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As a classic heterosexual reader of comics, I personally don't care about the sexuality of these characters. They represent the best in humanity or in most modern renditions how you can do good even with personal strife/plot conflicts. It's all that matters!
Nevertheless, it's great that there is being an active approach being taken to address representation. It's immensely inspiring, for most kids.
Comic books are traditionally among the first to register cultural shifts. The new iteration of Superman, Jonathan Kent, son of Clark Kent and Lois Lane, will come out as a bisexual in the upcoming installment of the superhero. He also battles climate change and contributes his might against the deportation of refugees. Is it a good thing? Some readers may think mixing up the progressive causes into what is supposed to be light entertainment may not be a good idea. Others may believe the new superhero merely captures the change underway.
Come to think of it, aren’t superhero characters clichéd stereotypes? Heterosexual white males (or an odd female) out to right the wrongs and save the world? Isn’t that what publishers in an earlier era thought as ‘Savior’?
But Superman hails from the alien planet Krypton, which need not have the binary male/female, white/colored identities. He could’ve been anything. Social expectations forced the character to be a straight white man: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/17/superman-bisexual-jp-brammer-criticism/
That was Clark Kent. His son has grown with more social awareness. In ‘Superman: The Son of Kal-El’ No. 5, Jon falls for a reporter, Jay Nakamura, who cares for him after he “mentally and physically burns out from trying to save everyone that he can”: https://www.wsj.com/story/the-new-superman-will-be-bisexual-here-are-key-cultural-moments-in-comic-book-history-in-the-us-8b889fd7
Tom Taylor, the series writer, explains: “The idea of replacing Clark Kent with another straight white savior felt like a missed opportunity.” Moreover, “Superman’s symbol has always stood for hope, for truth and for justice. Today, that symbol represents something more. Today, more people can see themselves in the most powerful superhero in comics.” No wonder, of late, the superhero is stopping school shootings and putting out wildfires.
Meanwhile, other superheroes are also coming out of the closet. Tim Drake (aka Robin) comes out with the new ‘Batman: Urban Legends’: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/robin-bisexual-batman-1234995541/ The new Captain America, Aaron Fischer, will be the first LGBTQ character in the 80-year-old comic: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/marvel-reveals-its-first-gay-teen-captain-america-4151751/
They, however, are still within the printed pages and not the silver screen. Tessa Thompson’s character in ‘Thor: Ragnarok’ was only revealed as bisexual in a tweet by the actor: https://twitter.com/TessaThompson_x/status/921876958673113088 The gender identity of Deadpool is not yet clear: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/feb/11/deadpool-the-pansexual-superhero-who-has-never-had-a-non-heterosexual-experience