Gay captain
Captain Moonlite, the bushranger acknowledged for the Egerton bank robbery of 1869 and the Wantabadgery outrage of 1879, is commonly idea to have been queer or queer. In recent years, his love for gang member James Nesbitt has been celebrated in art, music and theatre. Now the Heritage Council of New South Wales is considering adding the graves of Moonlite and Nesbitt to the Express Heritage Register in recognition of their “publicly recognized same-sex relationship”.
The Heritage Council, however, has several issues to contend with. For one, the nature of the relationship between Moonlite and Nesbitt is not as sure and settled as has been assumed. For another, the headstone that now marks Moonlite’s grave obfuscates, rather than celebrates, his feelings for Nesbitt.
Meeting and memory
Andrew George Scott – the human behind the Moonlite moniker – met James Nesbitt in Pentridge Prison, Coburg, between 1875 and 1877. The two reunited on the outside in 1879, and Nesbitt followed Scott on his ill-fated trek into New South Wales where, with four other companions, they “stuck up” Wantabadgery Station.
In an ensuing confrontation with police, Nesbitt, August Wernicke (the youngest
Marvel Reveals First Gay ‘Captain America’ in New Comic Series
Marvel announced that the first gay Captain America in the superhero’s 80-year history will be revealed in an upcoming issue.
In the limited series The United States of Captain America, Steve Rogers (the original Captain America) and other characters who donned the costume go on a road trip across the U.S. to uncover his stolen shield. Along the way, they interaction “everyday people from all walks of life who’ve taken up the mantle of Captain America to defend their communities,” Marvel said.
One of those everyday people is the unused character Aaron Fischer, a.k.a. Captain America of the Railways, “a fearless teen who stepped up to protect fellow runaways and the unhoused.” Fischer will also become the first LGBTQ+ character in the comics’ history to haul the mantle of Captain America.
The limited series’ designer Jan Bazaldua said in a statement, “As a transgender person, I am happy to be proficient to present an openly gay person who admires Captain America and fights against evil to aid those who are almost invisible to society. While I was drawing him, I
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Captain America never meant anything to me, until now.
The idea has always seemed absurd: He’s a military jock who represents a racist country dominated by the rich — and we’re supposed to root for him? The character turns eighty years old this year, and as far as I was concerned he’s overstayed his welcome.
So imagine my surprise when I set up myself looking forward to a new Captain America issue, thanks to a new approach to the character: No longer a creaky old symbol of America’s imagined might, The United States of Captain America introduces a legion of local heroes across the country, each one heroes in their retain communities.
One Captain America is a homeless homosexual teen named Aaron Fischer; another is a Filipino American college student named Ari Agbayani; another is a Black woman named Nichelle Wright. Rather than pretending that America is a blond chisel-jawed liberator, these Captains reflect a multiplicity of backgrounds, standards, and first-hand experiences of injustice. Opening the issue, the first image my eyes landed on was of Rosa Parks’ dress next to Harvey Milk’s bullhorn.
To my further delight, Issue #1 is written by Josh Truji
Marvel announces first gay Captain America
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This week Marvel Comics introduced the first Queer character to take on the uniform of Captain America in comics.
Young Aaron Fischer will replace the characters Steve Rogers, Sam Wilson, Bucky Barnes and John Walker and will defend communities of specific people, representing “the repressed and the forgotten”, as the writer responsible for creating the character said
The new version of the story, entitled “The Combined States of Captain America”, will begin with the previous 4 captains – Steve Rogers, Sam Wilson, Bucky Barnes and John Walker – on a quest to find the hero’s lost shield. Along the way, they interaction characters who were inspired by Captain America’s legends to help specific groups of people.
One of the people the ex-captains join is Aaron Fischer, an openly gay young guy who has tattoos all over his body, as well as nose piercings and earrings. Aaron also wears a costume inspired by Captain America.
Created by writer Josh Trujillo, who is also a queer and artist Jan Bazaldua, a trans woman, Aaron will protect young fugitives and homeless people,
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