Karolina with friend (YouTube/Hulu)Īmerica Chavez, a queer Latina teenager with lesbian parents, got her own comic book last year. Runaways features a lesbian superhero in the shape of Karolina Dean, a protagonist who slowly realises her sexuality while also figuring out her powers. Marvel has also included LGBT representation, though not explicitly on the big screen. Nafessa Williams plays Anissa Pierce aka Thunder (PinkNews) If you’ve been watching Legends of Tomorrow, you will have also cheered at Sara Lance and Ava Sharpe kissing earlier this year to make their romance canon. Nicole Maines walks onstage at the Supergirl Q&A during Comic-Con (Mike Coppola/Getty)īlack Lightning features Anissa Pierce, a black lesbian medical student, teacher and – as it turns out – superhero by the name of Thunder. Supergirl is also set to introduce its first ever transgender character, Nia Nal, later this year when it returns for the show’s fourth season. This fan can also add the fact that DC is set to release Birds of Prey, its first film to feature a lesbian superhero in the shape of Renee Montoya, an openly gay Gotham City detective. That’s how heteronormativity functions, and that’s why it’s a problem.Īnd a different fan wrote about how #20GayTeen, the absolute best name for 2018 that was popularised by singer Hayley ‘Lesbian Jesus’ Kiyoko, was going extremely well.
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If you think shiro being gay is a “betrayal” to your straight fantasies, the problem lies with the fact that you assumed shiro was straight.
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“That’s how heteronormativity functions, and that’s why it’s a problem.”
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One person made the excellent point that “if you think shiro being gay is a ‘betrayal’ to your straight fantasies, the problem lies with the fact that you assumed shiro was straight. And his relationships don’t change because of his queerness. We’re shown a character that’s respected and accomplished. THIS is why Shiro being gay is so important. “We’re shown a character that’s respected and accomplished. SHIRO’S GAY packing hell July 22, 2018Īnother fan said: “THIS is why Shiro being gay is so important. I am so unbelievably happy to see #shiro as our representation I couldn’t smile any bigger. The reaction from fans was incredibly positive, with one person writing: “I am so unbelievably happy to see #shiro as our representation I couldn’t smile any bigger. Previous episodes have shown Shiro to be Keith’s greatest hope, and the idea of Shiro leaving terrifies Keith. Shiro and Keith have been through intense moments together (Voltron: Legendary Defender/Netflix) It will also add fuel to fans who ship (that is, desire and/or support a relationship between two characters) Shiro and his fellow paladin Keith. This revelation means that there is another LGBT superhero to cheer on, and an especially impressive one, as Shiro is a war veteran, pilot and natural leader of the paladins. The fact that there is a vocal audience demandind for the conversation to be pushed farther and faster is ultimately an incredibly positive thing and a lesson we'll take moving forward.Lauren Montgomery on the panel (Nicholas Hunt/Getty) We are incredibly proud of the strides we were able to make thus far. "What I can say is that we're riding an ever moving, fine line here and trying to navigate as best as we can while still moving the conversation forward. "There is no way for me to take away the hurt some of you have felt with the loss of Adam and from a bigger prespective how we fumbled a potentially larger positive social message," Dos Santos wrote in his apology. Include crossovers Exclude crossovers Show only crossovers Completion Status. S4Ram1Mxm1ĭos Santos' apology comes on the heels of the controversy surrounding the show's decision to kill off Adam, a gay character who was revealed to be the love interest of Shiro, one of Voltron's lead male characters.Īlthough fans were excited about the show having a queer lead character on it, they were rightfully upset to learn that his love interest (who was literally introduced to them this current season) was killed off after only being seen for a total of two scenes, according to The Mary Sue. Bisexual Lance (Voltron) (553) Gay Keith (Voltron) (536) Fluff (376) Pining Keith (Voltron) (373) Keith (Voltron) is Bad at Feelings (315) Lance (Voltron) is a Mess (310) Fluff and Angst (309) Other tags to exclude More Options Crossovers.
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Voltron: Legendary Defender showrunner Joaquim Dos Santos took to Twitter yesterday to openly apologize to fans who felt like the popular animated Netflix series queer-baited them.Īn open letter to the VLD fandom RE: Season 7.