COMMENTS: Users Weigh in on Gay Superheroes - Join the Debate!

COMMENTS: Users Weigh in on Gay Superheroes - Join the Debate!

Over the weekend an interesting debate has been raging in the comments section of our article about Stan Lee producing a gay superhero show for cable. So far they are covering everything from pop-culture to prop 8. Check it out and join in!

By ComicBookMovie - Nov 17, 2008 12:11 PM EST
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Here are just a few...

Rorschach01 - well if you look at midnighter from the authority, thats a gay character that really worked..but my guess is this show wont be half as dark or subversive as that comic.

Powergirl - The problem is that homosexuality is being forced on the masses propaganda style. With all the gays on TV and throughout entertainment media, you'd think a huge percentage of the population was that way--when in actuality, gays are a small minority, as proven by the ban on homosexual marriage that was just passed in CALIFORNIA of all places. Even at 10%, which is the percentage of gays in America that the media always reports but is refuted as too high by many studies, there is still an overabundance of homosexual portrayals in mainstream entertainment. I say, keep Northstar gay but make Colossus a real man once again.

JohnnyKrypton - Colossus never was gay...that's the second-rate "Ultimate" version, not the canonical one...Powergirl, the percentage of gays obviously varies by region. Ratios for NY or SF are going to skew much higher than those towards the center of the country, and higher than the national average as a whole. Seeing as how most characters are based on the coasts, I have no problem with that. I DO have a problem with closed-minded bigots hiding behind religion while advancing their own moral agenda and forcing it upon the rest of society. You know, like supporters of Prop 8...

Lestat - As a gay male reader of this site, I've never felt the need to post anything until now. But I'm sorry, I gotta answer some of powergirl's posts here, or I'll explode....

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