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Given all the controversy about diversity lately, I don't want you to see this as an attack on your or your staff, this is just genuine curiosity on my part. A while back I asked why Marvel don't have any LGBT solo titles and you have a very thoughtful response as to how it didn't seem the right time, the creators didn't fit etc & how you wanted to do it justice. My question is, given the success of Midnighter at DC & the other lgbt books, what is it that makes you feel the time isn't r

wheelr:

brevoortformspring:

I need the story and the creative team to show up, and feel legitimate. I don’t just want to do it because somebody else has done it, and in doing so, do it badly.

I wrote a piece back in June about how you can’t just wait for gay characters to show up in fiction; you have to put them there. The same goes for stories and creative teams. They won’t just show up. You have to go get them.

Go get them, Tom. Your vocal fans will be happy to make suggestions.

Adding on this person’s response as well, because it’s beautiful.  As a straight person, who are you to judge what feels ‘legitimately’ queer?  Or is it that you’re saying you feel there are no queer creators who are ‘legitimately’ qualified to create for you and no queer characters ‘legitimately’ worthy of having their own story?  Because either way, I call bullshit.  You know what’s more harmful than making a good faith effort and accidentally representing something poorly?  Not even bothering to try to represent it at all.

answered 8 years ago @ 05 Aug 2015 with 54 notes via/source
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