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Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy are Married in Injustice prequel

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Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn-Kissing

In the latest issue of Injustice 2, the prequel comic for the Injustice video game, DC confirmed that Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy are married. Background Dr. Pamela Isley and Dr. Harleen Quinzel have been partners in crime, and perhaps more, since their first appearance together in Batman: The Animated Series. That episode, Harley and Ivy, premiered back in 1993. Since then, many in the Batman fandom have shipped Harley and Ivy as a romantic couple. In fact, it was always the intention of Batman writer Paul Dini and director Bruce Timm that the two are more than friends. Hints … Read more

FILM: “Birds of Prey” DC Film to Feature Lesbian Hero

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The Question

A new DC film is set to feature a lesbian superhero for the first time in the franchise’s history. Birds of Prey, a spin-off from Academy Award-winning film Suicide Squad, will see Margot Robbie’s Harley Quinn assemble an all-female group of heroes, according to TheWrap. Alongside Black Canary and Huntress, who have both featured in Arrow, and Cassandra Cain’s Orphan, the gang will include Renee Montoya, a lesbian Gotham City detective. By Josh Jackman – Full Story at Pink News

DC Comics Honored For Queer Inclusivity

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DC Comics

Queer superheroes like Batwoman are earning DC Entertainment, one of the largest comic book and superhero entities, a prestigious award. GLSEN, the national organization championing LGBTI students and issues in K-12, is giving its Visionary Award to DC. The award will be presented at the GLSEN Respect Awards on 20 October at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills. The award ceremony began in 2004 and honors individuals and corporations who have made a significant impact on youth in the community. The ceremony takes place in both Los Angeles and New York every year. Previously, the Visionary Award has gone … Read more

Fans: Show Wonder Woman’s Bisexuality in Next Film

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Wonder Woman

“Wonder Woman” fans want the upcoming sequel to honor canon and make the Amazonian warrior princess bisexual. Writer Greg Rucka confirmed that the Amazons of Themyscira engage in same-sex relationships in the comics. Gianna Collier-Pitts, GLAAD Campus Ambassador at New York University, penned the petition asking for that bisexual representation to be included in the films. “We are oversexualized and underrepresented. We are called greedy, dishonest, and confused. We are the least likely to come out and the most likely to suffer from depression and anxiety, on top of experiencing higher rates of sexual/intimate partner violence. We are made to … Read more

Shocker: Snagglepuss is Gay!

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Snagglepuss

Snagglepuss is to be reinvented by DC Comics as a ‘gay, Southern, Gothic playwright’. Flinstones writer Mark Russell, who turned the old Hanna-Barbera caveman comedy into a realistic and adult form – including with an introduction to readers to the ‘gay uncle‘ theory to how LGBTI people evolved. But now the fey pink mountain lion is going to get the same treatment, and it’s going to be taking place during the McCarthy era of when America was obsessed with catching communists. ‘It was not much of a stretch at all,’ Russell told HiLoBrow. By Joe Morgan – Full Story at … Read more

Preview – Midnighter and Apollo

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Apollo and Midnighter

A same-sex superhero gay couple will be headlining a mainstream comic book for the first time net month. Midnighter and Apollo, the leather-clad ass-kicking team, will be back together in the groundbreaking DC Comics book. The Midnighter solo, written by gay author Steve Orlando, ended in May. He will return to write the comic about the superhero couple. By Joe Morgan – Full Story at Gay Star News

DC Comics: A Cinematic Retrospective

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Superman

From SF Signal: As pointed out by The Awesomer, calling the following video a retrospective of DC Comics’ superhero films is a bit of a misnomer when two of the films — Batman v Superman and Suicide Squad — have yet to be released, but the video does succeed in encapsulating what a poor job Hollywood did with DC Comics properties. I mean, I liked Watchmen and The Dark Knight is probably in my list of Top 10 Films, but the rest? I wouldn’t mind if I never, ever saw any Green Lantern footage again. And, being a Moviegoer of … Read more