http://ptw30.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] ptw30.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] epistasthai 2013-02-14 01:47 am (UTC)

I cannot tell you how much this bothers me. Card actually demanded anarchy if gay marriage ever was passed. DC Comics seems to have always sided with tolerance. They're written Alan Scott gay (though I loved his son Todd and his domestic partner. They even had a great issue of JSA about the two of them wanting to adopt). Birds of Prey had to two gay men and a lesbian in it prior to the New 52. Batwoman got her own book. Renee from Gotham PD...I can go on and on about how they have made strives to incorporate gay characters into their comics.

But this disgusts me. I understand that Card is a big name in books. Who hasn't heard of Ender's Game? Still, this man is a bigot, and though it's my life's dream to work at DC Comics again in some capacity, this is truly disheartening. Not to mention, Gail Simone was originally pulled off of Batgirl (rumor has it) for wanting to write a transgender character. She has been placed back on the book, but why the sudden change from a company that celebrates all lifestyles to one that hires a "gay basher"? Disappointed. Very disappointed.

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