Originally Posted by
zinderel
So! With it being Pride Month and all, can we pool our brains and make a list of not only LGBT+ characters, but their current status? I have been doing some thinking on this and...I am less than happy, and am hoping you wonderful folks can help shed some light on some GOOD information.
I'll start with just the names on the poll at the top of the thread:
Anole: Wallpaper, at best. Shows up when the X-Men need background students/cannon fodder for the latest extinction story.
Bling!: One of the central characters of the new Gen X. Now that its over, relegated to background status. Again.
Cullen Bloodstone: Has he even been seen in the "All New, All Different!!!" Era...?
Daken: Currently a central figure in X-mart Blue. Sexuality untouched upon.
Hulkling: Missing, no plotline since he and Wiccan moved in together.
Karma: Seems important in New Mutants: Lost Souls, but likely will be relegated to background again, if she isnt dead or evil at the end.
Karolina Dean: prominent in the new Runaways, with relationship issues an important component of her storyline. One of a ver few characters I can stay positive about, for now.
Loki: I have previously stated my apparently unpopular opinion that, until they show Loki as something OTHER than a straight guy who dresses in drag occasionally, I don't personally consider him 'family', but mythologically, Loki is pansexual, so I guess he still counts. He has the benefit of Odin telling Loki that he 'loves his sons, and his daughter', which was nice, while it lasted. Of course, Odin is back to being a shitty person and awful parent so...Anyway, Loki is pretty prominent, right now, but...I still don't really see how hes representation, as written.
Moondragon: Still dead, unlike everyone else who died in the Annihilation stories.
Mystique: prominent in Astonishing X-men. Sexuality unremarked upon, except that she tried - again... - to seduce a male - again... - teammate, if I recall...
Northstar: He and his cardboard cutout husband have not done a thing since gwtting married. At least he isnt getting killed off multiple times a month.
Prodigy: Support character, seen once in a while. Sexuality unreferenced since Young Avengers.
Rictor: Broke up with his long time lover off-screen and getting fridged in Lost Souls.
Shatterstar: Broke up with his long time lover off-screen. Showed up in an unspeaking cameo in Lost Souls, was a joke in Deadpool 2, got killed off quick.
Wiccan: Missing. No plotline since moving in with Teddy.
And I'll add a few:
Angela: Missing.
Sera: Seemingly erased from canon.
Martyr: Along with Moondragon, still dead, the only two deaths I can think of from the Annihilation era that haven't been undone.
Pod: Depowered. Unlikely to get much air time now.
Toni Ho: I think she is in Iron Man 600? No clue about her future, but she isnt as well known as most of the characters, so...not a lot of hope.
Koi Boi: I don't read Squirrel Girl, but I think he's still around?
ADULT Iceman: in both X-men Blue and Gold. Barely doing anything, but possibly getting a boyfriend in the new Pyro. Remains to be seen.
TEEN Iceman: Romeo ghosted him. Currently, little bettervthan a background character in his own title. He has to return to his proper timeline soon, but to do so without messing things up, he qill have to lose his 'upgrades' like the rest of the team, which means he will be forced back into the closet, most likely...
MISS America Chavez: Was a heavy hitter. Had a crappy solo. Has anyone seen her since?
Benjamin Deeds: Background/cannon fodder at best, since Gen X ended.
Nathaniel Carver: Background/cannon fodder at best, since Gen X ended.
Greymalkin: Background/cannon fodder at best.
Romeo: Ghosted Teen Iceman, not seen since. Most likely to show up as cannon fodder in Death of the Inhumans.
Striker: Background/cannon fodder at best since Avengers Academy ended.
D-man: Dead as of Venomized, alive in Lockjaw. Who the hell knows, since Marvel doesn't seem to care about continuity or coherent timelines anymore.
Living Lightning: Major player in Avengers recent event story. Even saved the world! Not seen in any solicits since.
Raz Malhotra: Is...he still Giant Man? Has he been seen at all recently...?
Flatman: Still a joke.
Machinesmith: Has he been seen recently...?
Leah: seemingly erased alongaide Sera. Maybe her, Sera and Angela are off having adventures in whatever comic universe Angela turns up in next.
Sway: No references in any solicits, but mart show up in the Death of the Inhumans thing coming up. Prolly cannon fodder, though.
Victoria Hand: Is she still alive? Has she been seen recently?
Hercules: Same boat as Loki, but at least he had a gay alternate reality version of himself... Mythologically bisexual, Marvel hetted him up because manly men can't be anything less than straight, but unlike Loki, any in universe references to Herc's sexuality are literal jokes, rather than being seriously acknowledged.
Ultimate Colossus: Who even knows...
Ultimate Northstar: Same...
Deadpool: Any references to non-het sexuality are jokes. Doesn't count, as far as I am concerned, but...like Loki, I am sure that opinion isn't terribly poplular.
Illyana: Head-canon for many fans is that she is Ace. How likely are we to ever see that acknowledged opin universe, though?
Quasar: Avril got eaten by a Chitauri leviathan in her first major story. Didnt die, but was in a coma for pretty much the entire event. Woke up and broke Hydra's barrier around earth. Disappeared.
Leonardo DaVinci: History's greatest queer, IRL. Very, very unlikely to be addressed in universe.
So...yeah. not looking too great, Marvel. Are you really so scared of homophobes and religious zealots? Are things REALLY this ridiculous? Please, folks...give me some good news, here...