SUPER GAY!: BAT-LESBIAN!

Linoleum Knife

Alonso Duralde

Gay, Lgbt, Reviews, Film, Entertainment, Movies, Tv & Film, Criticism, Movie

4.8 • 646 Ratings

🗓️ 11 February 2019

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

With a new TV show on the horizon, Batwoman is the most prominent Lesbian superhero in contemporary comics! OR IS SHE? Johnny and the Prof do some detective work, tracing the character's history, from her debut in the 1950's, to her most recent incarnation as a sexy Sapphic spy in DC's ongoing Batwoman (2017) by Marguerite Bennet. GET READY FOR A SURPRISE ENDING! ALSO: how did Iceman, and the Super Gays, spend their holidays? FIND OUT! Produced by James Kelly.

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0:00.0	Annalisia Avala is my co-worker. She's a lawyer and she's a gay lady.
0:07.0	Super Kay!
0:08.0	I'm here with Annalisia and we're talking for Super Gay about Batwoman and lesbian representation
0:15.0	and comics. Are there any lesbian superheroes that you know of right now besides batwoman um no i actually had no
0:23.0	idea that that woman was going to be a lesbian superhero or that she is a lesbian superhero
0:28.1	character in comic books um so i'm very excited for the new show you know i think that with
0:33.5	female superheroes a lot of the times they can be over-sexualized or like the focus is on
0:39.6	their beauty and on their femininity.
0:42.9	You know, so for with a lesbian superhero, I'd like to see that strength, that focus on
0:47.4	her inner strength and not necessarily this over-sexualized character.
0:52.2	I'd also like to see a strong backstory.
0:53.8	Like you kind of mentioned to me before that
0:56.5	that bat woman was kicked out of the army
0:59.2	because of the Don't Ask Don't Tell about.
1:00.8	Yes, that's right.
1:01.6	So, yeah, getting that deep into issues
1:03.8	that, you know, as a lesbian woman,
1:05.8	we could potentially relate to.
1:08.0	Yeah, and in 2006, when this book came out, you could still relate to it because
1:13.2	Don't ask, don't tell.
1:14.0	I think was still in effect.
1:15.2	That's true.
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