Cowards.Even anti-gay fans think that Batman v Superman film will be ultra-gay.
There are plenty of superheroes who sneak out at night while dressing up in fashionable skin tight outfits to choose from. Of all the people they could have selected they came up with these two. Wonder Woman was raised on the island of Amazons (a strictly enforced female only island) and she’s gay!?! OMG!! Didn't see that one coming! Really stuck your neck out on that one guys! Next I'll have to hear about how she was "conditioned" from a lack of choice by some a-hole in the cubicle next to me.
And heck, after watching the movie and seeing their high council of all men perhaps they were sexist to boot. The fact is that since Superman is a Kryptonian (an alien) and we know very little about his planet only suggests that the writers were unwilling to go out on a limb and make a human superhero gay, only an alien. I also heard that they were thinking of doing the same to Wonder Woman.
I think that the whole thing about Superman coming out of the closet is an insult to the gay community and shows what bunch of chickens the writers of DC Comics are. Maybe the high profile nature of the character will make it so that instead of being “that gay superhero,” he’ll be “that awesome superhero who fights crime, and oh yeah he happens to like dudes.” I would love for that to be the case. Of course, maybe DC will treat the subject matter with the seriousness it deserves. Is this a publicity stunt? Whether it’s to keep pace with the mood of the country following President Obama’s declaration of support of gay marriage, or to keep pace with rival publisher Marvel, who just announced that two of its gay heroes would be getting married – it feels a bit more exploitative than it does genuine. Any one of these coming out of the closet would be a huge deal, as he would easily be the most high-profile gay hero in the comics business – how many people who don’t follow comics have heard of Wiccan or Apollo? The only male DC superheroes I can think of who would be considered “iconic” are Batman, Superman, Flash, Green Lantern, and maybe Aquaman. A statement from DC’s Senior VP of Publicity Courtney Simmons narrowed it down, when she confirmed to ABC Burbank that one of DC’s “major iconic” characters will “reveal that he is gay in a storyline in June.” So we know that the hero in question is male, and that he is considered an “iconic” level character.
Predictably, this answer caused quite a stir, with many across the internet trying to figure out which of DC’s many, many characters would be coming out of the closet. This superhero would be “one of our most prominent gay characters,” said DiDio. In fact, he said, a storyline in June would reintroduce a character who had previously been portrayed as heterosexual as gay. But why, DiDio was asked, was it okay to change a character’s age, race, size, or any other number of features that made them identifiable, yet sexual orientation was off the table?ĭiDio answered that DC had in fact reevaluated that policy as well. DC had previously said that any LGBT characters would be newly introduced rather than existing characters reworked.
Speaking at the Kapow comic convention in London, DC co-publisher Dan DiDio was asked about DC’s policies regarding its universe “reboot” and the reimagining of its historic characters. However, DC Comics says that one of its major heroes will be soon joining the ranks of Northstar and the Midnighter as an openly gay crimefighter. In that light, it’s a wonder that there aren’t more openly gay superheroes. You have these strapping, square-jawed men in skin-tight spandex with rippling muscles forging lasting bonds with equally spandex-clad muscle-men – it’s like the locker room after a football game. When you get down to it, there’s something about superhero comics that is just inherently homoerotic. Superman is coming out of the closet in June.