Did You Know Batwoman Is A Lesbian By Day?
I don’t really know anything about the world of comic books. Well, only what I learned from Seth in The OC, and I’m fairly sure he was into graphic novels… which are not the same thing. Or are they the same thing!? I told you, I know NOTHING!
Anyway, my ignorance means I was genuinely surprised and delighted to learn today that Batwoman is a lesbian. Did you know this? Why aren’t you people informing me of the sexualities of make-believe characters?
She first swung into action 50 years ago, helping her boyfriend Batman rid Gotham City of villains until she was killed off in 1979. Now Batwoman is making a comeback, replacing Batman – who is missing, presumed dead – in the popular DC Comics series.
And this time around the superheroine’s alter ego, Kathy Kane, is a red-headed lesbian.
A red-headed lesbian vixen!? Comic book nerds never had it so good!
I like how the writers speak of Kathy Kane too.
“We’ve been waiting to unlock her – it’s long overdue,” DC Comics writer Greg Rucka said. “Yes, she’s a lesbian. She’s also a redhead. If people are going to have problems with it, that’s their issue.”
I mostly enjoy that quote because it sounds a little as though the writers are saying “And if people are going to have problems with redheads, that’s their issue”.
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Well, I can’t think of too many people who would rather be shanked in an alley than be saved by a ranga, but then again, this isn’t the most tolerant world we live in.
But this can only mean good things for the batman fanbase (half of whom are lesbians themselves)
I wonder what Ruby Rose thinks of this.
Can’t wait for the movie.Fire crutch Lohan will fit the role perfect.
True Fact: when Ivory Madison (writer of Huntress: Year One and a few Batman issues) pitched an idea for a Batwoman rewrite (as a Jewish, lesbian DA), DC said sorry but they already had a Batwoman revival on the cards… as a lesbian DA. The collective (lesbotic) unconscious strikes again.
Might be worth looking into whether DC writers are also on the books at the Daily Telegraph.