Why are there little to no LGBT superheroes in mainstream comics?

>>94675499

OP confirmed for not reading comics, especially these days. Where the fuck have you been? Obviously not here.

>>94675499
READ COMICS!

YOU FUCKING CASUAL!

>>94675533
So tell me where are the lesbian superheroes?
Where are the bisexual superheroes?
The transgender superheroes?

The representation is completely invisible.

>>94675499
Because things only become mainstream if people like them.

>>94675499
Wonder Woman is right there in your pic OP.

>>94675550
Not OP but do you know how hard it is for LGBT+ to get into comics?

>>94675573
>Wonder Woman
>LGBT
>her love interest is a man
Wow, awesome representation.

>>94675624
Wonder Woman is bisexual . Just because she's with a guy doesn't mean she's straight .

File: 1446317842603.jpg (25KB, 345x194px) Image search: [Google]

25KB, 345x194px

>>94675602
I know what you mean, I'm gay and my constant lust for dick makes it really hard to concentrate on reading.

>>94675624
Did you just assume her gender?

If a character is written well, being gay or whatever shouldn't be their entire character

File: Jean.jpg (46KB, 399x315px) Image search: [Google]

46KB, 399x315px

>>94675499

>>94675564
Batwoman
Hercules
Mantra

>>94675702
Oh but it's okay when a straight person's only trait is being straight.

>>94675764
give an example of any character who's only character trait is their straight, good fucking luck

File: bunker-e1322768678350.jpg (99KB, 599x497px) Image search: [Google]

99KB, 599x497px

>>94675564

Batwoman is a lesbian.

Bunker and Aqualad in the Teen Titans are Gay.

Meanwhile on the Marvel Side:

Karolina from the Runaways and America Chavez are lesbians

Max Modell from Spider-Man and Iceman from X-Men are Gay, Hercules is Bisexual

Also Wonder Woman is an Asexual Biromantic

They're there, with plenty of comics running RIGHT NOW that you can support. Go buy 'em.

>>94675755
Mantra never identified as trans and Hercules was back to being straight.

Plus, when was the last time you saw Batwoman in anything?

Less than 1% of people are fags

>>94675796
>Plus, when was the last time you saw Batwoman in anything?
In her own comic you flying autist

>>94675796
She just got a new series! I hear its pretty good desu

File: IMG_1100.jpg (3MB, 3975x3056px) Image search: [Google]

3MB, 3975x3056px

>>94675499
This thread is retarded. Read the Authority fag. Midnighter is the shit.

>>94675814
And? There's less white people in the world altogether but you still see them in movies and comics.

>>94675499
>little to no LGBT
LITTLE TO NO

>>94675499
there's a bigger percentage of LGBT superheroes in mainstream comics than the percentage in real life

OP should be wondering where the pedo and sexual offender's are in comics, they are massively underrepresented

>>94675796
>Plus, when was the last time you saw Batwoman in anything?
Her currently ongoing comic

>>94675499
>Batwoman
>Miss America
>Constantine
>Deadpool
>Hulkling
>Hercules
>Flatman
>Iceman
>Wiccan
>Wonder woman
>Mystique
>Miss America
Just to name a few

>>94675836
>Midnighter
>a violent anti hero
>good representation of gays
What?

>>94675781
James Bond?

>>94675624
Nice bi erasure shitlord

>>94675564

The new Ant-Man is gay
Vision's daughter is on the verge of becoming gay
Hulkling and Wiccan
Natasha Irons and Tracy 13 are lesbian lovers
Harley and Ivy

>>94675882
the gay rights movement started in earnest with a riot

maybe you've heard of it

>>94675781
Johnny Bravo

>>94675882
Are you implying gays aren't allowed to be violent? What do you mean by representation? Do you want a comic about what a gay couple eats every night or some boring ass shit?

File: IMG_1388.jpg (225KB, 1200x1569px) Image search: [Google]

225KB, 1200x1569px

>>94675840
White people are the majority population in Western Civilization

Logically they'd be the majority of characters

Do you bitch about Bollywood movies having mostly Indians?

>>94675889
>>94675922
>JB
I'm seeing a trend

>>94675781
>Superman
>Batman
>Spider-Man
>Green Lantern
>Aquaman
>Iron Man
>Captain America
>Wolverine

>>94675882
>Breaking the stereotype that gays are limp wristed bitches
>Defining character trait is being a sadistic fuck (albeit a very heroic one) not being a homo, while still being unabashed about being gay both from a narrative and character perspective
Yes?

>>94675499
put back your trip you fucking faggot.

>>94675955
most of these characters only have sexuality at all as an occasional prop, at best

Those couple of days when there's a HAPPENING on /pol/ and all /pol/ niggers spend their time solely there instead of venturing to their other boards is really nice.

>>94675932
>Hollywood
>Having Indian actors
Good one

>>94675882
He's not a stereotype which makes him a good gay character.

>>94675955
Seeing shit like this makes me realize everyone here is dumb for replying to this bait thread.

>>94675982
>tfw just had a civil and reasonable discussion about CVille on /co/
>janitors just autosaged the thread and didn't even ban anyone
you can really feel the difference

>>94675963
I'm reminded of that one show where the chick rejects a black dude cuz he's a fucking insecure prick but he turns it into a racial thing. Then another black character points out how silly he is.

>"What? Black folks can't just be assholes sometimes?"

File: the ray.jpg (124KB, 775x621px) Image search: [Google]

124KB, 775x621px

The Ray is getting a cartoon soon and he's gay.

Apollo and Midnighter are the best characters and they're gay. What else do you want?

File: 4712980-6863565235-74d.j.jpg (18KB, 500x500px) Image search: [Google]

18KB, 500x500px

>>94675955

>>94675928
>>94675963
>>94676000
So basically, you want a gay character that acts straight.

>>94675836
I have never disliked a character more than I do Midnighter.

File: 1284973976557.gif (1003KB, 220x220px) Image search: [Google]

1003KB, 220x220px

>>94675955
C'mon man, if you're gonna shitpost you gotta subtler than THAT.

>>94676045
Midnighter is still pretty unapologetically and blatantly gay

he's just not a stereotype

>>94676045
>acts straight
>implying if you are straight you act a certain way

Check your privelege fag.

>>94676045
There's no much thing as acting straight or acting what ever.

>>94676051
This.
How do we fix Midnighter?

>>94676045
I didn't know that stereotyping gays was acceptable again. How does a gay person act?

>>94676045
There is no such thing as acting gay or straight you fucking retard. Also Midnighter is so gay he goes to Russia to intentionally be harassed and fight homophobes

>>94676077
moreover, how does one act straight?

no wait, I actually just realized the answer: like a frat bro.

>>94676051
>>94676075
any particular reason lads?

>>94676136
Poor representation of gays.
They probably show him abusing his boyfriend.

>>94676156
>probably
so you don't know anything and are just making assumptions

he's the one who gets abused

>>94676106
I thought frat bros were just obnoxious drunks? Whereas stereotypical straights are just sleazy perverts trying to fuck anything that moves.

>>94675499
How come no one has brought up how there's no nonbinary/genderfluid characters in comics?

Non-binary people need representation too.

>>94675922
But Johnny Bravo loves nacho's more than he loves women. Shouldn't that mean his only character trait is being hungry?

>>94676156
>poor representation
>they probably show him
>probably

Kek are you really fucking complaining about a character you haven't even read? You are what is wrong with society.

>>94676178
take a moment and ask yourself if there's really an effective difference

>>94676188
>Who is Rebis

File: 3279268-8816807244-demon.jpg (69KB, 480x410px) Image search: [Google]

69KB, 480x410px

>>94676188
Shining Knight Rebirth W H E N

there's also Loki

>>94676136
A friend who is a big fan of the authority tried to get me into it and had me read a page where he goes into his whole spiel about his computer brain and I just took an instant dislike to him.

File: Screen Shot 2016-08-26 at 6.46.03 PM.png (975KB, 777x772px) Image search: [Google]

975KB, 777x772px

The most popular Marvel characters are gay, what do you mean?

File: doctor-endless-525x900.jpg (50KB, 525x900px) Image search: [Google]

50KB, 525x900px

>>94676188
There are.

>>94676188
Cause that doesn't exist anon
Anyone who thinks it does has alot off personal issues

>>94676222
he does like to talk about his computer brain, doesn't he

File: IMG_1386.jpg (18KB, 214x317px) Image search: [Google]

18KB, 214x317px

>>94675998
>He can't tell the difference between Bollywood and Hollywood

Idiot

>>94676222
He's definitely a ham, but since you've only read one page, and "never have disliked a character more" you're a fucking casual who's opinion is worth less than monkey shit

>>94676236
who the FUCK is this and why am I getting mad at it

>>94675499
If you're looking for the real reason OP; it basically boils down to homophobia/transphobia.

The comic industry is under the impression that only cis straight people read comics and keep using this delusion as an excuse for erasure, when in fact, comics have the largest LGBTQIA+ fanbases in the world.

And with you know who in charge of America, these claims by the comics industry will be emboldened.

>>94676200
Anon drunks can be obnoxious in a lot of different ways.

>>94676188
Loki has been a man, a woman, a child version of himself and a female deer. AND he's a popular character with mainstream appeal and multiple comics under his belt.

>>94676275
Kek more than 2% of comic characters are gay so there is already over representation.

>>94676236
I'm thoroughly confused. Is this an official character or fanart Bleedingcool mistook as being one?

File: IMG_1412.jpg (209KB, 800x500px) Image search: [Google]

209KB, 800x500px

Why aren't their more trans-galactic queer characters?

>>94675671
>>94675896
But has she EVER been in a relationship with a female or just implied she did but never actually saying it?

>>94676342
She fucked a ton of chicks on paradise island

>>94676287
And yet, he's played by cis straight men in every adaption he's been in.

>>94676352
Where is your proof?

>>94676342
yes, Rucka's Year One confirmed it

>>94676331
what the fuck is that

>>94676356
Bro if only gay ppl played gay ppl and if only straight people could play straight people a lot of actors would be out of work.

>>94675602
Step 1. Buy comic book
Step 2. Read it
Isn't too complicated/

>>94676356
He's a Trickster God. He's not gonna show his hand that easily. Not to mention he's never shown much interest in women in the comics, merely pawns for him to control.

>>94676312
Y'know, I find both scenarios just as likely.

>>94676356
I wouldn't be surprised if he does a bit of gender-bending in Ragnarok

>>94676362
I don't have the fucking pages saved, I just actually read some of Rucka's run rather than your dumb ass who just complains about representation, without actually even reading anything, negating the point of representation. Oh and you're likely cishet, so you don't actually need representation.

>>94676398
What's the point if you can't relate to any of the characters?

File: eyebrows 3.jpg (73KB, 480x750px) Image search: [Google]

73KB, 480x750px

>>94676387
I'm pretty sure anon is saying he wants FemLoki in the movies and I agree

>>94676356
Hiddleston is closeted though.

>>94675796
>>94675564
>>94675499

OP confirmed for reading less comics than /co/ does

File: IMG_1413.jpg (70KB, 706x850px) Image search: [Google]

70KB, 706x850px

>>94676378
>that
Did you just assume xir's personhood status?

Xiq is a genderless alien

>>94675602
Bisexual here, I just read comics rather than wailing and moaning about gatekeeping and entry barriers. You don't have to come to 4chan, you don't even have to go to a shop anymore, you have no fucking excuse.

>>94676237
Studies show that nonbinary people are a real thing.

>>94676422
You can relate to aliens, demons, mutants, and bioengineered super soldiers...as long as they're gay?

>>94676472
Link to these studies

>>94675998
hollywood isn't bollywood you retard.

>>94676472
Source

>Your prolapsed ass

>>94676458
>Bisexual here
Because we all know we can trust you, right anonymous?

>>94675796
Last week in Detective Comics

>>94676472
""""""""""""show"""""""""""""
Yeah sure they show that some dumb people consider themselves nonbinary but unlike transexuals there's no fucking brain structure behind that.

>>94676515
we're at least a little gay around here, anon

>>94676485
>>94676506
>>94676534
https://www.genderspectrum.org/quick-links/understanding-gender/

>>94676515
I know you're trolling but holy shit it is ironic that you would insist someone is not actually gay while complaining about gay voices being supressed

>>94675922
his one trait is being a
failure wannabe chad

>>94676574
>https://www.genderspectrum.org
it's already clear they where fabricated

>>94676574
Nigger there are no studies here, and I'm someone who supports NBs

>>94676582
the right wing trolls on /pol/ are having a HAPPENING so the left wing trolls on /pol/ are a bit bereft right now

and here we are

>>94676599
>I'm someone who supports NBs
Same here.
Where's the representation for them?

>>94676422
>relating to characters solely based on their sexuality.
How do you read books? If you read a book and there is no love interest or mention of sexuality do you just not know what to do? Why is sexuality the most prominent thing you relate to in a character despite most characters not being based around it? When you relate to characters, you think, "hey they face the same problems and experience the same things I do, I can understand the motives and feelings." Does your life only consist of problems that are directly related to your sexuality?

If you can only relate to a character through sexuality then you must be a pretty boring person; probably someone who bases their entire personality and existence around their sexuality.

>>94676574
Just skimmed it, there's no studies just someone claiming multiple genders exist, there's 2

>>94676615
In comics you don't fucking read and never will fucking read. You can't even read the goddamn thread.

>>94676599
>supports NBs
For what reason?

>>94676378
some actor called tosh, dudes got his own show and stuff. course he named it tosh.o after himself.

>>94676661
because it is no skin off my ass to use "they". Won't do the "xir" retardation though

File: loki-changing-genders.png (266KB, 388x435px) Image search: [Google]

266KB, 388x435px

>>94676615
they're around

My only issue with all these LGBTQRXZ weirdos is their obsession with sex

I mean for fucksake why the fixation on it? Must I know how much you pride yourself on what gets you off? It's why nobody likes lolicon and furries. They turn their fetish into an identity and insist everyone knows.

>>94676766
Anyone who makes their sexuality into a personality must be very sad, boring people

>>94675499
this a b8 thread right?

File: 1468426734825.jpg (333KB, 1007x1856px) Image search: [Google]

333KB, 1007x1856px

>>94676362
for (You)

she also stole her girlfriend's plane in Earth One

>>94676803
Nicola Scott is a treasure

>>94676766
sadly straight men are just as bad

>>94676826
Don't forget the straight girls who obsess over straight relationships real or fictional

>>94676766
I wonder how many waifu threads are in the catalog right now

>>94676826
No straight guy runs around singing about how STR8 & PROUD he is. He might openly lust after women, but not hold rallies about being straight and demanding gay clubs have more straight "representation".

>>94676880
True, humanity is generally fucked.

>>94676891
There aren't parades but literally all male entertainment is about fucing chicks. There is nothing else there. Pickup artist bullshit and all.

>>94676889
Just checked, it's just the one.

>>94676889
A waifu thread isn't a celebration of heterosexuality, it's a celebration of attractive women you'd want to spend te rest of your life with. You don't have to be a straight man to partake in those threads, the reason why the threads are dominated by straight men is the fact that this is a largely irrelevant part of Filipino Umbrella making forum and demographics would help predict that since there are more straight men than gay women, then staright men are more likely to populate those threads.

File: RCO020_1494418554.jpg (402KB, 1041x1600px) Image search: [Google]

402KB, 1041x1600px

>>94675624

>>94677041
the fact that we have them at all suggests an obsession with sex

>>94677071

She's an "any port in a storm" lesbian. She's never had a major love interest who wasn't a man. Her being bisexual is one of those "no duh" things because of course all the Amazons are. Same reason dudes in prison start fucking each other. Gotta get off somehow.

>>94676954
>but literally all male entertainment is about fucing chicks. There is nothing else there. Pickup artist bullshit and all.
What a crock of shit. What kind of bubble do you live in where all male focused media is all about fucking media and nothing else?

>>94677035
>one Would You? thread
>one VAs you'd like to fuck thread with Grey DeLisle as the OP
>one Wakfu thread starting with lusting over a sexy image
>one Raven thread
>one Code Lyoko thread lusting over Yumi's eighth grade titties
>one Total Drama best girl thread
>one Jubilee thread
>one /co/ girls in underwear thread
>one top tier milfs thread
>and one thread explicitly for waifus
so yeah, I guess only one thread that is explicitly a waifu general

>>94676880
straight girls obsess over gay relationships and they always fictionalize them to unrealistic proportions.

>>94676880
>>94677161
a more accurate statement is that girls obsess over romantic relationships regardless of gender, although a larger subset obsesses over straight relationships, and a smaller subset are disgusting fujos

>>94677092
And it still wouldn't be comparable to gay pride parades going out and proclaiming how proud they are because they're gay. A gay dude can start a husbando thread, a gay women can start a waifu thread. An attraction to the human form is virtually universal. But only gay people seem to want to make it about the fact their specific sexuality.

You know what this thread needs?

That's right, America.

>>94675499
Its degeneracy
Like race mixing
They never really get popular

>>94675795
>>94675564

Midnighter and Apollo are Gay too

>>94677267
straight people regularly throw lavish parties to explicitly celebrate heterosexuality, and have been for literal millenia

File: article-1381820-0BD58D8000000578-382_964x662.jpg (392KB, 964x662px) Image search: [Google]

392KB, 964x662px

>>94677267
well here's a small section of literally a million people celebrating two straight people publically confirming their heterosexuality

>>94675971
This has to be crazyaga right?

Also
>being upset about lgbt representation
jesus fucking christ, leave OP and others

>>94677331
>straight people regularly throw lavish parties to explicitly celebrate heterosexuality
Like what? What party do straight people go to that they leave with the feeling of being proud they are straight?

>>94677498
Swinger's parties, singles nights, speed dating events.

File: rustic-california-garden-wedding-685c40d3962159d56df7f1863a683530f88412e5ea3e3b30b83eeaacccd34067.jpg (149KB, 600x400px) Image search: [Google]

149KB, 600x400px

>>94677498
you know, those straight people parties that straight people have with the pretty heavy implication that at least two of those straight people are going to bone later than night

and before you come back with GAY PEOPLE HAVE WEDDINGS TOO, they literally didn't for millenia. They're allowed to have a fucking parade once a year to make up for that.

>>94677396
You're cherry picking very hard

there's a difference between "i'm gay so im gonna do this average thing any sexuality having person can do" and "i'm getting married(?) to this woman and people are watching"

isn't that picture just a wedding or something of 2 people like in england with king/queen shit

>>94677538
>They're allowed to have a fucking parade once a year to make up for that.
You're this fucking steamed? God damn.

>>94677540
what are weddings if not an explicit celebration and confirmation of your sexuality

>>94677559
why are you so steamed that they get a parade and you don't? Does it really bother you that much? Do you get mad when you read about the March on Washington?

>>94677396
Straigt people don't have a monopoly on monogamous marriage. Hell, religous people don't have a monopoly on it any more.

This thread is a joke right? Because thats all that comics are these days. SJW propaganda.

>>94676720

Shapeshifters don't count dummy. They're a plot device.

File: nice-odin-agent-of-asgard-11.png (730KB, 874x671px) Image search: [Google]

730KB, 874x671px

>>94677621
I think Odin would know

File: Judging you.gif (630KB, 380x212px) Image search: [Google]

630KB, 380x212px

>>94675499
You read to much tumblr fan fiction

I bet you believed Captain America and Bucky are gay

We all know what this is about
You can't accept that gay characters can't reach a superman tier levels of relevance
Thats why you want an established character to be forcefaggoted like Iceman

>>94677591
They do in huge chunks of the globe.

File: FullSizeRender-32.jpg (230KB, 1329x781px) Image search: [Google]

230KB, 1329x781px

>>94677661
Captain America is gay

but not for Bucky

>>94677564
If it's their fucking king and queen then...? Also average weddings are attended by friends and family which attend anything, quit doing mental gymnastics

>>94677591
The world doesn't revolve around Europe and North America anymore

China is on its way to banning "gay"

>>94677590
>why are you so steamed that they get a parade and you don't?
I didn't say anything except you getting mad and hostile that they have 1 parade to "make up for" their past, as you'd say, injustice. It's embarrassing.

>>94677747
what's embarrassing is seeing straight people look at gay people getting married and unironically becoming a Kelly comic

>>94677538
>they literally didn't for millenia
So? If you think the past made a mistake they learn from it to not make it again. In the US, it was legalized by the Supreme Court, and the majority of the country supports the decision, the young people more so. And I wasn't even making an argument that gay people shouldn't have parades, I'm not >>94676766. I was just pointing out how gay people want to celebrate the fact that they are gay with an exclusive pride parade while trying to make the point straight equivalents aren't as exclusive, especially with social change in the past years in western countries.

>>94677747
>whines and whinges for 10 posts about how straight people don't get a parade around their sexuality
>YOU'RE THE UPSET AND PATHETIC ONE

>>94677564
A celebration of your devotion, loyalty, and love to your partner, especially monogamous ones. Not everything is about sex ya know.

>>94677796
>Exclusive
No, it's inclusive the the Bisexual and trans community as well. Hell I've never seen a straight person turned away

>>94675499
There's little to no LGBT in real life.

>>94677796
just because it's about gay people doesn't mean straight people can't attend

>>94675499
Because the sjw took over the mainstream comics turn everything even remotely lgbt to garbage with the lack of talent and general bullshit now no one reads them.

>>94677890
I was using gay as a catch all for LGBT.

>>94677136
She grabs men because they are rare and new for her. How long was she fucking other Amazon's before she even met one.

>>94675840
Western civilizations movies and shit. Where they are the majority. Gays are 1% in that same sample.

>>94675998
Bollywood is the movie Industry india you fucking retard. That would be India the country in case you don't know about that either.

>>94676106
Does this mean I can act like an asshole and call anyone who has a problem a bigot for oppressing me.

>>94678183
well it hasn't stopped you so far

>>94675564
You're just not reading Nick Spencer's modern Marvel work.

Why does this thread have 180 replys
I even feel bad for replying

>>94678367
it's a bit of a weird day for everyone

>>94677832
Ah, I see the issue, i didn't say "not that anon but"

my bad sorry for the lead-on

>>94677795
but you're being a chump by doing mental gymnastics and muh injustice for gays

>>94676689
People should use they more often.

>>94675564
There is a higher percentage in comics than in real life

>>94679033
most people who want to mess with their pronouns but don't want to commit do

Because when they do make them, they go out of their way to push them as the new best hero ever that everyone fawns lovingly over, the readers, even the LGBT ones like me get sick of them immediately, and they get quietly forgotten.

When they make a character whose sexuality is not key to their design then there'll be a character that sticks.

File: 3cb.png (487KB, 680x443px) Image search: [Google]

487KB, 680x443px

>>94675499

>>94675499
Too much sjw shit already.

>>94680073
Why do you fags make it known you're gay? fuck off

File: 4B77EC2A-704C-47B9-A80E-2BE79740417A-9611-00000DFBA67DF02E_tmp.jpg (35KB, 493x585px) Image search: [Google]

35KB, 493x585px

>>94675499
Anon...

>>94675499
Because barely a quarter of the world population is gay, despite what porn may have lead you to believe.

Because they aren't usually that fun to read about.

I don't read comics period, if I'm honest. for that. I read them for fantasy, adventure, wild incredible imaginary worlds and what-if scenarios. About people who can fly or teleport or blow things up with their mind. And then they fight, and then they travel around these crazy made up worlds and I get to explore and imagine and be taken away from the drudgery that is reality.

Talking solely about LGBT comics and LGBT characters are two different things. The first one I don't care about. I hate romance, drama or slice of life garbage, no matter the sexuality of the people involved, even more so when the characters are a different sex or sexuality.

LGBT characters can be just as good as any other character. But so many of them are weighted down by sexual bullshit it makes them insufferable.

>>94680609
I dunno, I'd say 1 in 4 is actually a pretty high ratio for LGBTX comics characters

>>94680692
>I don't read comics period, if I'm honest.
why continue the post after this

why bother even continuing to talk about comics if you don't read them. What makes you think you are adding anything of value to the discussion if you have no knowledge or investment in the medium you are talking about.

>>94680692
>I don't read comics period, if I'm honest.
Then fucking neck yourself and shut the fuck up, in that order

>>94675499
Why in the hell should I care?