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Celeb News: Deadpool to become the first LGBT superhero?
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Deadpool to become the first LGBT superhero?
A sequel has already been greenlit and it might be possible that producers will explore deeper into Deadpool sexuality (given he is pansexual in the comics). Bryan Singer said an openly gay superhero is inevitable, but will it be Deadpool?
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Deadpool does what a lot of superheroes do. He battles bad guys, he’s essentially indestructible, and he wears an insanely tight spandex suit. He (played by Ryan Reynolds) earned a lot of attention this weekend because he also curses like Ernest Hemingway on a bender, breaks the fourth wall to chat with the audience, and experiments sexually with his strip-club-waitress girlfriend, Vanessa (Morena Baccarin). Oh, and because his movie opened to an enormous $150 million over the holiday weekend, minting a brand-new franchise in the process.
Deadpool is undoubtedly the first superhero movie where the superhero gets (lovingly) anally penetrated by his main squeeze, and any signs of protest from Wade clearly have to do with physical discomfort, not gay panic. Deadpool still falls victim to a conservative, “damsel in distress” story line, but there are signs of spice here in the typically vanilla-glazed world of comic-book cinema. That’s partially because Deadpool is one of the few R-rated superhero movies, but the character of Deadpool himself is well suited for pushing boundaries. And, based on some chatter thus far, may push even more of them in the now-inevitable sequels to come.
In the comics, the sarcastic mercenary swings all ways, hitting on women, men, and Spider-Men alike. He’s been described as “omnisexual” by one of his comic writers and “pansexual” by the movie’s director, Tim Miller. So far, however, all of that flirtation has manifested solely in heterosexual relationships, and the movie follows suit with the same kind of casual, same-sex attractions that are waved off with a laugh.
Deadpool muses on fondling Wolverine’s balls and proclaims his arousal while battling his nemesis, Ajax (Ed Skrein). Jeffrey Bloomer at Slate takes those moments as the usual laddish fare, calling Deadpool “no more pansexual than a frat boy who smacks another brother’s ass and then giggles about it, acknowledging a homoerotic energy he only knows how to dismiss with a joke.” It’s that flirtation-without-representation dynamic that has gotten other popular properties like Sherlock and Supernatural slapped with accusations of “gay baiting.” But the context of the film brings the flirtations and safely homosocial jokes outside the frat house at least to the front porch. I don’t remember Van Wilder lingering so long, so often, and so matter-of-factly on Reynolds’s toned ass, but Deadpool does, leaving its scarred superhero to dance around sexuality like Bugs Bunny in a push-up bra and, more importantly, leaving the audience to deal with it.
For most moviegoers without prior knowledge of the comic books (and that’s a lot of them), Deadpool will not even register as the first mainstream superhero movie featuring a bisexual character. Deadpool ruffles feathers any way he can, then heads back home to have sex with his manic-pixie-cut girlfriend, so it’s easy to think he’s just being goofy about going gay. Without knowledge of the comic-book canon, the Deadpool of the movie appears thoroughly straight.
That’s why the sequel has all the promise in the world for bringing the character definitively out of the joke-protected closet. Despite the fact that Deadpool, more than a lot of other superhero films before it, hinges on the love story between Wade and his girlfriend, Reynolds recently said that it “would be great” for the character to have a boyfriend in the next movie. He hopes that he and the creative team can break more boundaries in the future, and Fox—which isn’t nearly as tight-leashed with its superheroes as Marvel/Disney—may very well give them room to run.
Openly gay director Bryan Singer, the shepherd for Fox’s X-Men movies, has said that an openly gay on-screen superhero is “inevitable” and that he hopes he’ll get to include that element in future films. Deadpool 2 (which has already been green-lit by the studio) may beat him to it. As of this weekend, Deadpool is the most well-known non-straight superhero in the world. The star who plays him is on-board for getting a boyfriend, the studio has no good excuse for keeping him Pansexual in Name Only, and if Deadpool’s current girlfriend sticks around, they could bring polyamory into the picture to boot. (If any superhero girlfriend would be up for that, it’s Vanessa.) Imagine that.
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http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/...xual-superhero
Hmm thoughts? Would be here for Deadpool being the first queer superhero? Do you think Fox/producers will go through with it?
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He ain't gay if he likes females. It'll probably just him being a nympho who likes everyone. 
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He's already an openly pansexual character.
So he's an LGBT+ character, but not a gay character.
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YES PLEASE 
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why would his sexuality be explored
isn't he desperately in love with his girlfriend in the current movie
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It's great that he likes males though, I think.
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The straights would SEETHE. Deadpool and Batman are the two superheroes (idk if you can even call them that; aren't they anti-heroes or something?) that are the most respected/liked among them. They'll be pissed if either of them is gay, bi, ethnic, etc.
Since DP is already pan in the comics, I'm not sure they'll really have much of an argument.
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I love the idea of him exploring men, but not being exclusively gay.
That might make it trendy for guys to be Bi as well. Then all the closeted bisexual men can finally embrace their desires, confidently and in the open. 
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Deadpool is undoubtedly the first superhero movie where the superhero gets (lovingly) anally penetrated by his main squeeze....
I don’t remember Van Wilder lingering so long, so often, and so matter-of-factly on Reynolds’s toned ass,
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Huh?
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Originally posted by Achilles.
He's already an openly pansexual character.
So he's an LGBT+ character, but not a gay character.
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But they did not exploit that in this film, as Vanity Fair said his only relationship was with a woman. Thus if they actually did go through with it, he'd still be the first on-screen queer superhero in film.
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he's not gay but a queer superhero being embraced by the GP isn't such a long shot
especially deadpool since comic fans already know about his sexuality
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I just watched this other video about Deadpool that says he's Omnisexual not homosexual. It would be great if they explored him having a gay relationship but I think they'll just have him flirt which a guy every once in a while to show how "progressive" they are.
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What? 
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I love the idea of him exploring men, but not being exclusively gay.
That might make it trendy for guys to be Bi as well. Then all the closeted bisexual men can finally embrace their desires, confidently and in the open. |
Yes god
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Most of the straights who never read the comics will complain about them "forcing the gay agenda".
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Deadpool is not gay, he is queer. There is a difference.
Gay is a sexual identity in which a male is sexually interested in only other males. Deadpool is sexually interested in any sexuality/gender identity.
Deadpool is pansexual, which is what the article says. He does not count as a gay superhero simply because he has sex with another man. He wouldn't count as one even if he enters a relationship with one.
The movie is even about him being head over heels for a woman.
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he's not gay he's bisexual/queer or whatever
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Changed the title 
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