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Everyone is saying Thor: Ragnarok will have the Marvel Cinematic Universe's first openly gay character, but frankly, we're dubious.

 Organized and curated by writer Marc Andreyko (Batwoman, Manhunter) and published jointly by IDW Publishing and DC Comics, the book featured an array of one- and two-page comics intended to mourn those who died, inspire those who live-on in their names, celebrate the entire LGBTQ community, and embrace all facets of love. The over-sized comic would raise[...]

The two-day comics, arts, and entertainment expo was created as a way of highlighting creators and celebrities from all corners of the LGBTQ geek pop culture spectrum. Bleeding Cool was lucky enough to make it out to Brooklyn for the event and bring back some of the sights and sounds from the day to give you[...]

Geeks OUT presented the third edition of Flame Con! The World's Largest Queer Comic Con this past weekend at The Brooklyn Bridge Marriott in NYC, highlighting creators and celebrities from all corners of the LGBTQ geek pop culture spectrum And what's a con without some amazing cosplay? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSkWuZF23igVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: FlameCon (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSkWuZF23ig) Bleeding Cool was[...]

The two-day comics, arts, and entertainment expo was created as a way of highlighting creators and celebrities from all corners of the LGBTQ geek pop culture spectrum. Bleeding Cool was lucky enough to make it out to Brooklyn on Saturday to cover the event and be able to share some of the sights and sounds from[...]

Yes, they use some poor language without thinking, but there is no hate here — it's fear. It was a scene that felt immediately relatable to any reader, whether or not they are also part of the LGBTQ+ community. Then we get to the fight scenes. Art by Alessandro Vitti and Rachelle Rosenberg Vitti's art really shines in this[...]

Andrew Garfield claims that he's a gay man "without the physical act," because he's been watching RuPaul's Drag Race to get into character.

Not just the incredibly graphic cover to the comic's fourth issue, revealed recently as part of Image Comics' September solicits, and the intense backlash and upset that it caused, but also at the start of Pride Month in June when the first issue contained a graphic, sexualised depiction of trans panic violence and the again[...]

Well, there's not much Pride Month left for 2017, but ComiXology have the perfect deal to help you celebrate the last few days of LGBTQ+ acceptance, remembrance and excellence with a special Pride sale on various indie LGBTQ books and titles. You have until the end of June to take advantage of this incredible sale, which[...]

Gosh Comics is situated in Soho, the LGBTQ "capital" of London And with Pride London beginning today, lots of companies in the quadrangle between Regents Street, Shaftesbury Avenue, Charing Cross Road and Oxford Street will be flying their colours in support. But fresh off the block Gosh Comics' window display, displaying a rainbow of comic books,[...]

Oh Happy Pride Month, indeed! I've wittered on about improving LGBT representation in superhero media for a long time One might even say it's like I have an agenda Well, it seems that Eternal (Gay) Lord of the Realm Sir Ian McKellen agrees with me. In a recent interview with Variety, McKellen, who starred as Master[...]

It's Pride Month, and we here at Bleeding Cool have covered the discussions, conflicts, and LGBTQ creators and projects that we found inspiring to date But what of the new and rising LGBTQ voices in comics now? Which creators do we think are going to be making waves in the time to come? Well, here a[...]

Pride is a time for the LGBTQ community to stand for their rights, equality, and thoughtful representation, as well as a time to remember the struggles we've gone through to get here — but it's also a time to celebrate the victories, those that brought us here, and the things to be thankful for now. I[...]

Though it should be remembered, Chinese censors have a long history of censoring LGBTQ content in film and TV. Apparently, phallic-symbol blowing twincest androids is just a step too far.   Happy Pride Month everyone! Yup, Chinese censors have removed what was, admittedly, a rather odd part from the recent new addition to the Alien saga, Ridley Scott's[...]

Rooted in the worst aspects of reality, this is indignant, rebellious fiction, designed to make readers both angry and uncomfortable, but more than that, it's intended to provoke thought about how and why things have reached a state where the tools for progress — discourse, understanding, cooperation — are shunned in favor of treating anyone[...]

Stemming from a hilarious mistake on Netflix's part, when they wrongly categorised the film as LGBT interest in late 2016, Jennifer Kent's The Babadook slowly built as a meme on the likes of tumblr, twitter and Instagram to rise as an unlikely queer icon. This Pride Month, the first since the mistake and meme began, saw[...]

From the controversies with artist Berliac to Howard Chaykin and Image Comics on The Divided States of Hysteria, what more could there be in the first week? Popping outside of comics for a moment, clothing store Abercrombie & Fitch came under fire for a Pride Month tweet, which they have since deleted, that read "the pride community is[...]

It's often because ___ writer can't afford to go back end only. — Alex de Campi (@alexdecampi) June 9, 2017 It is also worth noting that Image Comics generally do put out quite a few titles that have a good bit of LGBTQ+ representation, if not a great deal of trans representation specifically, such as progressive titles[...]

 But be warned – it is very graphic, violent and triggering. Naturally, that this kind of story is being told is distasteful anyway, but to also come out during Pride Month, a time when we should be pushing and celebrating LGBTQ+ visibility, inclusiveness and hope for the future, is the height of bad timing and poor[...]

Berliac's original graphic novel Sadbøi has been cancelled by publisher Drawn & Quarterly after the artist's transphobic previous comments came to light

G I Joe goes for erotic wrestling in brand new variant cover by Ed Luce, the first queer artist to tackle Hasbro's crown jewel characters

While the company has made an effort to diversify and have included LGBTQ+ characters in various team books or as supporting characters, they haven't featured any gay characters in their own solo ongoing book The closest would be Daken, a bisexual man, during Dark Reign, whose run in the role of Dark Wolverine was naturally[...]

The reason was because the series would feature a trans lead character as the focus of this first volume of stories – and the reaction that this was being handled not by a trans creator, but rather by writer Paul Jenkins. I'll admit, I went into reading this series with some trepidation: seeing a trans character[...]

Keiynan Lonsdale, who stars in The CW's The Flash as Kid Flash/Wally West, has come out publicly as bisexual in an emotional post on twitter. Lonsdale

2's director James Gunn's comments about the appearance of LGBTQ superheroes in Marvel movies And you really should check out Kaitlyn Booth's excellent article looking at his comments Gunn's statement is to the effect that maybe we already have LGBT characters, but we just don't know it yet Or to give his full quote, "Somebody asked[...]

Robin Lord Taylor, who stars as Penguin in Fox's Gotham show set in a pre-Batman Gotham City, has once again blasted back at critics of the gay storyline

Through a number of games that on service level seem nothing more than odd, titillating eccentricities, there is arguably a deeper aspect to these games, the message that Yang hopes to bring out. As he says in the interview, "I'm trying to talk to gay people about gay stuff," with his games like Stick Shift, wherein[...]

The ALA's 2016 list of the Top Ten most challenged books in American Libraries and school has revealed that a vast majority of those challenged and banned are books containing LGBTQ characters or themes, particularly the transgender aspect of the community There are also a significant number of graphic novels, both original and collected editions,[...]

Conversations strayed from inquiring about the presentations to asking generic questions about the comic book industry and what we in the lgbt community want. Waltonen, leading the panel and question portion, spoke on Kill Shakespeare and the relation of the female characters such as Juliet and Lady Macbeth to the 'protagonist' of the story Hamlet without[...]

With Kim Reaper being my own creation, I have 100% freedom with the storyline and characters! JG: Kim Reaper obviously includes some great LGBT representation right from the get-go Was this a conscious decision or did it just come naturally? SG: When I write a comic I usually start off with rough character designs before getting into the[...]