| Re: Gay/Lesbian, Black, Jewish Identity Known Heroes |
Subject: Re: Gay/Lesbian, Black, Jewish Identity Known Heroes
by Wolf on 2008/12/23 20:35:02
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chillyplasma wrote:
Hal Jordan is black now?
There are hundreds of black superheroes. And here is a list of homosexual heroes: http://www.gayleague.com/gay/characters/index.php
You could go through the list to find if any of them are black.
Not sure how many Jewish comicbook heroes there are, but to my knowledge you can't be homosexual and practice Judaism (openly), hardly any religions allow followers to be homosexual. So I imagine a comicbook with a gay Jewish character would be very offensive, so they would be very rare.
I have to agree with you, CP, about the 'kosher' problem.
On the other hand, according to my reference work, "Completely QUEER", there are several religions that allow homosexuals in their boundries; the Unitarians and the United Church or Christ being two of them. I know, you said "Hardly any religions"...I agree with you on that part.
For some reason, the fact that you usually can't tell what a person's sexual preferences are with out asking them ( note I said 'usually' ), has crossed my mind several times. I, for the most part, don't really care which way they "GO"...as long as they are happy about it. I once shared an apartment with two gay guys ( about 9 months, actually ) and there were no problems whatsoever...except for leaving dirty dishes in the sink, of course. And, just by looking at them, you couldn't tell that Greg or Frank were gay....unless they told you.
So, in conclusion, I would say that if a superhero 'comes out'...then you can add them to the list. Otherwise...your guess is as good as mine. 
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