NYCC: Gay Marriage In Comics

[CBR News]

At the NYCC Gay Marriage in Comics Panel, Paul Kupperberg, Dan Parent, Joan Hilty and Phil Jimenez discussed the controversy and representation, Queer vs. Gay comics and Kevin Keller's high school love life.


Full article here.

[Timberoo]

I'm a gay man and I got married last year. I didn't get gay married. I didn't get out of my gay bed, eat my gay breakfast and drive my gay car to gay work.

I can understand the feeling some gay people have about not conforming to the hetero standard, but I don't see the logic in denying who you are and what you want just because it's like what straight people want.

[Legion_Quest]

I dont think I shall ever understand the American gay communities reclamation and use of the word queer.

As a gay British man, if someone called me queer, even if they meant it in some reclaimed 'nice' way, they'd still get a punch in the bloody face.

[rpi]

I dont think I shall ever understand the American gay communities reclamation and use of the word queer.

As a gay British man, if someone called me queer, even if they meant it in some reclaimed 'nice' way, they'd still get a punch in the bloody face.

The word is going to be used, one way or the other. With the concept of reclaiming the word, it takes some of the edge off it. It's easier to ignore and dismiss if it loses some of its strength.

[Greg Anderson]

I definitely would love to see more bisexuals being portrayed. Love how different Daken, Shatterstar, Julie Powers, and Rictor (although recently I've read he's classified as gay, not bisexual anymore) are from each other as bi-characters, this still room for other representations.

[Johnny P. Sartre]

Not only bi but transgendered (think of a character going through the changes from being a man to a woman or vice versa), cross-dressers and everything in-between!

Or even better, treating sexuality as gray upon grey, fluid and ever changing.

Yes, I know of comics that have done all of these things I listed but we NEED more of them.

[Greg Anderson]

Not only bi but transgendered (think of a character going through the changes from being a man to a woman or vice versa), cross-dressers and everything in-between!

Or even better, treating sexuality as gray upon grey, fluid and ever changing.

Yes, I know of comics that have done all of these things I listed but we NEED more of them.

Much truth with this post.

[darima80]

Not only bi but transgendered (think of a character going through the changes from being a man to a woman or vice versa), cross-dressers and everything in-between!

Or even better, treating sexuality as gray upon grey, fluid and ever changing.

Yes, I know of comics that have done all of these things I listed but we NEED more of them.

I don't remember his/her name, but there was a character in the Infinity, Inc spinoff from "52" that had the ability to switch genders back and forth. I remember enjoying the complexity with which the character was being written.

[Scorcho]

Not only bi but transgendered (think of a character going through the changes from being a man to a woman or vice versa), cross-dressers and everything in-between!

Or even better, treating sexuality as gray upon grey, fluid and ever changing.

Yes, I know of comics that have done all of these things I listed but we NEED more of them.

I was thinking of ideas for new stories and characters recently and for some reason the idea of a transsexual detective popped into my head.

I think it was because I watched the 30 for 30 documentary on Renee Richards. Fascinating stuff.