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All-New X-Men #40 Is A $13 Comic Now
One out Iceman. One son of Billy Graham. Today the Marvel comic character Ice Man, from the “X-Men” series, is coming out as gay. This is another attempt
Today, Two Major Marvel Characters Are Outed As Being Straight (SPOILERS)
This article contains spoilers for the final issue of the Black Vortex crossover, issue Omega, out today from Marvel Comics. Because while there may be one story being carried out in All-New X-Men #40, some may have missed the rather heterosexual shocker being carried out in this issue. Guardians In The Galaxy in the past was rather[...]
Stray Bullet Wins Prism Queer Press Grant
Dave Davenport has received the 2015 Prism Comics Queer Press Grant towards the production of his upcoming graphic novel Stray Bullet. Announced at the It's A Queer, Queer World panel by Prism president Ted Abenheim at Wondercon, the grant is awarded to "assist comics creators in self publishing comics with LGBT characters or themes Entries are judged[...]
Alysia Yeoh – A Future DC Comics Transgender Superhero?
While there had been strides in the LGBT representation in comics, that T was somewhat lacking, and when present was often treated as, well, a superpower. When Batgirl got revamped after writer Gail Simone left the book, Alisa became a lesser character, living in Gotham as Barbara moved to Burnside But she did still appear in[...]
Could Indiana Find Itself Without Gen Con In The Near Future?
We urge the House to vote this bill down and call on Governor Pence to do the right thing and veto this bill if it makes it to his desk. Tabletop gaming has always had a sizable contingent of LGBT gamers and designers, all of whom would be negatively impacted by this bill Gen Con wrote[...]
Supergirl Adds Maxima To DC's LGBT List
there needs to be more characters of diverse backgrounds, including LGBT ones, in mainstream media (out &) proud to be a part of positive social change AND a f—ing awesome team that's pushing us forward with epic storytelling, phenomenal That moment would be this one. And while Supergirl is ending, odds are Maxima will find a way[...]
Has DC Comics Reached LGBT Parity Now?
And Bunker, a member of the Teen Titans is gay. That's about four ongoing DC comic book titles with a lead portrayed as being LGBT and a number of ensemble comics with significant LGBT characters That's… getting pretty close to representative of the general population isn't it? Now how that appears is up in the air[...]
Batgirl With A Gold Dress On
As a result of commentary, the creative team (but not DC Comics) issued an apology. Bleeding Cool commentator and Greek LGBT activist reporter, Dr Manolis Vamvounis had another take he wanted to share He writes, I'm frustrated with the hate that Cameron Stewart, Brenden Fletcher, Babs Tarr and the Batgirl team is receiving from a very sensitive and vocal group[...]
LGBT Geek Year In Review – The SDCC 2014 Panel
By Joe Glass Starting a little late on Thursday night, due to the popularity of previous panel on Trans representation in comics, the first ever LGBT Geek Year in Review started, thanks to PRISM, an LGBT in comics activism and support group. Featured on the panel were P Kristen Enos as host, and Diane Anderson-Minshall (The Advocate), Trish Bendix (AfterEllen.com), Matt Kane (GLAAD) and Sean Z[...]