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進入《TAIPEI TIMES》 Writer says new Superman bisexual; ‘not a gimmick’
A member of the LGBTI community wearing a Superman costume poses at a demonstration against the new penal code approved in the Chamber of Deputies in Santo Domingo on July 11. Superman fell for a reporter and now his son is doing the same, although this time the superhero’s love interest is a man. Photo: AFP
/ Reuters, LOS ANGELES
It is out, out and away for Superman on National Coming Out Day on Monday.
Jon Kent, the son of original Superman Clark Kent and journalist Lois Lane, turns out to be bisexual in DC Comics’ latest iteration of the superhero’s adventures.
The young man kisses reporter Jay Nakamura in issue five of the comic book Superman: Son of Kal-El, which is to be released on Nov. 9.
“It’s not a gimmick,” the writer, Tom Taylor, said in an interview from Melbourne, Australia, wearing a T-shirt with a rainbow-striped Superman logo.
“When I was offered this job, I thought: ‘Well, if we’re going to have a new Superman for the DC Universe, it feels like a missed opportunity to have another straight white savior,’” he said.
National Coming Out Day is observed on Oct. 11 to support lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.
“We didn’t want this to be ‘DC Comics creates new queer Superman,’” Taylor said. “We want this to be ‘Superman finds himself, becomes Superman and then comes out,’ and I think that’s a really important distinction there.”
Reactions have been mostly positive, Taylor said.
“I’m seeing tweets of people saying they burst into tears when they read the news, that they wished that Superman was this when they were growing up, that they could see themselves,” he said. “People are saying for the first time ever they’re seeing themselves in Superman — something they never thought was possible.”
Jon Kent cares about the climate crisis and refugees.
“He is as powerful as hope, faster than fate and able to lift us all, and he’s a very new hero finding his way, fighting things his father didn’t as much,” Taylor said, who wants this to be the new normal.
“I hope this isn’t a headline in a few years time. I hope this isn’t trending on Twitter. I hope this just something about a person and good rep for everybody that that represents,” he said.
新聞來源：TAIPEI TIMES
