Tag: superheroes

This week at San Diego Comic-Con, actress Tessa Thompson revealed that she’ll play the first explicitly LGBTQ character shown in any of the Marvel Studios superhero films. Specifically in Thor: Love and Thunder, the fourth installment of the Norse-inspired series due out in November 2021, Thompson will reprise her role as Valkyrie and search for a queen to rule at her side in New Asgard. This is a big deal as Marvel Studios’ 23 superhero films released over the last decade...

The cinemas are filed with superhero flicks, however you don't see many gay characters. Except pansexual Deadpool, and a tentative with Captain America - that made fans ask Captain America to hook up with his best friend - that is pretty much all. There is a little gay action in Marvel's Jessica Jones, with sexually-fluid character Jeri Hogarth, but nothing that stands out. So, those from Shape History thought it was time for LGBT superheroes to be honored as they really are:...