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Is The World Ready For A Gay Superhero?<\/b><\/p>\n

\"superman-rainbow\"<\/a>Perhaps inspired by the casting of openly queer actor Ezra Miller in the title role of The Flash<\/em><\/a> (set to hit the big screen in 2018), TheWrap<\/a> asked a number of Hollywood’s out and prouds (plus a few allies) to weigh in on Hollywood’s recent LGBT superhero surge — both in terms of the characters themselves and the people who play them.<\/p>\n

While the casting of gay<\/a>, lesbian<\/a>, or bisexual<\/a> actors in superhero or villain roles is hardly novel (witness Wentworth Miller<\/a> as Captain Cold on the TV version of The Flash<\/em>, John Barrowman<\/a> as Malcom Merlyn on Arrow<\/em>, or Ian McKellen, Ellen Page<\/a>, and Anna Paquin<\/a> in the various X-Men<\/em> movies), are audiences ready to accept an actual LGBT superhero?<\/p>\n

Yes, says Modern Family<\/em>‘s Eric Stonestreet. “If you you buy in that it’s possible there is such a thing as a superhero, you also have to buy into the fact that there are gay<\/a> superheroes.”<\/p>\n

NFL player and LGBT ally Chris Kluwe<\/a> seconds that. “It shouldn’t necessarily even matter what the sexuality is of the superhero,” he says. “It should just be, like, oh, Superman wants to go home to his boyfriend — you know, Louis Lane — then that’s what Superman does.”<\/p>\n

But have we been missing something? Have there been gay<\/a> superheros all along? “Superheros are super gay<\/a>,” said Queer Eye for the Straight Guy<\/em>‘s Carson Kressley. “I mean — hello — Aquaman? I have so many Aquaman fantasies. Batman and Robin — the first same sex<\/a> couple<\/a> on television.”<\/p>\n

\"batman_robin\"<\/a>As for the issue of acceptance, GLAAD’s director of entertainment media Matt Kane calls<\/a> sexual and gender heterogeneity “a total non-issue” for the under-30 crowd. “We’re seeing a greater emphasis on diversity from [major comic publishers],” he told TheWrap. “I know Marvel has more female<\/a>-led titles than they had before, not to mention quite a few LGBT characters.”<\/p>\n

But as a lead? While out bi<\/a> actor Andy Mientus<\/a> will appear on the small screen version of The Flash<\/em> as gay<\/a> villain The Pied Piper, the question of whether or not openly gay<\/a> good<\/em> guy<\/a> can drive a movie or TV remains to be seen. Still, Mientus feels that characters are moving in the right direction. “I feel really proud to take on this role,” he says. “I’m a villain and I’m powerful and I think it would be really cool if there’s some queer kid sitting at home watching me blow up cars and shit, while knowing that I am who I am in my personal life and that the character is out and happy.”<\/p>\n

Watch more stars sounding off on the topic:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Winston Gieseke<\/p>\n

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