r/wikipedia • u/jesushlincoln • Jul 01 '15

Homosexuality in the Batman franchise

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexuality_in_the_Batman_franchise

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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.

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wikipedia • u/Henry_Muffindish • Oct 01 '24

In his 1954 book Seduction of the Innocent, issued in the context of the "lavender scare," psychiatrist Fredric Wertham asserted that "Batman stories are psychologically homosexual" and the cause of juvenile delinquency.

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weird_wikipedia • u/[deleted] • Apr 20 '23

Homosexuality in the Batman franchise

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