An interesting thought, isn’t it?
Why shouldn’t we have our own Gay Super Hero like everyone else? Stan Lee, the creator of Spider Man and other well known super types, is about to unveil his newest creations, Thom Creed who allegedly is a high school basketball star, that has to hide his homosexuality as well as his super powers.
Lee, the former head of Marvel Comics – who also created the Hulk and the X-Men – will unveil Creed in an hour-long television special made in the US.
If he proves popular with audiences, the programme will be shown in Britain. ( source )
When I first saw the item posted at a forum I frequent, it didn’t really seem all that earth shattering to me. In some sense still isn’t, however in thinking about it, kind of does be an interesting concept. I mean, kids grow up on comic books, so why the gay kids have a super hero role model? Not like they are allowed a real life role model too often, given that not many homosexuals willingly come out, when they have reached stardom.
Makes you wonder a bit about our world. Why do we need a super hero, and why is it, that we do have to still hide our homosexuality in this, the year 2009.
It will be interesting to see how many viewers it attracts, and if it will be a success or not. Be nice if it is. Kind of help restore one’s belief in their fellow man, that even in comic book land, being queer isn’t such a death knell.
