Pride Month. The franchise has been criticised after it pledged support for Pride, releasing variant comic book covers to mark the occasion, with fans pointing out that there is still a lack of LGBT characters in the films.
Jeff Ingold, Head of Media at Stonewall,told Metro.co.uk: ‘The reaction to Marvel’s Pride Month variant covers shows just how much demand there is for more, and better, representation of characters with different sexual orientations and gender identities in comics.‘Having mainstream LGBT+ representation in comics is so vital because it not only teaches readers to understand and respect difference, but it also provides characters that LGBT+ fans can relate to. ‘When lesbian, gay, bi and trans people aren’t represented in.