▲ 401 ▼ A Batman researcher said 'gay' in a talk to schoolkids. When asked to censor himself, he quit (apnews.com) submitted 2 years ago by GiddyGap@lemm.ee to c/news@lemmy.world 119 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] PM_ME_FEET_PICS@sh.itjust.works -44 points 2 years ago (1 child) Wtf. There was no gay invention of Batman. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 23 points 2 years ago* (2 children) The point is the co-creator only had one son who was gay and had died in the 90s, so has no living heir to fight for his recognition. By surprise twist, his gay son had a daughter! That's the whole thing. That's why it's interesting. Oh god, the humanity, the children!! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Jax@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago Gay people have invented, authored, and created for all of human history, largely under the guise of being straight lest they be shunned and cast out of halls of power. No the persons comment was very much lumping the creation of Batman under this. Like, yes, the story is cool and very surprising given the circumstances. But that isn't what the person you're replying to is taking issue with. What would this be called, gay-washing? I don't know, I also don't really care. I'm just pointing out what I see. permalink fedilink source parent [+] PM_ME_FEET_PICS@sh.itjust.works -12 points 2 years ago Yes. I am well aware of the Finger family and have been a long supporter of getting his name on the comics. The above comment directly links the creation of the character to a son who had nothing to do with the creation. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 23 points 2 years ago* (2 children) The point is the co-creator only had one son who was gay and had died in the 90s, so has no living heir to fight for his recognition. By surprise twist, his gay son had a daughter! That's the whole thing. That's why it's interesting. Oh god, the humanity, the children!! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Jax@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago Gay people have invented, authored, and created for all of human history, largely under the guise of being straight lest they be shunned and cast out of halls of power. No the persons comment was very much lumping the creation of Batman under this. Like, yes, the story is cool and very surprising given the circumstances. But that isn't what the person you're replying to is taking issue with. What would this be called, gay-washing? I don't know, I also don't really care. I'm just pointing out what I see. permalink fedilink source parent [+] PM_ME_FEET_PICS@sh.itjust.works -12 points 2 years ago Yes. I am well aware of the Finger family and have been a long supporter of getting his name on the comics. The above comment directly links the creation of the character to a son who had nothing to do with the creation. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Jax@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago Gay people have invented, authored, and created for all of human history, largely under the guise of being straight lest they be shunned and cast out of halls of power. No the persons comment was very much lumping the creation of Batman under this. Like, yes, the story is cool and very surprising given the circumstances. But that isn't what the person you're replying to is taking issue with. What would this be called, gay-washing? I don't know, I also don't really care. I'm just pointing out what I see. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] PM_ME_FEET_PICS@sh.itjust.works -12 points 2 years ago Yes. I am well aware of the Finger family and have been a long supporter of getting his name on the comics. The above comment directly links the creation of the character to a son who had nothing to do with the creation. permalink fedilink source parent