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“I wasn’t sure what to expect going to a Yoga Studio… and was very pleasantly surprised to walk in with the Grateful Dead jamming on the sound system” I wasn’t sure what to expect going to a Yoga Studio… and was very pleasantly surprised to walk in with the Grateful Dead jamming on the sound system, groups of people that could be from my social network hanging out and the sweet smell of marijuana coming from the bathroom! He asked me to come take his class since he needed beginners to practice teaching. I was there as a ‘guest student’ helping Jamie Lindsey, an employee of mine for his Yoga Teacher Training.

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'That we can't have someone in a Marvel movie who's gay in real life and plays some superhero.I remember very clearly walking into It’s Yoga on Folsom Street in San Francisco in 1995. 'There's a big problem with masculinity and homosexuality that they can't somehow go hand in hand,' he said.

In September 2018, Game of Thrones actor Kit Harrington expressed to Variety that he wanted the Marvel Cinematic Universe to include a gay character. A writer for the Wonder Woman comics confirmed to Comicosity in 2016 that Diana Prince was queer, saying: 'I don't know how much clearer I can make it.' There are very few superheroes who identify as LGBTQIA, though Midnighter identifies as gay Wade Wilson/Deadpool is pansexual, and America Chavez/Miss America is bisexual. He was also a closeted homosexual who had a wife and children. After he was exposed to radiation while piloting a plane, he soon discovered he was able to release negatively-charged energy. He first appeared in My Greatest Adventure #80. Larry Trainor/Negative Man was created in 1963 by Bob Haney, Arnold Drake and Bruno Premiani. 'What I love most about the character is that even though it's a huge struggle internally for him, it's not the sole thing that defines who he is, he's such a multifaceted character, if it was just one stereotypical aspect of him I would have had reservations about it.' 'I'd never really seen a gay male superhero,' he continued. In an interview published via Varietyon Wednesday, the 41-year-old actor explained how the dual actor portrayal of Negative Man was a 'big part' of what intrigued him about the role.'It's not like voicing animation, it's a true collaboration in that I just throw spaghetti at the wall, Matthew does his stuff, and we go back and polish it at the end,' Bomer told Variety.īomer explained there is more to the character than just his sexuality. Bomer, on occasion, appears in-person as his fictional character but the actor primarily provides the voice over for the part.

Actor Matthew Zuk also plays Negative Man.

Bomer's bandaged Doom Patrol character is queer.

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He found such a part in the DC Universe series Doom Patrol where he plays Larry Trainor and his bandaged superhero alias, Negative Man.Ĭreated by Jeremy Carver, Doom Patrol follows a group of oppressed superheroes as they team up to explore a new phenomenon. As an openly gay actor, Matt Bomer aims to only portray gay superheroes that go beyond the 'stereotypical' territory.

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