Sexual Orientation is defined as a pattern of emotional, romantic, and sexual attraction towards another being. It is estimated that 8.8 million gay, lesbian, transgendered, bisexual, pansexual people in the United States. Unfortunately Hate crimes are on the rise towards these people. I have a lot of friends that are part of the LGBT community and have been thru situations with them where they have been threatened and physically assaulted. In comic books most super heroes are seen as straight. This is because until recently in comics and in the real world being gay or whatever else you may be was kept secret. As terrible as hate crimes are they do make for good plot lines especially in comic books. The first openly gay super hero that I could find any history of is Northstar, a member of the Canadian mutant superhero team Alpha Flight. Some secondary characters in comic books are gay but only to boost the story line. Our society views LGBT people as different and not equal to straight people. Thankfully there are people like me and the people I associate with that view all people as equals. The comic book world has a lot of catching up to do in my opinion. If I can only find one super hero and secondary characters that are gay then obviously not all comic books take the real world into consideration while writing their plot lines. I think by adding an openly gay superhero to the mix the comic book world would be taking a step towards the future. I understand that people fear change but some changes need to be made. True equality has to hit every aspect of our culture including comic books. By creating a comic book with a gay super hero the audience that would read it would be exposed to the LGBT causes and community without being overwhelmed. Gay people are just the same as every other person and should be shown as that in all types of media and entertainment including comic books. And by making a gay super hero the comic book world’s audience would expand further.
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