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New Marvel Series Could Feature Nine Queer Superheroes

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Marvel is developing a TV show starring an all-female team of superheroes—and it could introduce a host of amazing queer characters to the small screen. The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) currently contains precisely zero queer superheroes, but Marvel has been more progressive in its TV offerings.  Runaways features two queer superheroes in the shape of Karolina Dean and Nico Minoru, two of the main characters who slowly realise their sexuality while also figuring out their powers. And these teenage heroes are two of at least nine LGBT+ characters who might be about to make the leap from Marvel’s comic … Read more

TV: CW Working on Lesbian, Jewish Batwoman Show

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Batman? Who needs Batman? Certainly not Gotham, when Batwoman is around! According to Variety, The CW is developing a Batwoman series to add to their ‘Arrowverse’ (Arrow, The Flash, Supergirl, and Legends of Tomorrow). In May, the network announced the character of Batwoman aka Kate Kane will appear in this fall’s annual crossover between the four Arrowverse shows. Now they’re developing a solo series for Kate, with a premiere date sometime in 2019. Caroline Dries is writing and executive producing the show. She has a relationship with The CW, having previously worked on The Vampire Diaries and Melrose Place. By … Read more

Disney Fantasy Cartoon Includes Gay Kiss

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Star vs. The Forces of Evil, a Disney Channel cartoon now in its third season, featured a gay kiss without so much as a boycott by Focus on the Family. The main character, Star, is attending a boy band concert with her main love interest and another girl. While the band sings their song “Just Friends,” Star looks at the other happy couples around her starting to kiss. One of those couples is two men, complete with facial hair to make sure they are read as men. The show does not comment on this. It might not seem like much, … Read more

Jughead is No Longer Ace in TV Version of Riverdale

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Jughead, best friend of the title character in Archie Comics, officially came out as asexual in “Jughead No. 4” last year, but in the CW reboot “Riverdale” his sexuality will be straight. Cole Sprouse, 24, portrays Jughead in the upcoming series and told Hollywood Life his character is no longer asexual. “Jughead will have romances with women … and burgers, but at the end of the day, I still had to do my job,” Sprouse says. However, the actor says he will be “fighting for this pretty heavily.” “Asexuality is not one of those things in my research that is … Read more

Sense8 Season 2 – More of Everything

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Fans of Netflix’s Sense8 can expect some major changes for the second season of the drama series. If you haven’t watch it yet, Sense8 is about eight complete strangers who are scattered across the globe – America, Korea, England, Kenya, Germany, India, and Mexico – but find themselves mentally, emotionally, and spiritually connected. Created in 2015 by famous filmmakers and siblings Lilly and Lana Wachowski with J. Michael Straczynski, the show’s complex and gripping storyline has amassed a huge fan base in its first season. By Nigel Tan – Full Story at Gay Star News