LGBTQ Roll Call

[neo_prodigy]

With June being LGBTQ Pride, I couldn't think of a better time to do a Roll Call celebrating exceptional LGBTQ characters in comics.


While there have been a number of LGBTQ characters, most of them at best have been relegated to minor characters and at worst deplorable homophobic queer minstrel shows.
And don't get it conflated.

Visibility is not progress.

If it were then the Rawhide Kid and Northstar would be progressive trailblazing characters.

 So no, this isn't just my list of queer comic characters.

This is a salute to the elite characters who have provided me with a more than a few OH HELL YEAH! moments.
A list of characters and made me proud to be a comic book geek and an LGBTQ.

Also, if you haven't already, feel free to check out my recent post on No_Scans discussing Queer Tropes to better understand where I'm coming from on this.


That being said: ROLL CALL!!!!!!!

 

Batwoman










Jack Harkness










Ianto Jones










The Question (Renee Montoya)











Ozymandias




Black Cat



Daken



Destiny



Mystique




Rictor & Shatterstar 

 


 

 



And by the by: The Greeks/Romans/Spartans were like TOTALLY GAY!!!!! (nsfw)


Victoria Hand





Richie Foley/Gear









Dani Baptiste





Tim Gunn

He's awesome and must therefore be included.



Catwoman (Holly Robinson)



Lafayette Reynolds



Scandal Savage



Hulkling



Karolina Dean



Wiccan



HE"S GAY HONEY!!!! Stop trying to recruit. Straight people: Always trying to push their heterosexual agenda on us God-fearing gays. ;D




Xavin







Achilles







DAYUM is my boyfriend sexy!!!!

Go ahead. It's okay to look.

THAT"S CLOSE ENOUGH.

I'm gonna need you to back away from my man, right the hell now.

Satsu













(Ultimate) Colossus









Not sure if the live-action movie version featured 616 Colossus or Ultimate Colossus.

It really doesn't matter because you're a fool if you think I"m about to pass up a chance to partake in some Grade-A beefcake like one Daniel Cudmore.








Willow Rosenberg

















Tara MaClay













John Constantine







Xena






The Midnighter



Apollo & The Midnighter







Now, I'm willing to bet there are some gems out there that myself and others may not be aware of and/or should (re)consider checking out.

So if you have any recommendations of awesome exceptional prominent LGBTQ characters in comics then by all means, sharing is caring. Please post them away in the comments.

 

Comments

[shadowpsykie]

John Barrowman? what happened there?

[neo_prodigy]

He was up for the part of Will but the producers shot him down because they thought he was too masculine and instead hired a heterosexual man to play what they thought was an authentic gay guy as opposed to a more qualified gay actor to play a gay character.

[shadowpsykie]

hmmm that was something i was not aware of....

[icon_uk]

Or, and here's a random thought, maybe he didn't get the part because John Barrowman just isn't a good enough actor to carry a show where he's supposed to be the buttoned down one of the cast, whether he's gay or not.

We've only EVER heard his side of that story (and he trots it out at every opportunity), so I'd hold fire on treating it as fact.

[neo_prodigy]

or here's another thought. maybe he's telling the truth about the show making with the homophobia, something that show reinforced for 9 fucking seasons.

so if there's evidence to the contrary, i'd be happy to see it but i'm not dismissing his comments for being an inconvenient truth.

[icon_uk]

I'm not dismissing them either, they may be true, but he has no supporting evidence either and it's also entirely possible that he didn't gel with the cast they already had or they didn't like his performance for reasons other than him being gay.

He had had little acting experience working on television at that time (Central Park West was about it, beyond some rather wretched kids TV presenting roles in the UK, which even he feels were poor) so that may well have contributed tp not getting a headline role in an American format (eg 20+ episodes in a row at a time) series.

He would have been a major gamble for headline Will and Grace, whereas Eric McCormack, whatever else one may think of his acting, had much experience in the field.

[neo_prodigy]

But seeing as he dealt with the people directly and knows the intricacies of his experience, I'm going to trust him to it.

[icon_uk]

And you are of course entirely free to do so, personally, I'd rather hear both sides of a story like that before I pass judgement. Actually, I don't recall JB ever saying how he knows he was turned down for that reason.

Plus, given his tendencies to camp it up at any opportunity, I can imagine he might have gone OTT for an audition. They certainly didn't need two Sean Hayes... personally, I don't think they needed one, but that's apropos of nothing.

[neo_prodigy]

That's good for you. Just like I go by the evidence presented.

"Actually, I don't recall JB ever saying how he knows he was turned down for that reason."

Check out his autobiography.