11 Characters Who Might Be The MCU's First LGBT* Superhero

Marvel finally introduced a gay character into the MCU with Endgame, in a short scene with a director’s cameo from Joe Russo. As part of Captain America’s snap support group, the character mentions a date with a new man after his husband was snapped by Thanos.

The moment was underplayed in the extreme, and in some ways it’s great that it was dropped in so casually. There doesn’t need to be special fanfare in universe when a character at a support group mentions his husband.

Let’s be real though - the MCU hasn’t really earned the right to be casual yet.

At least three LGBT* characters have had scenes confirming their sexuality cut, and we are yet to see any queer romance or even 'out' named characters. Marvel has a fair few in their comics to call upon, as well as some characters in the MCU already who could be their first LGBT* superhero.

Eternals will allegedly feature an LGBT character, but if Marvel ducks away from the issue again, there are other characters who could step to the plate. These characters are all potential icons in the waiting, and could provide representation across the board.

Pansexual

Deadpool is technically part of the same X-Men movie universe as the McAvoy/Fassbender and Stewart/McKellen movies, but he’s in a unique position. He’s never had any crossover with those films and is sort of in a world of his own, so the recent Disney merger won’t have affected him.

The regular X-Men will be disbanded, recast and folded into the MCU naturally after a while, but Ryan Reynolds’ version of Deadpool will remain untouched.

He may well continue to float around, disconnected from all the other movies, but with Spider-Man: Far From Home teasing a multiverse, he might in fact feature in a multiverse distantly linked to the MCU, even if he never has a role in any of their movies.

If that’s the case, he could become the MCU’s first LGBT* superhero, as Reynolds is keen to explore Deadpool’s pansexuality in the third movie. Considering he has a long standing love interest, this will likely be a nod towards it rather than an established relationship.

Fans would still want a central hero to call their own, but Deadpool would certainly be a start.

He just misses out on the top ten because, regardless of potential retcons, he’s not part of the core MCU.