In 2012, on June 20th, Marvel published their first comic depicting a gay wedding.
The June 20th issue of Astonishing X-Men Vol 3 #51 depicts the wedding of the hero Northstar, who came out in 1992, becoming the first openly gay superhero in comics.
Jean-Paul Beaubier and his longtime partner Kyle Jinadu stood before their friends and family and took their vows, joining in marriage.
At time of printing, same sex marriage was NOT protected under united states federal law, that did not come until June of 2015.
The conversation to depict the matrimonial union of a same sex couple in a marvel comic came out of the New York state ruling on July 24, 2011. (according to former Marvel Comics editor-in-chief Axel Alonso who held the office at the time)
Jean-Paul's home country of Canada enacted nationwide legalization on July 20, 2005. Jean-Paul's home province of Quebec had permitted same sex union since March 19, 2004, the third province to do so, only a year before national legalization.
The first country to Legalize same sex marriage was Nederland on the first of April 2001.
As of January 2025, only 38 countries recognize same-sex marriage at all.
Today there is still over 70 countries where homosexuality is illegal, and about 5 where if convicted in a court of law, the legal penalty is death (although only 2 or 3 of which where they actually convict).
Extrajudicial killings of the LGBTQ+ by small minded bigots are STILL happening in every country on earth.
The gender nonconforming and non-heteronormative are still frequent targets of violence in every country.
Our fight is not over, this history is very much still happening.
We have always been here and we WILL ALWAYS BE HERE. We will fight to the end for our right to stay and we will win.
Heroes never stop fighting no matter the odds. At stonewall, when the police came in force to put out their light, a hero picked up a brick from the ground and fought back. And that brick was the first in a new path paved for their future.
So maybe when fighting for the right to survive has you exhausted and the night is dark, if you feel lost in the cold sea, look to the sky and seek the north star, and dream of a future where you can fly too.
Northstar, a guiding light, something you find in the darkness to see the place where you are going. A beacon of hope, a promise of a journey.
This is often told as the "first gay wedding in the history of comics" It's NOT. It's not even the first gay superhero wedding, it is MARVEL'S first gay wedding.
The wedding of Apollo and Midnighter in The Authority #29 (2002) the Wildstorm comic pre-dated Astonishing X-Men #51 by ten years.
The Authority did not sell well, and to be honest it wasn't very good, but when they knew they were getting canceled they used their last issue to publish a gay superhero wedding and history should remember them for that.
Funding for international LGBTQ programs is gaining momentum as donors have become increasingly interested in issues concerning LGBTQ advoca
here is a list of charities i have not vetted, maybe look into them or maybe donate to your local pride organization.
I'm not going to write about this years pride comics this year.
This is about the history of our survival, not capitalism. Remember that.
Jenny made her dad make a hair tutorial but he was quite hopeless, luckily her other dad went to the rescue
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there was supposed to be one or two frames more but honestly just look at the date I actually drew these, I dont even remember what exactly was supposed to happen
Mid kisses his head and braids his hair in a fancy way
