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DC Celebrates Pride, and Midnighter #1, With a Brief History of LGBTQ+ Characters In DC Comics

In honor of Pride Month, as well as the release of Midnighter #1, which is headlined by an out gay superhero, DC All Access put together this brief history of LGBTQ+ characters in DC Comics, hosted by Jase Peeples of The Advocate. Check it out!
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Published: Jun 5, 2015 04:54 pm

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There’s certainly plenty to complain about with regard to DC Comics and representation. However, there’s also much to celebrate. Beyond its DCYou Campaign, there is a history of LGBTQ+ characters throughout DC’s comics. In honor of Pride Month, as well as the release of Midnighter #1, which is headlined by an out gay superhero, DC All Access put together this brief history of LGBTQ+ characters in DC Comics, hosted by Jase Peeples of The Advocate. Check it out!

(via DC Entertainment on YouTube)

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Teresa Jusino (she/her) is a native New Yorker and a proud Puerto Rican, Jewish, bisexual woman with ADHD. She's been writing professionally since 2010 and was a former TMS assistant editor from 2015-18. Now, she's back as a contributing writer. When not writing about pop culture, she's writing screenplays and is the creator of your future favorite genre show. Teresa lives in L.A. with her brilliant wife. Her other great loves include: Star Trek, The Last of Us, anything by Brian K. Vaughan, and her Level 5 android Paladin named Lal.