# How gay is Superman? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 20, 2006, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-gay-is-superman/361398 "2006-06-20T04:14:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2006, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-gay-is-superman/361398/41 "2006-06-20T22:23:18Z")
> [@](#): > > Of course, it should surprise no one that various groups are tangling over whether Superman is one of their own — while no one claims, say, Superman’s arch nemesis, Lex Luthor. Except, of course, [Ms. Millicent Mehabitel Mudd.](http://www.ozyandmillie.org/2006/om20060517.html) Drat that lack of an edit function… ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2006, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-gay-is-superman/361398/42 "2006-06-20T23:16:55Z")
> [@Lemur Catta](#): > > Of course, it should surprise no one that various groups are tangling over whether Superman is one of their own\ Everybody knows that Superman is Canadian. 😃 Say, does anybody have a link to those old comic pictures of Batman saying some really gay stuff? ---
**Author:** ![Taran](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@Taran](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taran)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2006, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-gay-is-superman/361398/43 "2006-06-20T23:43:46Z")
[http://www.superdickery.com/seduction/1.html](http://www.superdickery.com/seduction/1.html) The whole site is great, really. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2006, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-gay-is-superman/361398/44 "2006-06-21T03:50:39Z")
Oh, good lord, green is not a primary color and purple is not a pastel. Superman wore red, blue and yellow. Those are the primary colors. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2006, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-gay-is-superman/361398/45 "2006-06-21T04:13:12Z")
> [@Taran](#): > > [http://www.superdickery.com/seduction/1.html](http://www.superdickery.com/seduction/1.html) > > The whole site is great, really. Thank you. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Dan\_Norder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4af34b/32.png) [@Dan\_Norder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dan_Norder)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2006, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-gay-is-superman/361398/46 "2006-06-21T04:44:25Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Most superheros wear primary colors (if you count green as a primary color). Briliant! And most superheroes are gay (if you count being sexually interested in the opposite sex as gay). ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2006, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-gay-is-superman/361398/47 "2006-06-21T05:14:42Z")
> [@Dan Norder](#): > > Briliant! > > And most superheroes are gay (if you count being sexually interested in the opposite sex as gay). Green is an [additive primary.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primary_colors#Additive_primaries) ---
**Author:** ![boytyperanma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@boytyperanma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boytyperanma)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2006, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-gay-is-superman/361398/48 "2006-06-21T05:34:59Z")
I’ve never thought of superman as gay. While I’d love to have sex with him I think he’s a bit more intrested in Miss Lane. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2006, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-gay-is-superman/361398/49 "2006-06-21T10:38:03Z")
> [@Taran](#): > > [http://www.superdickery.com/seduction/1.html](http://www.superdickery.com/seduction/1.html) > > The whole site is great, really. There’ve been a lot of spyware warnings about that site. Go at your own risk. ---
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2006, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-gay-is-superman/361398/50 "2006-06-21T11:50:36Z")
> [@Taran](#): > > [http://www.superdickery.com/seduction/1.html](http://www.superdickery.com/seduction/1.html) > > The whole site is great, really. > [@](#): > > Joker Pulls Boner of the Year!! Magnificent. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2006, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-gay-is-superman/361398/51 "2006-06-21T17:18:08Z")
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