LGBT+ Marvel Characters Discussion

[Kieran_Frost]

I’ll try to update the thread each time we have a new LGBT character revealed in comics; and keep the OP list updated as best I can. I debated on what type of poll to include: LGBT couples or LGBT characters. Couples would have been easier... but also sadly not a very big list/very informative, and some of Marvel's most prominent LGBT characters (like Karma) -- who hasn't had (to my knowledge) a real girlfriend - would have been excluded, but forgotten or far more obscure characters would have "made the cut". In picking the 15 LGBT characters for the poll, I basically had to go with the ones who (on gut instinct) I think are the most prominent LGBT characters. It's not a science, and in 2 years Benjamin Deeds might have become far more famous than Cullen Bloodstone (but for now Cullen bumped out Benjamin due to his connect to the famous Bloodstone family -- good chance he'll be back, if he lives through Avengers Undercover). I was very sad not to include Miss America Chavez, but it was between her and Bling! (and Bling! is actually exploring her sexuality in relationships right now, so she wins).

GORGEOUS fan art from our very own CBR Fokken, celebrating CBR's most popular LGBT character: Wiccan. It as inspired by the artwork of Marvel's Mahmud Asrar.


From Old-CBR's LGBT thread, a comprehensive list of LGBT characters at Marvel (feel free to add or correct any information)
MAIN CHARACTERS
AMERICAN ACE [Perry Wade], from All Winner's Squad: Band of Heroes (2011)
ANGELA aka Aldrif Odinsdottir
ANOLE [Victor Borkowski]
BENJAMIN DEEDS
BLING! [Roxanne ‘Roxy’ Washington]
BLOKE [Mikey Tork] (Peter Milligan’s X-force) [DECEASED]
BLOODSTONE [Cullen Bloodstone]
CANNIBAL, foe of Black Panther [DECEASED]
CAPTAIN FLAME [Frank Cortez], from All Winner's Squad
CLUSTER, the female Fantomex
DAKEN [Daken Akihiro]
DANGER
"DEADPOOL" [Wade Wilson]
DESTINY [DECEASED]
ELECTRO [Maxwell 'Max' Dillion]
ENDO [Meifeng], Weapon X Program [DECEASED]
FANTOMEX [Jean-Phillipe/Charlie-Cluster 7]
FIRELORD [Pyreus Kril], Herald of Galactus
FLATMAN [Dr. Val Ventura], Great Lake Avengers
FREEDOM RING [Curtis Doyle] [DECEASED]
"GAMBIT" [Remy leBeau]
GIANT MAN [Raz Malhotra]
GRAYMALKIN [Jonas Graymalkin]
HERCULES, Prince of Power
HIROIM THE OLDSTRONG, Warbound [DECEASED]
HULKLING [Theodore ‘Teddy’ Altman]
ICEMAN [Robert "Bobby" Drake]
JACKPOT II [Alana Jobson] [DECEASED]
JENNIFER KALE
JOYSTICK [Janice Olivia Yanizeski]
KARMA [Xi’an Coy Mahn]
KAROLINE DEAN
KORG, Warbound
LIGHTSPEED [Julie Powers]
LIVING LIGHTNING [Miguel Santos]
LOKI LAUFEYSON, God of Mischief
MACHINESMITH [Samuel ‘Starr’ Saxon]
MERCURY [Cessily Kincaid]
MULTIPLE MAN [James Arthur 'Jamie' Madrox], Madrox’s gay dupe
MANKILLER [Katrina Luisa vanHorn]
THE 'MIGHTY' DESTROYER [Roger Aubrey] ~ Golden Age ~
MIRACLEMAN [Michael Moran]
MISS AMERICA CHAVEZ
MOONDRAGON [Heather Douglas]
MYSTIQUE [Raven Darkholme]
NOH-VAR
NORTHSTAR [Jean-Paul Beaubier] MAINSTREAM COMIC'S FIRST OPENLY LGBT CHARACTER! [FIRST OPENLY LGBT X-MAN]
PHAT [William Robert ‘Billy-Bob’ Reilly] [DECEASED]
PHYLA-VELL [DECEASED]
POD [Aikku Jokinen] [FIRST OPENLY LGBT AVENGER]
PRODIGY [David Alleyne]
"PSYLOCKE" [Elisabeth 'Betsy' Braddock]
RAWHIDE KID [Johnny Clay]
RICTOR [Julio Esteban Ricter]
SHATTERSTAR [Gaveedra-7]
SKEIN [Sybil Dvorak]
SPYMASTER [Sinclair Abbot]
STACY-X [Miranda Leevald]
"STORM" [Queen Ororo Monroe]
STRIKER [Brandon Sharpe]
SWORDSMAN II [Andreas vonStrucker]
TIRESIAS, genderqueer blind Greek profit
THUNDRA
TWO-GUN KID [Mark Hawk]
UNION JACK [Brian Falsworth] ~ Golden Age ~ [DECEASED][MARVEL'S FIRST OPENLY GAY COMPUTER GAME CHARACTER]
"VALKYRIE" [Brunnhilde]
VENOMM [Horatio Walters]
VIVISECTOR [Myles Alfred] [DECEASED]
WICCAN [William ‘Billy’ Kaplan]
"WOLVERINE" [James 'Logan' Howlett]
???Xavin???

SIDE CHARACTERS
Agent Kim, Hydra agent and former lover to Daken [DECEASED]
Dr. Annabelle Rigg, Fearless Defenders [DECEASED/KIND OF]
the Ameri-moms, the two mothers of Miss America Charez [DECEASED]
Amy Chen, Silver Sable's Wild Pack
Arnie Roth, childhood friend of Captain America [DECEASED]
Arnold Astrovik, abusive father of superhero Justice [DECEASED]
Chili Storm, from Millie the Model
Christian Frost, Emma Frost's brother
Courier, a man in a female's body (SEE BELOW)
Finch & Marcus, black married gay couple, friends of Kate Bishop in L.A.
Frenchie, Moonknight's friend and helicopter pilot
Gabriel Shepherd, 500 year old mutant from Brian Wood’s X-men, friend of Pixie
Glorianna, Inhuman with Godlike powers, birthname Rhonda, girlfriend to Jasmine
Goleta, the Wizard Slayer; from Wierdworld
Hector, one of the Pantheon Gods
Ian Soo, telekinetic Inhuman, bisexual, friend of Hellcat
Ja Kyee "Jackie" Lrurt - self-proclaimed warlord and goddess alien, form Captain Marvel
Jane Smythe - WHO????
Jasmine, works for Miguel O'Hara
Jazinda, daughter of the super-skrull K'lrt
Jovana a.k.a. SWAIN, an Inhuman
Koi Boi, trans superhero ally of Squirrel Girl
Kyle Jinadu, Northstar's husband
Leah of Hel, ally to Loki
Lieutenant Flint, ally of Moonkight
Lola & Rafferty, interracial couple and coworkers with Silk at Fact Channel
Marlo Chandler (Jones), wife to Rick Jones
Max Modell, from Superior Spiderman (his partner is named Hector; they married in Amazing Spiderman vol. 4 #1 - 2015)
Mindmeld, X-force villain and bodyguard to Shinobi Shaw; he is visually male, though referred to as female
Natasha "Nash" Salvato, karate teacher and girlfriend of Victoria Montesi
Ren Kimura, Inhuman (dated Annabelle Rigg in Fearless Defenders)
Sera
Sharon King, depowered mutant and landlord of 68 Jay Street, tenants include She-Hulk, Howard the Duck and Spiderwoman; married to Ellen King
Shiklah, Queen of Monster Metropolis, Deadpoo's pansexual wife
Shinobi Shaw, son of the Hellfire Club's Sebastian Shaw [DECEASED]
Switch - WHO???
Timothy Cababa, Iron Man
Tom Hale, gay bookshop owner and childhood friend of Hellcat
Tong, transgender, participated in Moloids collective crush on She-Hulk [FIRST OPENLY LGBT FANTASTIC FOUR MEMBER]
Taku, Minister of Communications for Wakanda, ally to T'Challa and secret lover of Venomm
Tracy Burke, Carol Danver's good friend assistant editor [DECEASED]
Twitchy - WHO????
Ms. Victoria Hand [DECEASED]
Victoria Montesi, Darkhold Redeemer, worked with Midnight Sons
Wally Layton & Donald Meland, married couple (a cop and a doctor) from Scarlet Spider
Zoe, highschool friend of Ms. Marvel