Batwoman Writers Quit After Lesbian Wedding Ban

[Jazzy]

Two writers of the Batwoman comic books have resigned after DC Comic allegedly told them they could not run storylines they had been working on for months, including the heroine's lesbian wedding.

J.H Williams and W. Haden Blackman said they were leaving after being asked to "alter or completely discard many long-standing storylines that we feel compromise the character and the series".

Batwoman was reintroduced to DC Comics in 2006 as a redheaded lesbian after disappearing in 1976.

The series was hailed by gay rights campaigners and received an award for outstanding comic book from GLAAD ( Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation).

And in February's 17th issue, Batwoman's alter ego Kate Kane proposed to her girlfriend Maggie Sawyer. It was the first time a same sex couple were shown getting engaged in a mainstream comic.

In a blog post quoted by The Hollywood Reporter but seemingly no longer available, the co-authors wrote that they were "frustrated and angry - because they prevented us from telling the best stories we can".

"We were told to ditch plans for Killer Croc's origins; forced to drastically alter the original ending of our current arc, which would have defined Batwoman's heroic future in bold new ways; and, most crushingly, prohibited from ever showing Kate and Maggie actually getting married," they said.

"All of these editorial decisions came at the last minute, and always after a year or more of planning and plotting on our end."

Williams later took to Twitter to deny DC Comics were anti-gay marriage.

"Were NEVER told they could not marry because of gay marriage. AT ALL," he wrote.

"I've just been told that threats of violence have been issued toward individuals at DC comics. This is unacceptable. It needs to stop now."

DC Comics released a comment saying: "As acknowledged by the creators involved, the editorial differences with the writers of Batwoman had nothing to do with the sexual orientation of the character."

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Some have suggested that the company is against its characters marrying. Clark Kent's marriage to Lois Lane was not resurrected when DC Comics brought him back in 2011.

Do you think this was done because DC Comics is against gay marriage?

 

[DrLeftover]

Some have suggested that the company is against its characters marrying. Clark Kent's marriage to Lois Lane was not resurrected when DC Comics brought him back in 2011.

Do you think this was done because DC Comics is against gay marriage?

uuummmm, ahhh.... well,... ... ... maybe its ahhhh.

How's this?

I'll get back to you on that once I form an opinion either way.

 

[Flurry]

Considering they turned long time straight character Scott Allen into a gay man when they rebooted the DC world and I think married him off afterwards (although I could be thinking of a male/male wedding in the Marvel world.) so I don't think they are against it. They are just being idiots again like usual. And of course they didn't resurrect the marriage to Lois in 2011, I think that's when they rebooted the world forming the New 52. Would have been no point to bring that back right away. Especially since they apparently wanted to get him and Wonder Woman together now.

As mentioned above, this is just another thing in a long line of stupidity from DC.