The list, care of Comics Alliance.
From said list...
But gay heroes are different. Gay heroes don't need to be new versions of established characters. Gay heroes can come from the established cast, from eight rich decades of superhero history. Gay heroes can come out. I have a few suggestions for characters who could do exactly that.
Coming out is how it works in the real world. Everyone is presumed straight until proven otherwise. People can seem straight and live straight for years before coming out as bisexual or gay.
In comics we would call it a retcon, but some characters are coded or rumored as gay long before they come out. It took Northstar 14 years to publicly acknowledge his sexuality; Rictor and Shatterstar took 16 years to confirm their relationship on the page. Even a character who was never conceived as or hinted to be gay could plausibly come out.
As gay, lesbian and bisexual characters become a more familiar part of the genre, characters coming out ought to be part of that picture.
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