KAPOW! DC Comics reveals first gay superhero: Batwoman
”Yes, she’s a lesbian. She’s also a redhead. It is an element of her character. It is not her character. If people are going to have problems with it, that’s their issue. That’s certainly not mine…. People should be skeptical of the character. They absolutely should. They’ve barely seen her. And if I were a fan, I’d be going, ‘Great, we’ve got a redhead wearing a Bat suit. And it’s not Barbara Gordon. And she’s gay. This is all I’ve heard about her.’ As a fan, I’d be like, ‘That’s not much of a character.’ And they’d be right. That’s not a whole lot to go on.”
Greg Rucka of DC Comics on the appearance and subsequent coming out process of the company’s new lipstick lesbian superhero, Kate Kane as Batwoman. (Comic Book Resource)
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