Gay Comics History

A History of LGBT Characters and Themes in Comics

July 11, 2012

Gay Comics History

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by Tara Block 1

Comic-Con kicks off today, and the San Diego convention is filled to the brim with superhero, movie, video-game, comic-book, and more pop culture enthusiasts ready to get their geek on. One area of fandom wildly celebrated at the convention is comic strips and comic books. We've been seeing this genre in the news lately thanks to a recent push to make comics more open to LGBT themes after being heavily censored by the Comics Code Authority up until 1989 (not that the restrictions prevented everyone from writing about gay characters). The road to a lesbian Batwoman and a gay Green Lantern has been rocky, but let's see how homosexuality has been portrayed both positively and negatively in comics over the years.

1 / 20

by Tara Block 1

Comic-Con kicks off today, and the San Diego convention is filled to the brim with superhero, movie, video-game, comic-book, and more pop culture enthusiasts ready to get their geek on. One area of fandom wildly celebrated at the convention is comic strips and comic books. We've been seeing this genre in the news lately thanks to a recent push to make comics more open to LGBT themes after being heavily censored by the Comics Code Authority up until 1989 (not that the restrictions prevented everyone from writing about gay characters). The road to a lesbian Batwoman and a gay Green Lantern has been rocky, but let's see how homosexuality has been portrayed both positively and negatively in comics over the years.

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1 Comment

stephaniepoli 44 weeks 1 day

Once I read a very interesting essay about how The Smurfs was a model for communist society. It had some very compelling arguments. It makes me wonder about the writers, sneaking their view points into a children's cartoon.