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

[crabby_lioness]

I never said I liked taking crumbs. I said I've taken crumbs when it was take crumbs or starve and used those crumbs to give me the strength to obtain more. I've taken an intolerant, stereotyped perspective I've been awarded as a woman, as a nonChristian, as a homeschooler, as a Southerner, as a nerd, and used it to lay the groundwork to expand that person's perspective.

"Yes, I am a homeschooler. No, that does not mean I am a Fundamentalist Christian."

"Yes, I am a Pagan. No, that does not mean I eat babies."

"Yes, I am a Southerner. No, that does not mean I am ignorant."

'Yes, I do read comics. No, that does not mean I live in my parents' basement."

"Yes, I do have chronic depression and PTSD. No, that does not mean I'm going to come after you with a knife."

Et cetera ad nauseum.

[brilliantnova]

Miss, I seriously was not judging you. Your knapsacking the subject now of who has suffered more and I refuse to participate in that game.
There is no need. especially when I stated we must have varying perspectives and even more than ever I maintain that.
Varying perspectives does not mean one is right nor one is wrong or one has suffered more than the other so that person must be right.

[crabby_lioness]

Sorry, I shouldn't have done that. I got annoyed at the OP's assertion that none of the rest of us had ever had to deal with negative stereotypes. I apologize.

[neo_prodigy]

Whether or not you've had to deal with negative stereotypes doesn't pertain to this discussion. Where you're messing up is that you're trying to force said negative stereotypes down my throat and that's why I have an issue with it.

And whether you realize it or not, the same arguments you're making are akin to the ones that were made in defense of Rawhide Kid.

[crabby_lioness]

Rawhide Kid was a retcon at a time when there were already out gay charecters in comics, not a "first" when there were no out gay characters in comics.

[neo_prodigy]

I did mention that I'm not interested in anything you have to say. Feel free to stop replying now.

[neo_prodigy]

I think she's being willfully obtuse at this point. Because each time she's been called on her privilege and fail, she's dodged and deflected.

[crabby_lioness]

Not really. I just don't see your point. One minute you're complaining about the fact that Northstar is a "gay stereotype" and the other minute you're saying that his relationships with people as something other than a gay man (brother, mentor, team-mate) don't count. I thought a "gay stereotype" was portrayed exclusively in terms of his gay relationships.

[neo_prodigy]

And you're still derailing and not to mention member trolling. Get lost.

[kingrockwell]

You've had it pointed out to you more than once by more than one person that your comments are derailing and offensive. LGBTQ do not need you to tell them how they should feel about their media representation or how to define homophobia. They do not need you to dismiss their concerns.

At this point I'd advise you to take a step back from the conversation and examine your privilege.

[crabby_lioness]

Read it, thank you. I'll keep that in mind.

[brilliantnova]

Sorry for the bold and underline comment. I did not mean to do the whole statement. I Fail for html check.

[crabby_lioness]

No problem, it happens to me all the time. I'm not even sure which version of the code works on dreamwidth. Is it [I], , or ?

[icon_uk]

"Pointy brackets" aka the "greater than" and "less than" indicators

[crabby_lioness]

Thank you. Is it upper-case or lower-case letters inside the pointy brackets?

[icon_uk]

Doesn't matter, the html code isn't case sensitive,

[crabby_lioness]

Thanks. I've seen some code that is sensitive, and it's a pain to remember all their eccentricities.