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So instead the publisher introduces much-needed, long-overdue progress along the edges — a sympathetic villain here, a supporting character there. They re-introduce deep-bench characters that haven't appeared in any comic for decades, and slap 'em with a same-sex partner. I am happy to be able to present an openly gay person who admires Captain America and fights against evil to help those who are almost invisible to society,” Bazaldua said in a statement. “While I was drawing him, I thought, well, Cap fights against super-powerful beings and saves the world almost always, but Aaron helps those who walk alone in the street with problems that they face every day.” Loki Tom Hiddleston as Loki and Sophia Di Martino as Sylvie in Marvel Studios'"Loki." Marvel Studios

But she didn’t make her comic book debut until June 2021, in a story featured in the “DC Pride” anthology that also featured out crimefighters Batwoman, Aqualad and Alan Scott. What many users encountering the idea for the first time may not know, however, is that the chaos caused by the idea is precisely the point. According to discussion threads on 4chan, trolls deliberately planned to provoke a reaction and divide LGBTQ communities by spreading the super-straight idea. 'Super straight' originated on TikTok and spread to forums like 4chan

Loki is not the first bisexual character in the MCU

LGBTQ+ comic writer Joe Glass believes it’s been traditionally hard for independent publishers to compete to compete in the comic market - going up against the likes of Batman and Captain America is no easy feat:

On the other hand, for Tom Taylor, who wrote the story bringing Jon out of the closet, youth is less a driving factor than the changing priorities of the characters’ publisher. Though Taylor had long wanted to write a story with an out-queer hero, it was DC who approached him with the suggestion to bring Superman out of the closet even as Taylor himself had been toying with the notion: This is progress, and it's following precisely the same arc that representation of any marginalized community — women, people of color, queers, people with disabilities — has historically followed, in popular media. 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?” 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. Bobby Drake, better known as Iceman, has been part of Marvel’s X-Men since its inception in the 1960s. Created by Stan Lee, the X-Men explored a unique type of superhero storytelling. Born as mutants and disliked by society, the X-Men were created as noble heroes fighting for the very world that shunned them. So, it’s really not surprising – in fact, it’s rather fitting – that there would be a high-profile gay superhero in Marvel’s X-Men lineup.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. Deku has no powers at the beginning of My Hero Academia, but he strives to become like his hero, All Might, so he can inspire people in the same way, and he gets there through perseverance and hard work.

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. Using the most conservative count (I could go higher!), mainline DC continuity has blessed us with no fewer than two Supermans, three Flashes, four Wonder Womans, two Aquamans, three Batgirls, and five Robins. And let’s not start on the Green Lanterns, because buddy, we’ll be here all day. Case in point, this year’s DC Pride special, the company’s second annual showcase of an increasingly sizable stable of LGBTQ characters. Of the 12 stories housed in this year’s installment, half centered on out-of-the-closet legacy iterations of established characters. 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.But she’s also been, in the words of writer Kat Calamia in GamesRadar, “the queen of subtextual storytelling” with flirtatious relationships with female X-Men Rachel Summers and Illyana Rasputin.

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.” So what's the difference? Leah says that it's the will to use your powers for the good of the community: “This can be extrapolated heavily from Magical Girl titles, where an ordinary girl is charged with fighting off enemies for the good of their town/planet, even if they are afraid or don't want to… It’s something of a metaphor for the transition into adulthood.” Loki won’t be the only queer in Asgard for long: Tessa Thompson, who plays Valkyrie, confirmed her character will be involved in an LGBTQ storyline in May 2022’s “Thor: Love and Thunder.” 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.

Informed by his boyfriend Jay Nakamura that he’s expected to wear his Superman togs to the parade, Jon become suddenly reticent to saddle the S-shield with his own bisexuality: “Symbols tell stories at the speed of sight,” he reflects in narrative captions, “But people don’t always agree on what symbols mean. And the meaning of a symbol can change depending on who’s viewing it.” 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.”