Confirmed: Superman might be gay
posted at 8:37 pm on May 21, 2012 by Allahpundit
Makes sense. He’s got the build, the fashion sense, and just maybe the gaydar-pinging facial structure. And yet — no one’s sure yet that he’s the one who’s coming out. All we know is that it’s a male, that it’ll happen next month, and that he’s “one of the major iconic DC characters.”
Is there something you’d like to tell us, Batman?
Actually, no need: We already know.
So which one is it? The folks at DC Comics aren’t saying, but they do say it’s the latest effort to make sure their comics keep up with the times.
Last September, DC Comics relaunched its entire line of comic books to feature an updated look and a new lineup of LGBT superheroes: including Voodoo, an African American bisexual woman and Batwoman, an open lesbian…
“DC and (archrival) Marvel are recognizing that there is an LGBT audience that has been reading their comics for years,” said Matt Kane, associate director of entertainment and media for GLAAD. “When creating these fictional worlds it’s important to show the full diversity.”
Aside from making good business sense, Kane said younger readers are perfectly comfortable with gay characters and expect to see their peers represented.
As a wise man once said, “culture is upstream from politics.” Another clue from Bleeding Cool, which broke this story:
As Senior VP Sales Bob Wayne explained, just like the President of the United States, the co-publisher’s policy on this “has evolved.”
And despite his best efforts to stem Dan’s wandering mouth, we also got the very strong impression that the death of Superman of Earth Two many not have been as final as portrayed…
So Superman’s going to return from a near-death experience having suddenly turned gay? Wouldn’t be the first time, my friends. Exit question: Did Obama’s “evolution” give Supes the courage to finally admit the truth? It’s canny marketing by D.C. to try to capitalize on The One’s big announcement by plugging one of their major characters directly into the news cycle. And, assuming they’re Obama fans, it gives their guy a tiny bit of extra political cover. Wouldn’t be the first time that that’s happened with a constituency on this issue either.
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Entirely indifferent wins. Of course, I feel that way about sports in general, not just gay players “coming out.”
Warner Todd Huston on April 29, 2013 at 2:03 PM
Gutsy.
verbaluce on April 29, 2013 at 2:04 PM
*yawn* – why does the White House need to comment?
tommer74 on April 29, 2013 at 2:04 PM
Why are (D)s always so surprised that blacks/women/Hispanics/gays/etc. are capable of accomplishing anything?
rogerb on April 29, 2013 at 2:04 PM
At the risk of being accused of being a closet gay male:
Like I said in the other thread, when this kind of announcement stops being brave and becomes yawn worthy; then you know gays have made progress..
melle1228 on April 29, 2013 at 2:05 PM
Yawn.
beatcanvas on April 29, 2013 at 2:05 PM
Cue 300 posts all claiming to “not care.”
libfreeordie on April 29, 2013 at 2:05 PM
That’s cool that he’ll now be eligible to play until he’s 82 years old, btw.
rogerb on April 29, 2013 at 2:06 PM
Who?
nobar on April 29, 2013 at 2:06 PM
34 year old NBA player at the end of his career, who is now a free agent?
Not exactly brave.
How does his sexual preference affect his rebounding & free throw percentage?
portlandon on April 29, 2013 at 2:06 PM
Wow, and I thought things like chemical weapon use, economic meltdowns, and political malfeasance were news?
reppac122 on April 29, 2013 at 2:06 PM
And failure to sign him will show homophobia. Journeyman league average player who gets a veteran contract vs. potential diamond in the rough inexpensive rookie?
It’s all about making sure you get that next gig.
rbj on April 29, 2013 at 2:06 PM
Wake me up when that happens. Honestly, this is practically a non-story. Even if Collins is signed by an NBA team for next season, he may never see any playing time(he played a mere 6 games this year for a crappy Wizards squad), so that standing O that’s being predicted will never come to pass.
An all-star caliber NBA player coming out while in the prime of his career. THAT would be a story. All this is is the Democrat/media complex trying to drum up yet another gay-themed story when there is far more important stuff going on.
Doughboy on April 29, 2013 at 2:06 PM
I don’t care that you care if we care or not. How’s that?
melle1228 on April 29, 2013 at 2:06 PM
If you’re commenting that you don’t care, you care.
YYZ on April 29, 2013 at 2:07 PM
We’re waiting for your informed response on the gun control thread that you hit and run earlier.
rogerb on April 29, 2013 at 2:07 PM
Don’t remember asking. Love the self-importance attached with all these people who come out, that the world cares so much.
When’s the book coming out? Contract negotiations not going well? Future employment opportunities?
Why do these people (and not just gays) think we care about their sex lives???? Tacky is as tacky does.
kim roy on April 29, 2013 at 2:08 PM
Well, when you have nothing else to offer, you might as well go gay.
Pork-Chop on April 29, 2013 at 2:09 PM
Only way it gets that high is if you (or other trolls) post non-sequiturs, red herrings or strawmen.
nobar on April 29, 2013 at 2:09 PM
Will the “pride” parades end then as well?
I never understood this about certain communities. They claim they want to be viewed the same as everyone else yet they feel the need to celebrate how they’re different from everyone as often as possible.
VinceOfDoom on April 29, 2013 at 2:09 PM
1. Big hairy athlete outs himself.
2. Allahpundit wets himself with glee.
3. The hotairheads rejoice.
4. Random rerson who says this isn’t really a conservative blog gets shown the door.
5. LOL as necessary.
ps: lol
abobo on April 29, 2013 at 2:10 PM
Athletes & Twitter. Often a bad idea.
22044 on April 29, 2013 at 2:10 PM
You got me. I admit it. I’ve actually been dying to know more about this guy’s personal sex life.
What’s his name again?
forest on April 29, 2013 at 2:10 PM
Coming soon to a draft pick near you!
rogerb on April 29, 2013 at 2:10 PM
Per Twitter:
d1carter on April 29, 2013 at 2:10 PM
Hey, if he really wanted to be brave and edgy he would have made the announcement in the Middle East or came out as a TEA Partier/conservative.
As it is, it’s just another liberal feel good self wanking exercise. Nothing to see here, move along, move along.
kim roy on April 29, 2013 at 2:11 PM
I’m straight. I like it shaved with the little landing strip. See how important to others that really is, chump?
We could cue up 300 posts of why you don’t get any a$$.
I’ll start. You are the stand in for Pat on SNL.
RovesChins on April 29, 2013 at 2:11 PM
Im sorry, but this isnt really a big deal.
Hes gay. So freaking what?
I dont really care what sports players do off of the court/field/rink/whatever. All I care about is that I get my moneys worth when I go to a game.
His being gay means absolutely nothing to me or to sports. All it is is another person coming out, a fairly typical thing in the country these days.
Its not Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier or anything. Its just a man saying that he enjoys the company of other men.
Its his life, why should we care what he does with it?
Blu3Yeti on April 29, 2013 at 2:11 PM
Rapist adulterer kobe Bryant thinks it’s awesome. Not the best endorsement possible.
SparkPlug on April 29, 2013 at 2:11 PM
Thanks as always for your page views, abobo.
Allahpundit on April 29, 2013 at 2:11 PM
Ding ding ding.
Brave? Nope. I’ll take “Excellent Self-Promotion” for $1,000 Alex.
Actually, I think he’s 36 – It’ll be interesting to see the pretzel logic going on when this guy’s offers are few & far between.
ICanSeeNovFromMyHouse on April 29, 2013 at 2:12 PM
I remember Cromartie talking about all his children and how they all had different moms on Hardknocks, at first I thought he was making it up and just joking, then I was like WHAT?! He’s serious?!
El_Terrible on April 29, 2013 at 2:12 PM
Nothing to see here, just a continuation of the down hill slide as we continue to define deviancy down and mainstream it in the modern American culture.
RAN58 on April 29, 2013 at 2:12 PM
I doesn’t. It does, however, make it harder to drop a bench-rider at the end of his career. Now if they drop him, it’s discrimination, not because he’s mediocre.
iurockhead on April 29, 2013 at 2:13 PM
Lindsey Graham and Tim Scott are unavailable for comments.
Capitalist Hog on April 29, 2013 at 2:13 PM
If Dog Eater had a tall, gay, basketball-playing son he would look like Jason Collins.
Bishop on April 29, 2013 at 2:13 PM
Me too. *clink*
SparkPlug on April 29, 2013 at 2:14 PM
He’s an aging, un-restricted free agent. Potentially timed for speaking fees post-career or a lawsuit in case no one offers a contract for next season.
(what? give the benefit of the doubt to a Stanford grad or an Ivy Leaguer? I don’t think so.)
phreshone on April 29, 2013 at 2:14 PM
I care very much that the media and public pay attention to this dimwittery rather than Benghazi, F&F, the economy, drone strikes, Syria, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc.
I care very much that the liberals/media (redundant) control the language and can make the mundane and stupid seem “heroic” when in reality it’s somebody being a useful idiot for some attention.
So yeah, I guess I do care, but not for the reasons they want me to care.
kim roy on April 29, 2013 at 2:14 PM
The limp wrist gives him an edge in shooting ability. /
I go on the record as saying I don’t care what anybody’s sexual preference is. I don’t think it brave to come forward and announce it, I think it is arrogant that you think I care who you have sex with- male, female, or goat.
Happy Nomad on April 29, 2013 at 2:14 PM
In my next life I want to have Iowahawk’s wit.
Bishop on April 29, 2013 at 2:15 PM
Did he go to Duke?
Deafdog on April 29, 2013 at 2:15 PM
This is all getting very, very tiresome.
darwin on April 29, 2013 at 2:15 PM
WHO CARES?
GWB on April 29, 2013 at 2:15 PM
Here come hate fouls.
tom daschle concerned on April 29, 2013 at 2:15 PM
10 minutes later…
nobar on April 29, 2013 at 2:15 PM
Hey look, it’s the guy who says that identifying that a mediocre player is mediocre makes you a homophobe.
How quaint.
Good Solid B-Plus on April 29, 2013 at 2:16 PM
Wouldn’t that be ‘ballsy’ ?
RovesChins on April 29, 2013 at 2:16 PM
I follow sports closely..heard this ‘news’ a few hours ago..and said aloud ‘who’
Nobody who want his 15 minutes of fame
Redford on April 29, 2013 at 2:16 PM
Here’s the very interesting question about this. Jason Collins is supposedly gay (I mean, this could just be a contract ploy, after all….). But his brother, Jarron Collins, also played in the NBA. It’s his twin brother. So is Jarron gay too?
If not… so much for the “gay gene”. If so…, is he going to “come out” too?
I’d like to see Allahpundit do a post on the Catholic Bishop that Ed covered in the Greenroom; surely that will get hits.
Vanceone on April 29, 2013 at 2:17 PM
Close… Stanford…
phreshone on April 29, 2013 at 2:17 PM
A publicity move for a player who is at the end of his career, hoping some Liberal owner will sign him to show how Liberal he is.
Brave? Nope. Self-serving.
kingsjester on April 29, 2013 at 2:17 PM
Couldn’t Jason Collns have waited until the Celtics were eliminated from the postseason before coming out?
Whats the bigger deal: Tebow getting cut or Jason Collins coming out?
RedRobin145 on April 29, 2013 at 2:18 PM
If Jason Collins had a tall, gay, basketball-playing father he would have a secret service detail following him around like the do all the first family members.
Happy Nomad on April 29, 2013 at 2:18 PM
Wasn’t that the goal? Guess the goalposts have moved again.
forest on April 29, 2013 at 2:18 PM
Bat face had to take a cold shower.
RovesChins on April 29, 2013 at 2:18 PM
Low information drama for a low information America.
MNHawk on April 29, 2013 at 2:18 PM
I. Do. Not. Care.
Buck_Nekkid on April 29, 2013 at 2:18 PM
Holy crap, Collins has a career playoff PER of 5.4. The league average/baseline is 15.
40% on FGs, barely above 10% on total rebounding rate, 2.5 defensive Win Shares…he’s even scrubbier than I thought he was.
Good Solid B-Plus on April 29, 2013 at 2:19 PM
Or apparently a closeted gay male even if you are really a girl. :)
melle1228 on April 29, 2013 at 2:19 PM
*clink*
RovesChins on April 29, 2013 at 2:20 PM
Collins better not tell that he’s a Tea Partier or else all his sensitive, non bigoted, liberal supporters will instantly denounce him as a fa**ot.
Bishop on April 29, 2013 at 2:20 PM
Fixed, because those that put the low information in low information America really do care what Jason Collins sticks his richard in to.
MNHawk on April 29, 2013 at 2:20 PM
As far as so many here offering ‘don’t care’s and yawns…
welcome to the progress that had to be fought for.
verbaluce on April 29, 2013 at 2:21 PM
Every new frontier needs pioneers. Good on ya, Jason Collins! Don’t let the bastids get you down.
Ladysmith CulchaVulcha on April 29, 2013 at 2:21 PM
Interesting way of extending one’s career. Now if someone doesn’t sign him, it will just go to show how homophobic the league supposedly is….despite his less than a point per game average this year.
Zaggs on April 29, 2013 at 2:21 PM
Wow! Made my day better in this world of tumult, terrorism, waning morals, babies being torn apart while still living and otherwise murdered……..to know that someone has the courage to make his personal life, public.
What ballz.
Like who gives a flip? Other things way more important, fella. Get over yourself.
avagreen on April 29, 2013 at 2:21 PM
I care that the media wastes time with nonsense like this instead of covering important stories. Just more “SQUIRREL!”
P.S. I never heard of this guy before this story, and I’m not about to start watching basketball just because of it.
glockomatic on April 29, 2013 at 2:22 PM
Copied from the other thread:
This is a response to Capitalist Hog’s ridiculous posts.
Good Solid B-Plus on April 29, 2013 at 2:22 PM
Watching other people play sports is a stupid waste of time regardless of the sexuality of athletes, but it is sort of gay to be watching muscular men in skimpy clothing.
thuja on April 29, 2013 at 2:22 PM
Yeah, he’s just like Jackie Robinson.
*yawn*
Good Solid B-Plus on April 29, 2013 at 2:22 PM
The aerodynamics of a specially design javaline should also improve…if you can believe Revenge of the Nerds.
Deafdog on April 29, 2013 at 2:23 PM
Maybe it’s gay-fatigue, but I’m kinda in the ‘don’t care’ camp. I thought this would be a bigger deal to me, a sports fan, when it finally happened. Maybe it’s not earth-shattering because I never heard of the guy before today. Whatever.
joejm65 on April 29, 2013 at 2:23 PM
Most don’t even know who this guy is…much more legs on a story when Magic Johnson announced he was HIV positive.
I know you have fought for this day, Verbaluce, because it means you’re one day closer to being able to marry your mother.
RovesChins on April 29, 2013 at 2:23 PM
Wasn’t that progress won in the 80′s/90′s?
nobar on April 29, 2013 at 2:24 PM
Yeah because the ability to be an attention whore and announce to the world you screw other dudes is akin to spending decades in a South African prison or being attacked while on a march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma. Right?
Happy Nomad on April 29, 2013 at 2:25 PM
It weould have been a lot braver of him, if he wasn’t about to be forced to retire.
kingsjester on April 29, 2013 at 2:25 PM
I don’t understand why it’s important for us to know he’s gay, or anyone else for that matter. All the usual suspects just use yet another public outing to rush forward to prove how inclusive or tolerant they are. Seriously, why is this something for the WH to even comment on otherwise?
changer1701 on April 29, 2013 at 2:26 PM
Agreed, which is why I told my kids to go to hell when they asked to play sports and bought them tv’s and recliners instead.
Don’t tell me, you’re the life of every party, right?
Bishop on April 29, 2013 at 2:26 PM
Will the league have to add a new flagrant foul called “Hate Fouls” for those players that feel that they were hand checked extra hard because of their sexual preference?
portlandon on April 29, 2013 at 2:27 PM
I’m just sayin.
Cindy Munford on April 29, 2013 at 2:27 PM
Yep, that used to be the deal. “Stay out of my bedroom!” Fine, I gladly agreed to that.
I held up my end of the bargain, but the progressives naturally did not – as usual.
forest on April 29, 2013 at 2:27 PM
Thuja is waiting for the 24/7 Gosnell Comedy Hour.
RovesChins on April 29, 2013 at 2:28 PM
Big deal. He’s not even the first Wizard to come out. That was Dumbledore.
Darksean on April 29, 2013 at 2:28 PM
What would be more shocking is if a WNBA player came out as straight.
portlandon on April 29, 2013 at 2:28 PM
I guess we all have to cheer him now, or it’s a hate crime.
squint on April 29, 2013 at 2:28 PM
Ben Shapiro seems to care…a lot.
verbaluce on April 29, 2013 at 2:29 PM
Wow, this requires a White House response…we are the opposite of serious.
blue13326 on April 29, 2013 at 2:29 PM
Dang it!
Cindy Munford on April 29, 2013 at 2:29 PM
And why does ANYONE need to know who anyone else is having sex with?
Seriously? Does it affect the price of grapes? The stock market? Employment numbers? Foreign policy and free trade?
Does who YOU have sex with matter in the grand scheme of things?
Only liberals find importance in the truly non-important.
Plus, it’s really amusing to see liberal b!tch and moan about “get out of the bedroom and/or uteruses, etc”, but have absolutely no problem with oversharing this information that NO ONE ASKED FOR.
If liberals didn’t have double standards, they’d have none at all.
If this man hadn’t come out no one would be talking about who he bonks. No one would care. He would go on making obscene amounts of money being marginally adequate.
Attention wh#re seeks attention.
But you and your idiot liberal friends try to blame it on us somehow.
kim roy on April 29, 2013 at 2:29 PM
O_o
RovesChins on April 29, 2013 at 2:29 PM
Who cares?
Even if he weren’t ANCIENT, it would be irrelevant.
But, c’mon Obama Administration and MSM, let’s get all excited about a gay player and ignore Kermit Gosnell’s dead women and babies.
One is definitely more important than the other…after all, the civil rights of newborn babies and minority women aren’t as important as A GAY, PROFESSIONAL ATHLETE!!!!
Groan.
Resist We Much on April 29, 2013 at 2:30 PM
Even if he isn’t a convicted rapist, he is an admitted adulterer and skated the line as a child molester (his wife/ex-wife, I don’t know the status at this point was certainly below my comfort level when they were dating.)
I can’t stand Tiger Woods now, either.
All those people on DrewM’s list, yeah, I didn’t cheer for them before, and I certainly won’t cheer for them now.
cptacek on April 29, 2013 at 2:30 PM
Good point.
Kobe Bryant’s sexual assault case was also more of a story- and that involved allegations that an NBA player actually had sex with a woman that wasn’t his spouse!
Dennis Rodman in drag was more of a story.
Charles Barkley saying he wasn’t a role model was more of a story.
Jason Collins a puffter- not so much.
Happy Nomad on April 29, 2013 at 2:31 PM
THREAD WINNAH!
ToddPA on April 29, 2013 at 2:31 PM
yeah, we need another gosnell thread right, RIGHT?!
you ignrt douche!
nonpartisan on April 29, 2013 at 2:31 PM
I’m not sure about the new CBA the players union agreed to before last season, but I know under the old one, the league minimum salary for a 10+ year veteran(which Jason Collins is) was well over a million dollars. Maybe even a million five. So any owner who agrees to sign him next season for anything more than a 10-day contract better really value the publicity.
Doughboy on April 29, 2013 at 2:31 PM
Yep. I watch people comment on blogs instead.
SparkPlug on April 29, 2013 at 2:31 PM
Different kinds of progress…but progress.
Don’t let it get you down, Happy.
verbaluce on April 29, 2013 at 2:33 PM
Sssssssssssssuper.
Who gives a crap.
To those who disapprove, “stay out of my bedroom! None of your business!”
To those who approve, “look what I’m doing in my bedroom! I want it to be everyone’s business!”
CycloneCDB on April 29, 2013 at 2:33 PM
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