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Williams called The Movement about a team of radical young heroes representative of backgrounds rarely seen in comics. In 2013, DC launched a comic by Gail Simone and Freddie E. In my awkward teens, when I couldn’t help but imagine that something about me was fundamentally broken, well…a hero really could have helped. I wouldn’t learn there was anyone else in the world like me until I was in my twenties. The adults I knew called me a “late bloomer.” The kids were…less kind. When the media around me insisted that all men wanted, universally, was “just one thing,” I couldn’t for the life of me figure out why they wanted it. I recoiled when Batman strayed from his mission to fall for the charms of Catwoman and cheered as he resisted Poison Ivy. When I was growing up, I thought I had invented the word “asexual.” I had never heard of anyone else who didn’t feel physical attraction to anyone, regardless of sex. Until this year, it still didn’t cover me. But even as we see more diversity in our heroes than ever before, it still doesn’t cover everybody. Every year brings more room for stories about gay heroes, bi heroes, trans heroes, nonbinary heroes. DC Pride represents a commitment to acknowledging a far wider representation of who our heroes can be by showcasing them in an anthology helmed by queer creators themselves. This is exactly why last year’s DC Pride special felt so important to so many of us, and why it’s so meaningful to have it back again this year.
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One of the most meaningful ways to do this is through the power of story: to show our heroes and icons contending with the same issues of identity we feel ourselves. It’s a time when marginalized people on the sexual and gender spectrum can all check in to support one another, and affirm not just their validity, but their basic right to existence-a concept which to this day is not always taken for granted. With so many of our social institutions choosing to ignore or disregard anyone who doesn’t fit a narrow definition of an acceptable way to live or love, Pride Month is not just a celebration, but an integral mechanic of survival. Thanks to a number of supportive editors, my role on the “pride beat” has become a staple of my annual comics coverage and has opened doors to many of the most positive and vibrant people I’ve ever met in the comics community. Every June since 2018, it’s been my honor to showcase queer characters and voices for Pride Month in DC news, highlighting LGBTQIA+ storylines, history and creators bringing their personal experiences to the DC Universe and its diverse audience.