Tim Drake bisexual

[Will Evans]

It isnt enough until the Batman/Superman title features Bruce/Clark as cute boyfriends who fight crime together.

It’s why we have Midnighter and Apollo.

[witchboy]

I've seen those statistics before quoting one percent are gay and it's bs. There's a lot more than that. I know enough about research to know that the way that data is collected - often without anonymity, without a large enough sample, who is being sampled etc - can influence the data. I heard one percent back in the early 90s and there are for sure many many more people that identify as gay than that. Far more younger people are feeling comfortable and safe identifying as LGBT than ever before.
When you look at bisexuality I'd be surprised if that's not a majority of people.
Funny how back a few decades ago people who are very very concerned over statistic weren't crying out for more LGBT characters when we went decades with none. No one is going to be able to draw a line and say this many is enough - and no one should. It's not just a numbers game as you can have dozens of LGBT characters who are in the background or in limbo, like Bunker who was a new gay character introduced like we're supposed to want and now he's rarely ever seen. Representation isn't just counting heads, it includes prominence too.

[Wally West]

The public never care for new ones.

and the public is going to care about one of the robins?

[SiegePerilous02]

See I don't care about any of that and it doesn't really have anything to do with me. But I love funnybooks and I do care when this is being done to Iceman, Hercules (Gee I wonder should I start hanging out outside gay clubs to sell my old Champions issues which featured both, although they were both supposedly straight at the time), Alan Scott and Tim Drake to name a few.

Still no answer. And "faulty premise" isn't an answer at all.

So you clearly don't know much about Greek myth....

[Wally West]

DC will miss you oh so much.

Also, you do know that James Tynion IV is...bisexual, right? And him being queer is most likely a contributing factor to this being a new direction for the character.

so im middle eastern so if i write comics I should change every characters race to middle eastern??

[ZuLuLu]

Hey folks, according to wikipedia: As a percentage of all US adults, 3.1% identify as bisexual, 1.4% as gay, 0.7% as lesbian, and 0.6% as transgender.

So how much representation is enough for you exactly? Is it when Superman, Batman, Green Lantern, Wonder Woman, Iron Man, Thor and Captain America are all out and proud? And your communities are the only ones reading these funny books?

Serious question from a straight dude.

If comics are aimed at a younger demographic according to Gallup Generation Z -- with 15.9% identify as LGBT and 9.1% of millennials

[witchboy]

and the public is going to care about one of the robins?

It's a trending news story right now, so there is some level of interest.
Tim carried a title for years. He could do so again regardless of his orientation if DC cared enough about him to treat him right.
Giving Damien a new code name and letting Tim be THE Robin would go a long way to getting him back to the place of importance he belongs. Damien isn't going to want the name Robin once he's old enough, while Tim wants and deserves it.

[Primal Slayer]

See I don't care about any of that and it doesn't really have anything to do with me. But I love funnybooks and I do care when this is being done to Iceman, Hercules (Gee I wonder should I start hanging out outside gay clubs to sell my old Champions issues which featured both, although they were both supposedly straight at the time), Alan Scott and Tim Drake to name a few.

Still no answer. And "faulty premise" isn't an answer at all.

Wow and how many established characters are still straight? Cause I bet the ratio is a big one. We can also list a lot of top athletes that came out as gay later in life.

[Primal Slayer]

It’s why we have Midnighter and Apollo.

We are obviously selfish so might as well make the biggest two heroes that everyone knows (cause nobody knows who Midnighter and Apollo are) an official couple.

[Ying Ko]

Also, I love how you've trotted "when will it be enough" argument when only ONE of FIVE Robins just happens to be bi...

Realistic number would be 0,155 actually.

[Wally West]

It's a trending news story right now, so there is some level of interest.
Tim carried a title for years. He could do so again regardless of his orientation if DC cared enough about him to treat him right.
Giving Damien a new code name and letting Tim be THE Robin would go a long way to getting him back to the place of importance he belongs. Damien isn't going to want the name Robin once he's old enough, while Tim wants and deserves it.

everything is "trending" now adays. Anytime DC has done this it trended for a day or two and then the public didnt give a ****. Same thing with Green Lantern in 2012 (Earth-2), Green Lantern again this year, and The Ray. DC thinks this is gonna give them a sales boost because they created controversy and stirred the pot. They dont care about actual diversity this is a sales tactic since no one cares about characters dying anymore plain and simple.

[Triniking1234]

It's a trending news story right now, so there is some level of interest.
Tim carried a title for years. He could do so again regardless of his orientation if DC cared enough about him to treat him right.
Giving Damien a new code name and letting Tim be THE Robin would go a long way to getting him back to the place of importance he belongs. Damien isn't going to want the name Robin once he's old enough, while Tim wants and deserves it.

Kate used to trend too and look how that turned out.

[married guy]

What do u need as character progression. Or should I ask how many issues is needed before character progression is considered sufficient. Most writers last ard 12 issues at a series, so they do not have much time to properly flesh out over 10 issues. Also, name dropping lgbtq characters isnÂ’t a reason why we canÂ’t have more lgbtq characters.

C'mon. Mate, you're pulling my chain.
As mentioned earlier, we've had 30 years with the character Tim Drake. For me? Throwing this out there is just a way to stir up interest in the current book.
For it to work, it'd want to be really well handled and written. As I've said the Alan Scott retcon didn't work for me at all and I don't think it's been particularly well handled.

And I'm not saying we can't have more characters. FFS, there should be SO much more diversity in comic books.
What I AM saying, is why not use the under utilised characters you have or simply create a new character?? Lord knows if it's done well readers will embrace them.
Bunker was the saving grace in the last Teen Titans relaunch and he's a fan favourite.
Marc Andreyko's take on Todd Rice was sublime.
Write a great story that just happens to involve a LGBTQ character. Don't just throw out an established characters' sexuality to stir the pot. I find it tacky.

[nightrider]

All I see is whataboutism. Why y'all ain't answering my question? How much is enough?

Serious question from a gay dude then. How many straight characters is enough for you.

[Noodle]

Still no answer. And "faulty premise" isn't an answer at all.

24.6378% of all comic characters. Since you're insistent on an actual number.

It's "enough" when people stop complaining every time it happens.