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.
The Comics Bulletin website posed the question "Is Batman Gay?" to their staff and various comic book professionals. Writer Alan Grant has stated: "The Batman I wrote for 13 years isn't gay.
Over the entirety of the MCU so far, these moments are disappointingly small, but it is still more than the DCEU has done. Despite the many LGBTQ+ characters in DC Comics, the DCEU remains overwhelmingly straight.
Among DC Comics' current titles, there are several books featuring prominent LGBTQ+ characters. From Superman: Son of Kal-El to Harley Quinn and others, the DC universe continues to lead the way in heroic inclusion.
During the survey, the majority of respondents said that they had no preference for Marvel over DC Comics for any media type, however Marvel was overall more popular. Whilst 39 percent said that they preferred Marvel movies, just five percent said the same about DC Comics films.
“The Joker is a character with almost 80 years [of] history, half of which he was portrayed as homosexual,” Shestakova states, CBR reported. “Neal Adams claimed that the Joker was and always had been homosexual [..] in the 'Batman Files' book. This opinion was shared by other comic book authors and artists for decades.
Their history on the Earth-Two continuity developed to the point where Catwoman reformed and Batman admitted his love for her, formally marrying shortly after and having a daughter, Helena Wayne, who later became the Huntress.
Where Phastos and America Chavez broke ground in the MCU, Northstar broke ground in the Marvel Comics universe. John Byrne introduced Northstar as the first openly gay character in Marvel Comics history. In Astonishing X-Men, he and his boyfriend had Marvel's first-ever same-sex wedding.
As part of the New 52, Bunker was added to the roster of the Teen Titans and the Green Lantern of Earth 2, Alan Scott, was changed into a gay man. In the years that followed, a number of heroes and villains came out as bisexual, including Catwoman, Wonder Woman, Tim Drake and Jon Kent.
From Superman: Son of Kal-El to Harley Quinn and others, the DC universe continues to lead the way in heroic inclusion. There are quite a few queer heroes saving the day in places like Gotham City, Metropolis, Central City, and more.
The DC Pride 2022 anthology confirms Connor to be asexual; "Connor is a character who a number of fans have interpreted to be asexual for decades, as he has often shied away from sexual moments or innuendos".
Raven, the daughter of the powerful demon Trigon and human Arella, possesses a supernatural lineage that grants her remarkable abilities as an empath. She can sense emotions and manipulate her soul-self, which takes the form of her namesake, for various purposes.
They're not DC properties... The first six issues of the boys were published under wildstorm which is an imprint of DC. Now, DC comics were uneasy with the anti-superhero tone of this series so they gave the rights of the characters to the writers and cancelled the comic.
Carol Ferris (also known as Star Sapphire) is a recurring character in the second generation of the DC Super Hero Girls franchise. She first appeared in "Hate Triangle," in which she serves as the main antagonist. She is a Violet Lantern, the girlfriend of Hal Jordan and a student at Metropolis High School.
No stranger to shocking storylines, the Joker became pregnant and gave birth in a new comic from DC Comics. In the latest issue of the Joker: The Man Who Stopped Laughing, the iconic Batman is placed in an unexpected story that sees the Clown Prince of Crime introduce a miniature Joker to the world.
The key difference: Comic book Mar-Vell is a male while movie Mar-Vell is female. According to directors Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, the gender swap happened “very late” into development. “That was one of the epiphanies in the writing that came fairly late in the process,” Boden recently told Entertainment Weekly.
Love is played by India Rose Hemsworth, the real life daughter of Thor actor Chris Hemsworth. India Rose is the second child of Chris Hemsworth to appear in Thor: Love and Thunder, after his son Tristian Hemsworth playing teenage Thor in a flashback.
In a post-credit scene, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 introduces a major lesbian character from the comics into the MCU: Phyla-Vell. Throughout the movie, you see glimpses of a young girl with white hair who was created by the movie's villain the High Evolutionary.
