DC Comics announce that Superboy is now bisexual.

 

Superman's Son Turns Bi-Sexual

In this topsy turvy world in which we live, of gender fluidity and gender bender's, I'm often reminded of the lyrics from that popular song 'Lola' by the 1960s English pop group, the Kinks. The lyrics to part of this song are: "Girls will be boys and boys will be girls it's a mixed up, muddled up, shook up world, except for lola La-la-la-la- Lola." 

Given the obsession with identity politics and social engineering and the way in which some folk, pander to minority interests, I suppose it was inevitable that some of our popular heterosexual superhero comic strip characters, would one day, eventually turn queer. 

DC Comics have announced that Jonathan Kent, hitherto known as 'Superboy', the son of Clark Kent (Superman) and Lois Lane, is to enter a same-sex relationship as he combats the climate crisis and fights against the deportation of refugees. According to DC Comics, his object of affection is a news reporter called Jay Nakamura who cares for him after he "mentally and physically burns out trying to save everyone that he can." In an interview with the New York Times, Tom Taylor, the series writer, said that "the idea of replacing Clark Kent with another white savior felt like a missed opportunity."

Today, turning queer, has almost become de rigueur, but let's hope that it doesn't become compulsory. The announcement by DC Comics follows other "recent attempts to add queerness to the world of comics." In August, it was announced that the latest version of Robin would have a boyfriend and that Marvel Comics had made the decision to pass the mantle of Captain America, to a gay character.