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== Comic Books ==

* Connor Hawke, something of an answer to the [[Nineties Anti-Hero]] and something of one himself, was introduced originally as a man with [[Chaste Hero|no interest in romantic attachment]] (due to his being, y'know, a ''Buddhist monk'') in the relaunch of his title ''[[Green Arrow]]''. The book attracted a large gay following due to his lack of obvious heterosexual romantic attachment and received praise from both gay and straight sources due to its innovative and mature characterization. Naturally, when the creative staff changed and a new writer came in, he made quick work of introducing a sudden and [[Strangled by the Red String|largely forced]] female "love interest" (the woman who raped his father, to add insult to injury) for Connor -- causing an immense backlash and a quiet [[Author's Saving Throw|attempt to repair]] the near-[[Dork Age]] that occurred.

** For extra irony points, the author in question was [[Chuck Dixon]], who would years later raise a minor Internet kerfuffle for saying that the sudden presence of gay superheroes was shoehorning sexuality into books aimed at kids... and who explained the reasoning behind Connor's sudden love interest as, "Well, we didn't want people to think he was gay." What was that about shoehorning sexuality, Chuck?

* The [[Vertigo Comics]] miniseries ''[[Enigma]]'' actually makes the sudden sexuality switch of its protagonist, Michael, a part of the plot - it is revealed that {{spoiler|his lover, a sociopath, used psychic powers to alter his sexuality. In the end his lover feels regret and offers to turn him back, but Michael decides that he's happier as he is.}}

* Despite what some people said when it was finally confirmed, it's averted with [[Marvel]]'s Shatterstar and Rictor - Shatterstar was conceived as asexual, being a genetically-engineered TV gladiator from an alternate dimension (go with it), but he was slowly learning about Earth culture. Rictor was implied to be bisexual. A growing relationship between the two was hinted at for years and years, finally culminating in a kiss between the two in ''[[X-Factor]]'' # 45. [[Rob Liefeld]], however, [http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2009/07/liefeld-cant-wait-to-someday-undo-shatterstar-development/ didn't see it coming at all] - to the amusement of every other person on the internet.

* In ''[[Scott Pilgrim]]'', this initially appears to be the case for {{spoiler|Stephen Stills, at least from Scott's POV, but then Stills points out he came out in Volume 5, while Scott was too busy with the whole evil exes drama to notice (leading the reader to reach for their Vol. 5 to confirm that this does happen, in an out-of-the-way panel).}}

* Chili Storm, rival to ''[[Millie the Model]]'', was revealed to be bisexual in the 2009-2010 miniseries ''Models, Inc.'' You'd have to squint pretty hard to see any sign of this in her 20th century stories.