Marvel Studios Boss Promises “LGBT” Characters in Future Films

We don’t know if they’ll have a “gay ray” or be able to close down a Christian bakery in a single bound, but Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) films may soon feature two “LGBT” superheroes. Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige made this promise in a recent interview, because, as we all know, portraying anomalous sexuality all the time, everywhere, is a modern American imperative. As Bustle reported June 25:

Now that the MCU has completed its first three phases and released 19 superhero movies, it’s time for a change. The lack of LGBTQ heroes has long been criticized, and the Disney-owned Marvel Studios has heeded those critiques. In an interview with The Play­list, Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige revealed that at least two LGBT characters will join the MCU. The always hush-hush studio didn’t quite name who those heroes would be, but Feige did reveal that the LGBT heroes won’t all necessarily be added to the MCU as new characters. When asked who the LGBT characters would be, Feige said, “Both [characters] you’ve seen and ones you haven’t seen.”

Some say, however, that Feige may be all talk and no action. As LifeSite reported June 27, in “2015 he told Collider that audiences could expect to see a homosexual, bisexual, or transgender character sometime within the next decade…. However, whether Feige’s words signal a sincere desire to add LGBT messages to the movies, or are merely meant to appease disgruntled LGBT activists, remains unknown…. ‘Never EVER believe anything that #KevinFeige says,’ entertainment journalist Grace Randolph said Monday.... ‘He says yes to everything he’s ever asked because he doesn’t want any negative coverage.’”

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