Here's a selection of openly gay Marvel characters who deserve their time to shine in the MCU. It was just a shoehorned-in director cameo in which a grieving man recovering from his losses in “the Decimation” and getting back out on the dating scene refers to his date as a 'he.' Still, viewers can hope that this was just the start of things. RELATED: 15 Times Disney Featured LGBTQ+ Characters In Movies & TV Shows The character wasn’t a superhero or a villain or a cop or a soldier or a scientist. Avengers: Endgame gave us the first openly gay character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but it left a lot of fans (who have spent the last decade waiting to see a gay superhero join the Avengers) pretty underwhelmed.
