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TV: Flash’s Rick Cosnett Comes Out

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The Flash actor Rick Cosnett came out as gay in a touching video, imploring the world to live their truth “everyday”. With the blessed DNA of being Hugh Grant’s cousin, the director, who plays detective Eddie Thawne on the television series, case out over Instagram. In the clip captioned “Just me, hello”, Cosnett begins with a “dramatic pause” before leisurely declaring: “I’m gay. I just wanted everyone to know because I made a promise to myself to live my truth everyday. Full Story from Pink News

FILM: Birds of Prey Confirms harley Quinn is Bi

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New DC film Birds of Prey confirmed that Harley Quinn is bisexual. The film, which sees Margot Robbie reprise the role she played to acclaim in 2016’s Suicide Squad, made a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it revelation about the character. The moment is at the very start of the film, during an animated sequence explaining Harley Quinn’s origins. In it, the character explains how she had a series of failed relationships before meeting the Joker, with a virtual slot machine quickly depicting her exes. While the first two exes are men, the third is a woman – in a subtle confirmation of her sexuality. … Read more

TV: Batwoman Officially Comes Out On CW Show

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In a shocking rebuke of lesbian newscaster Rachel Maddow, Batwoman came out as a lesbian and gave the story to rival journalist Kara Danvers. The hit CW superhero show features Maddow in a voice role as television and radio personality Vesper Fairchild. While Maddow is a lesbian in real-life, Fairchild had a romantic relationship with Bruce Wayne in the comics. Actor Ruby Rose plays Kate Kane, Wayne’s cousin, who takes over his role as the caped crusader. But instead of the broody heterosexual Wayne, Kane is an out, masculine-of-center lesbian who faced a critical decision in this week’s episode. The … Read more

TV’s Robin Says ABC Tried to Shrink His… Robin-hood

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For baby boomers and classic TV fans, the name Burt Ward is instantly recognizable as the loyal and extremely excitable Robin on the campy “Batman” series which ran on ABC from 1966-1968. Just this week he happily unveiled a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame which he called an “amazing experience.” The Caped Crusaders costumes were bright and tight-fitting to say the least, so snug that Ward incurred the wrath of the Catholic League of Decency. “They thought that Robin had a very large bulge for television,” Ward told Page Six, although he promises that it was all him, … Read more

FILM: New Wonder Woman 1984 Trailer: Drag Queen Kicks and A Date With Another Woman?

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Wonder Woman 1984 Trailer

The Wonder Woman 1984 trailer is an instant queer classic and the internet will not hear otherwise. Gal Gadot is back as Diana Prince, immortal demigoddess, Amazon princess and bonafide bisexual icon, for another instalment of the Worlds of DC. Wonder Woman 1984 sees the warrior’s story jump ahead by about 70 years, as the title suggests, to the era of mullets, aerobics and – on a less iconic note – Section 28. The trailer gives fans their first glimpse of Kristen Stewart’s character, Cheetah, who appears to be on a date with Diana. Full Story at Pink News

NEWS: Rachel Maddow Snags Role in “Batwoman” TV Series

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Rachel Maddow announced that she has a role in multiple episodes of the new Batwoman TV series from The CW starring Ruby Rose. Tweeted the MSNBC anchor: “I know no one’s going to believe this is true, but it’s true. I’m ‘Vesper Fairchild’ in the new Batwoman TV show that starts this Sunday night on The CW. (My character is soooo not me; turns out playing her is one of the most fun things I’ve ever done).” Via The Hollywood Reporter: ‘Fairchild is a television and radio personality who had a romantic relationship with Bruce Wayne (Batman). The Batwoman catch … Read more

TV: Lynda Carter to Reprise Role as Wonder Woman

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As “The Arrowverse” of interconnected superhero shows plan an upcoming multi-episode crossover featuring characters from Supergirl, Arrow, The Flash, Batwoman, and Legends of Tomorrow. The crossover, “Crisis on Infinite Earths,” would bring together multiple versions of characters from previous movies and television shows. Lynda Carter, who portrayed Wonder Woman in the 1970s, already has a role on Supergirl as an alien disguised as an American politician, but now CBR is reporting that the actress will appear in the crossover – in her original role as the Amazonian warrior princess. If the world needs to be saved, then someone’s got to do it! Full Story at … Read more

Aquaman Has a Same Sex Kiss

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DC Comics continued to expand its roster of out superheroes this week by showing a same-sex kiss between Aquaman and Wynnde on the animated series Young Justice: Outsiders, a show about teenage superheroes. In the recent episode “Quiet Conversations,” Kaldur-ahm, a character formerly known as Aqualad, took on the name of Aquaman from the original superhero after serving for a while as his protege. After becoming the new Aquaman, he kissed Wynnde, a resident of the underwater kingdom of Atlantis. The new Aquaman is known for being soft-spoken and clear-headed and is more or less the leader of his superhero team. … Read more

DC Gets a Gay (Kinda) Super Villain in “Birds of Prey”

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Hooray for firsts? Ewan McGregor will play D.C. Universe’s first not-explicitly-gay supervillain in Warner Bros’ upcoming Birds of Prey. We Got This Covered reports: “Black Mask, the movie’s main antagonist, will reportedly be portrayed as homosexual. Though his sexuality is never explicitly stated, multiple sources have told We Got This Covered that the sexual tension between him and fellow villain Victor Zsasz will be palpable and the way he acts in general makes it pretty clear that he’s gay.” Full Story at Towleroad

FILM: “Wonder Woman 1984” Poster Hints at Bisexuality

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Wonder Woman 1984

Wonder Woman 1984 director Patty Jenkins has shared a colourful first look the upcoming DC sequel, leading some fans to believe that the superhero is about to come out. The new poster pictures Wonder Woman standing in front of a rainbow-hued backdrop, teasing the film’s release in Pride month, June 2020. Fans were quick to connect the dots between the visual and the date, with Connor Behrens tweeting: “Happy Pride month, Wonder Woman said gay rights.” Some noted how actor Gal Gadot is lit with blue and pink neons—a stylistic choice often used to denote queer characters, commonly referred to … Read more