. Dean Buscher / The CW To be a young, queer comic reader in America today is to look for heroes in a country that seems insistent on denying heroism any chance to triumph. A gay, or bi, or ace, or trans superhero might be a small and cautious gesture, but every gesture takes on outsized meaning when speaking out is itself a source of fear. And if those characters happen to be, themselves, young and uncertain, maybe that just means they, like their readers, will have to make a new future in spite of the old guard ahead of them.The character has previously been linked to Stephanie Brown, the superheroine Spoiler. Should he prove to be bisexual or even bi-curious, he’d be the first male member of the Bat family to join the LGBTQ community. But in the forthcoming fifth issue, coming next month, Kent falls for the journalist – he is his father’s son – after he “mentally and physically burns out from trying to save everyone that he can,” according to DC. And then there’s Tim Drake, Robin #3 for those keeping score at home, whose sexuality had been speculated on, joked about, and passionately debated since his 1990s heyday by queer readers like me — more than two decades before Meghan Fitzmartin and Belén Ortega brought him out of the closet as bisexual in August 2021. If you prefer to watch superheroes, the 2018 Netflix show She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (a reboot of a 1985 film by Filmation) not only features a lesbian relationship between two main characters, but also characters with other sexual and gender identities. The bar is now set very, very high, because if you can be a superhero, you can be anything,” Maines told Buzzfeed in April. “It’s like, ‘Well, if I can be a superhero, everything else is very easily within reach.’ So, that’s what I hope people take away from seeing Nia.”

This, in the world of 21st-century comics, is hardly unique. Jon is an example of a legacy character: a younger protégé or inheritor of an established hero, who takes on their title and codename as their own. And while legacy heroes are hardly the province of DC alone, they’ve long played a special role in the company’s storytelling.

Fans have expressed frustration over the lack of queer representation

Representation is really important,” Russo told Deadline at the time. “It was important to us as we did four of these films, we wanted a gay character somewhere in them. We felt it was important that one of us play him, to ensure the integrity and show it is so important to the filmmakers that one of us is representing that. It is a perfect time, because one of the things that is compelling about the Marvel Universe moving forward is its focus on diversity.” Miss America’s character gained so much popularity that she got her own comic in 2017 titled “America,” written by Gabby Rivera, a Latin-American writer who herself also identifies as gay. More recently, this year, she appeared as a central character in the movie Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. When Marvels’ “Eternals” arrives in theaters on Nov. 5, viewers will get to see the first out superhero in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Played by “Atlanta” star Brian Tyree Henry, Phastos is described as "a brilliant inventor with a mind for creating weapons and technology.”

However, when she was first introduced in the 1960s, her character was not originally an LGBTQ superhero. The exact reason she was created was to assuage rumors of Batman being gay. Batwoman was written to be the female version of Batman while also serving as his very straight love interest. Diana of Themyscira has a long and storied history as a queer icon. Creator William Moulton Marston was heavily inspired by his wife Elizabeth and their polyamorous partner Olive Byrne. The early Wonder Woman comics were rife with sapphic subtext. Despite having a character origin that reflected controversial views about LGBTQ identities in the 60s, Batwoman’s character revamps decades later in 2006 features a more hopeful and inclusive arc. DC introduced a totally reworked Batwoman, one who is a lesbian and whose identity isn’t hinged upon problematic projections of another male superhero’s sexuality. There are a number of Indigenous superheroes in mainstream comics, such as Forge, Shaman and the siblings Bishop and Shard (X-Men), American Eagle (Marvel) and Dark Ranger (Batman).

About The Podcast Today...Guys, I am being serious when I say this may have been the most impactful podcast to me that I have ever heard. I laughed and thought and Googled and thought more as I listened to every word. I am not a comic book guy, but I want to be now. Johnny and Alex, you have been some of my favorite listening all summer long, but today was over-the-top. Your kindness, articulation, and intelligence is remarkable. You know when you see or hear about a gay man, your pride swells, and you think, "Wow, they make us look really good...It's great to be gay!" Guys...you are now in that group for me. Thank you for being so transparent about your own body struggles; you are both so relatable. That may explain why the movie has earned a mature rating in Russia, where depictions of LGBTQ people in pop culture are prohibited. Sprite Sprite (Lia McHugh) in Marvel Studios'"Eternals." Marvel Studios Scott admits to having had relationships with a few women — including their mother — but added, “I knew there was something about myself I was hiding away.” I also learned so much about comics, writers, and illustrators. As I sat at a dog park while my dogs were running around. I Googled each character being discussed and saw just what you were discussing. It's so great that you focused on how bodies change, becuase as you both know, our bodies do change as society reacts accordingly to how we look. And yes, there are many many benefits to be a daddy. Even though my body is far from the gay norm, thank goodnss that there are guys who seek just what I represent.