a day well spent...
I skipped class today to hang at home with The Boy. I think I made the right call. As much as I miss The Girl, there are topics that we rarely discuss when she is around. Today it was just he and I, so we covered a good deal of Mature Topics.
I must say I am rather pleased with myself, because we were also able to address several Important ( Read more... )
I must say I am rather pleased with myself, because we were also able to address several Important ( Read more... )
http://archives.cnn.com/2002/SHOWBIZ/12/09/rawhide.kid.gay/
from Wikipedia's article on superheroes:
Non-heterosexual characters
See also: LGBT comic book characters
In 1992, Marvel revealed that Northstar, a member of Alpha Flight, was homosexual, after years of implication.[15] This ended a long-standing editorial mandate that there would be no gay characters in Marvel comics.[16] Although some secondary characters in DC Comics' mature-audience miniseries Watchmen were gay, Northstar was the first openly gay superhero. Other gay superheroes have since emerged, such as Gen¹³'s Rainmaker, and The Authority's gay couple Apollo and Midnighter.
In the mid-2000s, some characters were revealed gay in two Marvel titles: The Ultimate Marvel incarnation of the X-Men’s Colossus and Wiccan and Hulkling of the superhero group Young Avengers. In 2006, a new incarnation of Batwoman was introduced as a "lipstick lesbian" to some media attention.[17][18]
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