History AmbiguouslyGay / TheDCU

** Rorschach: The "holding a handshake too long" scene that demonstrates Nite Owl II's sexual tension for Silk Spectre II is mirrored later with confirmed bachelor Rorschach doing the exact same thing to Nite Owl II. Plus he has mommy-issues and possibly idolizes his dad.

* ''WesternAnimation/LegionOfSuperHeroes'':

* Batman himself borders on Ambiguously Gay or AmbiguouslyBi at times. Some writers make the Batman/Joker subtext go ''both ways'' (as if it wasn't disturbing enough) and portray Batman as having some bizarre obsession with the Joker, and it's notoriously easy to read into his relationship with Robin, or the fact that he's never had a stable female love interest. Frank Miller has suggested Batman is simply sublimating his sexual urges into crime fighting, joking "He'd be a lot healthier if he was gay".

!Franchise/TheDCU
AmbiguouslyGay in this series.

* ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010'': Impulse. He has an incredibly close relationship with Blue Beetle that is practically subtext. He is one of the few characters in the show that is shown to have no romantic interest in any girl. On a mission to Bialya (where there's Queen Bee, who can brainwash anyone who is attracted women) he is one of the only boys to openly be a part of it. And Greg Weisman has stated that his sexuality is [[http://www.s8.org/gargoyles/askgreg/search.php?qid=19305 a spoiler]]. And in "Illusion of Control", Static complains about being AlongAmongTheCouples when in a group that includes two official couples ... and Bart spending time with with (WordOfGay-confirmed) Ed.

* ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010'': Impulse. He has an incredibly close relationship with Blue Beetle that is practically subtext. He is one of the few characters in the show that is shown to have no romantic interest in any girl. On a mission to Bialya (where there's Queen Bee, who can brainwash anyone who is attracted women) he is one of the only boys to openly be a part of it. And Greg Weisman has stated that his sexuality is [[http://www.s8.org/gargoyles/askgreg/search.php?qid=19305 a spoiler]]. And in "Illusion of Control", Static complains about being AlongAmongstTheCouples when in a group that includes two official couples ... and Bart spending time with with (WordOfGay-confirmed) Ed.

* ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010'': Impulse. He has an incredibly close relationship with Blue Beetle that is practically subtext. He is one of the few characters in the show that is shown to have no romantic interest in any girl. On a mission to Bialya (where there's Queen Bee, who can brainwash anyone who is attracted women) he is one of the only boys to openly be a part of it. And Greg Weisman has stated that his sexuality is [[http://www.s8.org/gargoyles/askgreg/search.php?qid=19305 a spoiler]].

* ComicBook/TheJoker of ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' fame. Since ComicBook/{{Harley|Quinn}}'s transition from the Franchise/{{DCAU}} into canon comics, the writers have been seemingly trying to tear them apart and made it into a one-sided relationship on her part. Harley & Ivy both think that The Joker only has eyes for Batman. Joker has often professed affection towards Batman (complete with moments of desperate attention-needing) and has made some awkward comments about [[{{Sidekick}} Robin's]] shorts and shaving habits. He seems to have quite a flirtatious love/hate thing for ComicBook/LexLuthor as well. The Joker is also very keen on his appearance and once said he didn't want to see Batman until his nails were finished drying (though the polish was poisonous when the red and green polishes tocuhed). He also took off his pants in front of Onomatopoeia and told him that he "bottoms from the top". As counter-evidence, ''ComicBook/TheKillingJoke'' showed the not-yet Joker's pregnant wife saying that he was "good in bed", but the entire segment falls into his MultipleChoicePast. In ''Comicbook/ArkhamAsylumASeriousHouseOnSeriousEarth'' Joker slaps Batman on the butt and continually hits on him throughout the comic. The pages are lined with homoerotic content and an unnatural level of sexual tension. (Arkham is non-canon, though its status as one of the iconic Joker portrayals means it can't be discounted because of that.) Various ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' media have run with this. ''Film/Batman1989'' shows that Jack Napier, the man who became the Joker, had more than a casual interest in art and was very keen on his appearance. In ''Film/TheDarkKnight'', the Joker disguises himself as a white-skirted nurse to blow up a hospital and, in his last meeting with Batman, looks forward to many future encounters with him and tells him: "You complete me." ''WesternAnimation/BatmanMaskOfThePhantasm'' has him bat his eyelashes when he sees his old mob boss for the first time in years.

* ''WesternAnimation/LegionOfSuperHeroes'' has Color Kid, who wears a rainbow on his chest, as well as speaking and gesturing flamboyantly. He's also concerned at one point that he may not have used the precisely appropriate shade of green.

* Melinda Zucco, the Mayor of Bludhaven [[spoiler:and Dick's half-sister]] in the post-ComicBook/InfiniteFrontier ‘’ComicBook/{{Nightwing}}'' comic. Her bodyguard Audre is a [[ButchLesbian masculine]], [[BaldWomen shaven-headed]] woman who also lives with her.

* Batman himself borders on Ambiguously Gay or AmbiguouslyBi at times. Some writers make the Batman/Joker FoeYay go ''both ways'' (as if it wasn't disturbing enough) and portray Batman as having some bizarre obsession with the Joker, and it's notoriously easy to read into his relationship with Robin, or the fact that he's never had a stable female love interest. Frank Miller has suggested Batman is simply sublimating his sexual urges into crime fighting, joking "He'd be a lot healthier if he was gay".
* ComicBook/TheJoker of ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' fame. Since ComicBook/{{Harley|Quinn}}'s transition from the Franchise/{{DCAU}} into canon comics, the writers have been seemingly trying to tear them apart and made it into a one-sided relationship on her part. Harley & Ivy both think that The Joker [[FoeYay only has eyes for Batman]]. Joker has often professed affection towards Batman (complete with moments of desperate attention-needing) and has made some awkward comments about [[{{Sidekick}} Robin's]] shorts and shaving habits. He seems to have quite a flirtatious love/hate thing for ComicBook/LexLuthor as well. The Joker is also very keen on his appearance and once said he didn't want to see Batman until his nails were finished drying (though the polish was poisonous when the red and green polishes tocuhed). He also took off his pants in front of Onomatopoeia and told him that he "bottoms from the top". As counter-evidence, ''ComicBook/TheKillingJoke'' showed the not-yet Joker's pregnant wife saying that he was "good in bed", but the entire segment falls into his MultipleChoicePast. In ''Comicbook/ArkhamAsylumASeriousHouseOnSeriousEarth'' Joker slaps Batman on the butt and continually hits on him throughout the comic. The pages are lined with homoerotic content and an unnatural level of sexual tension. (Arkham is non-canon, though its status as one of the iconic Joker portrayals means it can't be discounted because of that.) Various ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' media have run with this. ''Film/Batman1989'' shows that Jack Napier, the man who became the Joker, had more than a casual interest in art and was very keen on his appearance. In ''Film/TheDarkKnight'', the Joker disguises himself as a white-skirted nurse to blow up a hospital and, in his last meeting with Batman, looks forward to many future encounters with him and tells him: "You complete me." ''WesternAnimation/BatmanMaskOfThePhantasm'' has him bat his eyelashes when he sees his old mob boss for the first time in years.

* ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'': Impulse. He has an incredibly close relationship with Blue Beetle that is practically subtext. He is one of the few characters in the show that is shown to have no romantic interest in any girl. On a mission to Bialya (where there's Queen Bee, who can brainwash anyone who is attracted women) he is one of the only boys to openly be a part of it. And Greg Weisman has stated that his sexuality is [[http://www.s8.org/gargoyles/askgreg/search.php?qid=19305 a spoiler]].

!!Franchise/TheDCU

** In ''ComicBook/WonderWoman2006'' a relationship between Hippolyta and Phillipus is hinted at, and if the book had gone on longer there were plans to have the two women get married, but their love for each other was never made to be explicitly more than the love of a longstanding friendship in the text.

** In ''ComicBook/WonderWoman2006'' a relationship between Hippolyta and Phillipus is hinted at, and if the book had gone on longer there were plans to have the two women get married, but their love for each other was never made to be explicitly more than the love of a longstanding friendship in the text.
* [[Comicbook/AllNewWolverine Honey Badger]], Comicbook/{{X 23}}'s clone sister, warns Comicbook/JeanGrey in ''Comicbook/XMenRed'' #2 about unexplored feelings she had for a girl she saw on a bus when the latter is creating a psychic link for an upcoming mission. As Gabby is ([[YoungerThanTheyLook biologically, thanks to being rapid-aged]]) thirteen, she's right at the age when children begin to develop their sexual identities, so the ambiguity is as much on ''her'' part as it is the story itself. The ambiguity is furthered by the future version of Gabby seen in the "Old Woman Laura" arc of ''Comicbook/AllNewWolverine'', who is married to someone named "[[GenderBlenderName Taylor]]."