The Gay Thread

Bornieo: Fully Loaded · 06-01-2012, 06:39 PM

For those comic book followers....

It’s Official. Alan Scott, The Original Green Lantern, Is DC’s Newest Gay Hero
http://www.bleedingcool.com/2012/06/...west-gay-hero/

Quote:

“He’s very much the character he was. He’s still the pinnacle of bravery and idealism. He’s also gay,” “Earth 2″ writer James Robinson told The Post.

The Emerald Guardian’s sexuality was rebooted along with the rest of his fictional universe as part of DC’s “New 52″ initiative aimed at rejuvenating their characters.

Robinson said he decided to make the change because making the character young again meant erasing Scott’s gay superhero son out of existence.

“The only downside of his being young was we lose his son, Obsidian, who’s gay. So I thought, ‘Why not make Alan Scott gay?’” Robinson recalled. “That was the seed that started it.”

He ran his idea by the bosses at DC, “who signed off on it without hesitation.”

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