I agree, there's always been a push for more representation on-screen, but its important to differentiate between the LGBTQ community at large, and individual persons with their own opinions/agendas.
The OP cites pressure from the LGBTQ lobby to make a gay Avenger, and as far as I can tell, that's just not the case...which makes some sense IMO. These are established characters who've long since been defined and whose core following, for generations now, has largely consisted of younger straight males. Within the framework of the culture war and the calculated strategy of lobbyists vying to win social acceptance for their cause, how well thought out would a move like this really be?
Considering they're dealing with...arguably the most aggressively caustic segment of the population, how many LGBTQ people would actually think that a move like this would do more good than harm? That they'd be doing themselvs any favors here?
Which is why a post like this bugs me...because the OP is attributing this "push" to them anyway. A bit of a passive-aggressive jab at an undeserving group. At least in this instance.
Anyway, there's a difference between a push for more on-screen representation of gays and a push to make a gay Avenger, and a few tweets and an Op-Ed piece does not a "push from the LGBTQ community" make.
Going to have to rate this one a "pants on fire", Kuku. It gives me no pleasure. Especially with having to repeatedly type out LGBTQ...the most annoyingly long acronym ever, time and again.
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