8 Heroes Who Could Be The Marvel Cinematic Universe's First Gay Character

8. Living Lightning

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Marvel does seem serious about at least taking positive steps towards diversifying their Avengers roster - but why not hammer their intentions home with the inclusion of a gay Hispanic-American man?

Miguel Santos started out as a villain before joining the team and was originally written as straight. It was only when he was approached by the Great Lakes Avengers as a potential new recruit that he inadvertently outed himself, believing the team's acronym (GLA) to stand for the Gay/Lesbian Alliance. 

Santos played a role in both the Civil War and the Infinity War in the comics, if Marvel want to introduce a new LGBT character that wouldn't require too much shoehorning in, Living Lightning's their man.