Gay justice league

While in school, Wynnde became a member of the Atlantean purists, a group of extremists who believe themselves to be the direct descendants of the original Atlanteans. DC Pride #1 has been released and as promised, a story is included that presents the latest Justice League iteration. But Sigrid coming out was groundbreaking on its own.

I can’t explain it any more coherently than that, I’m sorry.

Glacier was also introduced in Super Friends #9, using the codename Icemaiden (sometimes rendered as Ice Maiden) and she/her pronouns. It’s revealed in Season 3 that he is in a relationship with Kaldur'ahm when they share a kiss after Kaldur'ahm brings the newly created meta-teen, Dolphin, to Atlantis.

Wynnde appears again in the episode “Unknown Factors,” where he and Kaldur'ahm must inspect Granny Goodness’s home for the missing Nightwing and Black Lightning.

In a story written by Kevin Dooley and drawn by Andy Smith, Hugh mentions being gay in a conversation with some other Guardians.

To add some context to this 31-year-old panel, homophobia in Tasmania was particularly virulent in the early ‘90s, sparking protests against widespread police harassment and abuse. However, there have been instances where Diana was depicted in relationships with other women as well.

In Greg Rucka’s famous Wonder Woman run from 2002 through 2006, he introduced Kaisa, a fellow Amazon, who was in a relationship with Diana and who specifically said her heart was broken when Diana left Themyscira with Steve Trevor.

One of the fan favorites of the show, as well as the only original character in the first season, was Kaldur'ahm, aka Aqualad.

(Well, not DC’s Tasmanian Devil.) But they were still on the Justice League, and during a time when the League seemed much more open to queer identities than it had ever been before — or since, honestly.

Both of these characters first debuted in Super Friends #9 (December 1977) by E. Nelson Bridwell and Ramona Fradon.

There’s no denying that they helped pave the way for greater inclusion and diversity in the industry, and that should be celebrated. This anthology has brought back some characters that have not been seen in a while and it is even giving some characters their comic book debut. Extraño heads up JLQ, even providing its name, which is fitting since he was DC's first openly gay superhero when he debuted in 1988.

The final page of the story uses they/them pronouns for Sigrid, and Wheeler confirmed on Twitter that Sigrid is nonbinary.

Again, Tasmanian Devil and Glacier are not exactly flagship Justice League members — but they were Justice League members, during a time when DC was clearly becoming more comfortable making statements in solidarity with LGBTQ+ rights movements and letting numerous characters question and reconsider their sexualities.

Twenty years later, in 2016, Jones was arrested for possession and distribution of CSAM, a charge to which he pled guilty in 2018. Of course, being gay shouldn’t be the entirety of his character, but to relegate it to a single solitary panel is disappointing, to say the least.

After the JLI disbanded, Hugh spent the next decade or so as an occasionally-seen Z-lister.

Sigrid somehow survived this process but ended up comatose in a hydration tank at STAR Labs.

The two close friends soon changed their codenames to the matching “Fire and Ice,” and were mainstays of the team for many years. In Season 3, he decided to join the Outsiders and go by the hero moniker "El Dorado."

Eduardo’s dad, Eduardo Dorado Sr., runs The Meta-Human Youth Center in Taos, where Eduardo and some of the other metahumans like Nathaniel Tryon work as youth counselors to those affected by the recent string of meta-human trafficking.

Another deserved inclusion here is Tremor - DC's only official asexual hero - who hasn't been seen since The Movement in 2014. It’s revealed later in the series that Harper, along with her brother, is being abused at home by their alcoholic father.

One day after school, Harper and Violet are caught drinking on the beach and sharing a drunken kiss.

The creative team behind it is Andrew Wheeler, Luciano Vecchio, Rex Lokus, Becca Carey, and Michael McCalister.