A gay old time
I believe it was the late, great, occasionally coherent Kurk Cobain who groaned the line "everyone is gay" as he sung of the general malais which had become his life. Kurk was one profound sonofabitch and very perceptive, as well. Everyone is gay these days. Gay has become as trendy as lattes and satellite radio.
Me, I'm still adjusting to the idea that dashingly handsome Rock Hudson preferred to get his loving from other men rather than the throngs of winsom women who adored him. And Mike Brady? How the hell did that happen?
We all know that any sort of discussion about homosexuality and its weird prevalence these days needs to be appended with the line: "Not that there's anything wrong with that." For surely, a free spirited bunch like ourselves does not wish to cast any sort of aspersion upon any one group of people, no matter how foreign their lifestyle seems to us.
But even the most staunch gay supporter should admit that the emerging homosexual lifestyle takes some getting used to. For instance, when I was a boy, you could trust that a superhero was a powerful man or women who upheld the American way of life and only occasionally paused for fornication. And then, only with a superhero of the opposite sex. Those days are over. Although, if we really get honest with ourselves, didn't we always suspect Robin might be just a little bit different?
Me, I wish Batwoman the best of luck finding herself a life partner. I will refrain from making sophomoric jokes about lesbians with superpowers because I am a tolerant adult. But mostly, I can't think of one at the moment.
Years after she first emerged from the Batcave, Batwoman is coming out of the closet. DC Comics is resurrecting the classic comic book character as a lesbian, unveiling the new Batwoman in July as part of an ongoing weekly series that launched this year. The 5-foot-10 superhero comes with flowing red hair, knee-high red boots with spiked heels, and a form-fitting black outfit.
The outing of Batwoman created a furor of opinions on Web sites devoted to DC Comics. Opinions ranged from outrage to approval. Others took a more tongue-in-cheeck approach to the announcement.
"Wouldn't ugly people as heroes be more groundbreaking?" asked one poster. "You know, 200-pound woman, man with horseshoe hair loss pattern, people with cold sores, etc.?"
