History Main / WordOfGay

* Although the character was portrayed as a "womanizer" in the sixties comics, and would later be given a granddaughter in Comicbook/{{SHIELD}}, Creator/StanLee has said that he thought of "Pinky" Pinkerton, the British member of ''ComicBook/SgtFuryAndHisHowlingCommandos'', and a David Niven {{Expy}}, as gay.

* According to David Anthony Kraft, Scorpio (Comicbook/NickFury's younger brother Jake) from ''Comicbook/TheDefenders'' was intended to be a closeted gay man. There were little hints in the issues, such as Scorpio being a fan of Creator/JudyGarland and making a comment about a last chance to be "normal."

* Several writers have said that they consider Franchise/WonderWoman to be bisexual, though it's never been explicitly stated in a story[[note]]The closest, prior to ''Rebirth'' being a ''Comicbook/JusticeLeagueTaskForce'' story in which she is ''directly asked'' about how relationships work on Themiscara, and replies "All I'll say is, we don't call it Paradise Island for nothing."[[/note]].In fact, her sexuality is usually treated as an ElephantInTheLivingRoom, for she lived on an island with no men for most of her life. Made canon as of ''ComicBook/DCRebirth.''
* Triumph from the ''ComicBook/JusticeLeague'' was supposed to be a closeted gay man, but [[Creator/ChristopherPriestComics Christopher Priest]] was unable to make it canon because he could never find an appropriate storyline to deal with the subject matter. Though Priest managed to drop a few subtle hints (such as Triumph "jokingly" calling Comicbook/TheRay cute), subsequent writers give him female love interests, and later, an illegitimate son.

* ''Comicbook/LokiAgentOfAsgard'' writer Creator/AlEwing stated what ''ComicBook/TheMightyThor'' fans always suspected: Loki is bisexual and at least the young one is also genderqueer (this occasionally causes some pronoun confusion on this very wiki, as editors of Ewing's Loki series tend to refer to young Loki as ''they'' (GenderInclusiveWriting purposes and also because that Loki tends to not be one of anything) while others go with previous Loki's ''he''). A 2022 ''ComicBook/MarvelsVoices'' story reconfirms this and introduces several of Loki's male exes.

* A fair amount of Creator/DougWalker's ''WebVideo/ToBoldlyFlee'' commentary is confirming that OneTruePairing Zod/Terl was intentionally written as a married couple. He's also stated for the record that Donnie/Yo/Egoraptor in WebVideo/DemoReel was a genuine LoveTriangle and not just a queerbait joke.

** When the comic was ultimately cancelled, Ian Flynn revealed there was majorly heavy subtext towards two Freedom Fighters in this way -- [[spoiler:Princess Sally Acorn and Nicole the Holo-Lynx]]. This can be seen in the ''Sonic Universe'' storyline "Spark of Life" with [[spoiler:Sally asking Big his opinion on Nicole and smiling warmly at his kind-hearted reply, the flashback to Nicole's first appearance as a hologram, telling Sally she wished to see the stars the same way she did and Sally's impassioned WhatTheHellHero to Dr. Ellidy.]] However, Flynn would [[FlipFlopOfGod walk back on this]] in his [[https://youtu.be/8KsFeFbf2CQ?t=1280 podcast]].

* ''Webcomic/YokokasQuest'': The [[SideStoryBonusArt monthly wallpaper]] for [[https://twitter.com/ClefdeSoll/status/1271612645452341249 Pride Month 2020]] features some of the cast wearing pride-themed accessories and a background featuring [[EverythingsBetterWithRainbows a prominent rainbow]], and for [[https://twitter.com/ClefdeSoll/status/1545612671331905536 Pride Month 2022]] features [[CastFullOfGay even more of the cast]] sat on pride-themed cushions inside a BlanketFort. Some of these sexualities and gender identities are brought up in the comic itself but many are not.

* In 2009, Molly Ringwald told ''Time Out'' that Jon Cryer's character Duckie in ''Film/PrettyInPink'' was gay.

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* ''Film/TheTurningPoint'': According to the writer, Arthur Laurents, director Herb Ross axed everything indicating [[NoBisexuals Wayne's bisexuality]] and Michael being gay. Laurents responded by putting all of the material into the [[AllThereInTheManual novelization]].

* Sulu in ''Film/StarTrekBeyond'', as a tribute to his original actor Creator/GeorgeTakei[[note]][[{{Irony}} Though ironically]], Takei wasn't actually a fan of this change to the character[[/note]]. He has a husband and a daughter, but his appearance with them onscreen is only seconds long and his interaction with his husband is so chaste that the nature of their relationship could easily be interpreted as brothers, and it isn't explicitly stated that they're married in dialogue. His sexual orientation is really only confirmed in publicity for the film.

* In ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon2'', Gobber remarks during an argument between Stoick and his wife Valka "This is why I never married. This, and one other reason." It was originally a ThrowItIn moment by Gobber's voice actor, but was eventually backed up by the film's openly gay director Dean [=DeBlois=].

* In ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon2'', Gobber remarks during an argument between Stoick and his wife Valka "This is why I never married. This, and one other reason." It was originally a ThrowItIn moment by Gobber's voice actor, but was eventually backed up by the film's openly gay director Dean [=DeBlois=]

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Coraline}}'', According to Gaiman himself, Miss April Spink and Miss Miriam Forcible are a couple.

* ''Film/{{Solo}}'' co-writer Jonathan Kasdan said within days of the film opening that Lando Calrissian is pansexual. Funnily, Billy Dee Williams reached a similar conclusion in 2013, where he suggested that Lando was wearing Han's clothes in a scene from ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' because he'd put them on in the dark after a one-night stand.

* ''Film/TheHaunting1963'': Theodora was clearly marked as a gay character except it was never stated. When later asked about it, both director Creator/RobertWise and her actress Claire Bloom were perfectly clear that she was a lesbian, and the only reason it was left unsaid was that it was [[ValuesDissonance made in 1963.]] In the [[Film/TheHaunting1999 1999 remake]] and [[Series/TheHauntingOfHillHouse the 2018 TV show]], Theo is portrayed as bisexual and a lesbian respectively.