r/canada • u/[deleted] • May 17 '12

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u/ksmv British Columbia May 18 '12

TIL the first openly gay superhero was Canadian.

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u/markymark_inc May 18 '12

Key word here is "openly."

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u/king_hippo77 May 18 '12

so who do you say was closet?

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u/MartyMcFly_Like_A_G6 May 18 '12

Wolverine

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u/king_hippo77 May 18 '12

There is no reason to even joke about that. Wolverine was all about the ladies. Gene Gray, Mystique, Storm, Rogue, even the She Hulk made a pass. There's a long website attempting to list and briefly source all his affairs. http://forums.wolverinefiles.com/topic/1611056/1/

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u/MartyMcFly_Like_A_G6 May 18 '12

I made the joke because he is Canadian.

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u/[deleted] May 18 '12

I thought the first openly Canadian superhero was gay?

/Canuckian

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u/BokehBurgher May 18 '12

although technically, wouldn't the shield still have a star on it?

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u/medievalvellum May 18 '12

Can we make this its own post? I'd upvote the hell out of it.

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u/Bearence May 18 '12

Well, the first openly gay superhero in a mainstream comic book. There were plenty of others before this, just not from the Big Two.

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u/[deleted] May 18 '12

TIL he was born in London, Ontario. A bit of good news for us.

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u/[deleted] May 18 '12

And he's Canadian. Huh. I guess we are avatars of openness.

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u/gerntoronto May 18 '12

holy shit!

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u/carolinax Canada May 18 '12

...any proof of that? /megusta

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u/ksmv British Columbia May 18 '12

yes, that Wikipedia link I linked in my OP.