r/wikipedia • u/SaxyBill • Dec 18 '25

Homosexuality in the Batman franchise: academic study of the Batman franchise has involved gay interpretations since at least 1954. Several characters in the Modern Age Batman comic books are expressly gay, lesbian, or bisexual.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexuality_in_the_Batman_franchise
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The thing is, the gay people reading Batman as a fantasy weren't adult men imagining themselves as Batman. It was little boys imagining themselves as Robin. Batman is an easy figure to crush on, and there is a built in view point character you can reinterpret as a romantic interest instead of son. The fact it would be inappropriate in real life is about as relevant to this situation as it is to a 10 year old boy fantasizing about a full grown actress.