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Marvel Universe

Disney Empire Up in Arms Over Company’s response to “Don’t Say Gay” Bill in Florida

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Three different stories this week about resistance within Disney (and the CEO finally acknowledged the company’s botched response two days ago): A group of LGBT+ Pixar staff have claimed Disney execs cut “nearly every moment of overtly gay affection” from their films. Full Story A Marvel comics writer who was behind the first gay Captain America has joined the fightback against Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill. Full Story Marvel Studios has “strongly denounced” anti-LGBT+ legislation as its parent company Disney scrambles to respond to Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill. Full Story

MOVIES: The MCU’s Latest LGBTQ+ Character Has a Tragic Backstory

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America Chavez

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness will introduce fans to America Chavez, with a new trailer giving fans an early glimpse of the queer teen hero. Trailers for the upcoming Marvel sequel are keeping the plot a closely guarded secret. But one thing that has been confirmed is the introduction of a new queer character who looks set to be a key player. America Chavez, played by Xochitl Gomez, can be seen in the official Doctor Strange 2 trailer confronting a giant mummy-like creature in the multiverse, working alongside other sorcerers and punching an unknown foe. When she was … Read more

MOVIES: Doctor Strange 2 Previews Queer Superhero America Chavez

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America Chavez

New merch for the upcoming Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness has hinted that the film will celebrate a new character’s queerness loudly and proudly. Marvel announced in 2020 that Xochitl Gomez had been cast as the lesbian teenage superhero America Chavez in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Chavez, also known as Miss America, has been a favourite ever since her comic book debut back in 2011, and fans have been eager to find out whether the MCU will put her queerness front and centre. In true Marvel fashion, the film studio has kept mostly quiet about … Read more

FOR READERS: Is the MCU Too Big?

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FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Scott: Is the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) too big? I love Marvel movies, but I got behind, and now I can’t imagine ever catching up… thoughts? Writers: This is a reader chat – you are welcome to join it, but please do not reference your own works directly. Thanks! Chat on FacebookChat on MeWe

Paris Jackson Wants to Be a Marvel Superhero – Or Villain

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Queer musician, model and actor Paris Jackson has declared that she “wants to be a Marvel hero – or a supervillain”. Speaking to Variety Jackson, who stars in the new Hulu coming-of-age movie Sex Appeal, revealed that she’s a lifelong Marvel fan, and would love to join the MCU some day. “I want to be a superhero or a supervillain,” she said. “I grew up reading the comics with my brothers. Every time a new Marvel film comes out, we go as a family to watch it… They haven’t let anyone down since 2009.” Jackson said her favourite characters were … Read more

MOVIES: Leak Teases Valkyrie and Captain Marvel in 2023 Film

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The Marvels

Marvel fans are getting very excited about the possibility of queer superhero Valkyrie making an appearance in the upcoming Captain Marvel sequel. Marvel fans have been openly shipping Captain Marvel and Valkyrie as a future couple within the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), so it’s no surprise that the idea of the two sharing a screen in The Marvels has left fans in a frenzy. Valkyrie is bisexual in the comic books. Played in the MCU by Tessa Thompson, she’s set to return in Thor: Love and Thunder where she’ll explore her queerness and “find her queen”. That film is due … Read more

MOVIES: Eternals’ Kit Harrington Calls on Marvel for More LGBTQ+ Rep

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Kit Harington has called for more LGBT+ representation in superhero movies. Harington recently starred in Marvel’s Eternals alongside Brian Tyree Henry as Phastos – the first openly queer superhero in an MCU film. Phastos’ addition the franchise was eagerly welcomed by LGBT+ fans, and it seems that Marvel is keen to correct its dearth of queer representation, with the recent Loki TV series confirming its titular anti-hero as bisexual and gender-fluid. Eternals star Harington is among those thrilled by Marvel finally moving with the times. In a chat with Out, he said he was “incredibly proud and happy,” to have joined the … Read more

MOVIES: Marisa Tomei Begged Marvel to Give Spider-Man’s Aunt May a Girlfriend

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Marisa Tomei - Spider-Man

Spider-Man: No Way Home star Marisa Tomei has said what we’re all thinking: Aunt May should be queer. Tomei’s May has always been the cool aunt, and now, the actor has revealed how she rallied for the character to be given a girlfriend. In the Spider-Man Homecoming trilogy, we meet May some time after losing her husband, Uncle Ben. She begins dating Happy Hogan in the second film, Far From Home, but Tomei feels their on-off relationship is one of convenience. “I really feel that their relationship is more off than on,” she told Geeks of Color. “I think they’re … Read more

TV: Marvel’s Hawkeye on Disney Plus Introduces New Queer Black Female Character

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The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) has welcomed a new queer character in the most low-key way on the new Disney Plus series Hawkeye. In episode four, Clint Barton (Jeremy Renner) – aka Hawkeye – tasked his young protégé, Kate Bishop (Hailee Steinfeld), with tracking down the trick arrows that he used to fight live-action role-playing (LARP) enthusiasts earlier in the season. Kate encountered off-duty New York Police Department officer Wendy Conrad (Adetinpo Thomas) who is training alongside the LARPers in the park. The young hero eventually enlisted the help of Conrad and others in the guild to help retrieve the missing … Read more

Andrew Garfield Was Pressured to Apologize for Bisexual Spider-Man Comments

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Andrew Garfield as Spider Man

Andrew Garfield has said he was “pressured” to apologise for wanting Spider-Man to “explore” being bisexual. Garfield, who starred as Peter Parker in The Amazing Spider-Man and The Amazing Spider-Man 2 in 2012 and 2014 respectively, made the comments in an interview with The Independent. Referencing a since-removed 2013 interview with Entertainment Weekly, he said: “There was an interview I gave where I said: ‘Why can’t Peter explore his bisexuality in his next film? Why can’t MJ be a guy?’ I was then put under a lot of pressure to retract that and apologise for saying something that is a legitimate thing … Read more