# Will Superman (or Clark Kent) ever have gay sex? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** comic-books-manga\ **Created:** [February 28, 2007, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-superman-or-clark-kent-ever-have-gay-sex/394030 "2007-02-28T15:49:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Nature\_s\_Call](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nature_s_call/32/19006_2.png) [@Nature\_s\_Call](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nature_s_Call)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2007, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-superman-or-clark-kent-ever-have-gay-sex/394030/21 "2007-02-28T17:19:01Z")
[QUOTE=Malacandra] “Well yes, but it was nothing compared to the shock the Invisible Man got!”. 😃 [/QUOTE] Beat me to it. (Wonder Woman, that slut) ---
**Author:** ![BlackKnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb8c5e/32.png) [@BlackKnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlackKnight)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2007, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-superman-or-clark-kent-ever-have-gay-sex/394030/22 "2007-02-28T17:22:00Z")
I think it’s inevitable, considering that the only being in the universe who could realisticly survive screwing Superman is Chuck Norris. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2007, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-superman-or-clark-kent-ever-have-gay-sex/394030/23 "2007-02-28T17:26:25Z")
[QUOTE=Biffy the Elephant Shrew] Scandal Savage and Knockout of the Secret Six are lovers. [/QUOTE] And Knockout got it on with Deadshot. Knockout doesn’t care where it is coming from, as long as she is getting it. Relationships are separate from sex. That’s one factor in favor of emigrating to Apokolips. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2007, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-superman-or-clark-kent-ever-have-gay-sex/394030/24 "2007-02-28T17:41:08Z")
Superman is married, so any gay sex would have him cheating on Lois. That alone would prevent even the hint of such a coupling. An imaginary story or far future or alternate world story could be done, but that’s still unlikely for a very long time. Having brand new characters be gay or bisexual is an advance of sorts, but not at all the same thing as introducing it in a heterosexual icon. And having lesbian characters with big boobs and skin-tight costumes getting it on is done solely for the purpose of pandering to the audience. [Insert Power Girl joke here.] Besides, after reading all the stupid homophobic jokes made here on a gay-friendly board just at the mention of the possibility, how do you think the real world would react? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2007, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-superman-or-clark-kent-ever-have-gay-sex/394030/25 "2007-02-28T17:43:01Z")
[QUOTE=BlackKnight] I think it’s inevitable, considering that the only being in the universe who could realisticly survive screwing Superman is Chuck Norris. [/QUOTE] And Jack Bauer. Don’t forget Jack Bauer OR MILLIONS WILL DIE!!! ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2007, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-superman-or-clark-kent-ever-have-gay-sex/394030/26 "2007-02-28T17:49:28Z")
[QUOTE=Little Nemo] Could we back up a second? I’d like a cite on _“several DC female characters are hinted to have had bisexual relationships”_. I’m not disputing it; I just want some titles and issue numbers. [/QUOTE] [Here’s a pretty comprehensive list of gay comic book characters.](http://www.gayleague.com/gay/characters/) ---
**Author:** ![Lightray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightray/32/391_2.png) [@Lightray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightray)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2007, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-superman-or-clark-kent-ever-have-gay-sex/394030/27 "2007-02-28T17:56:03Z")
[QUOTE=Exapno Mapcase] Superman is married, so any gay sex would have him cheating on Lois. That alone would prevent even the hint of such a coupling. [/QUOTE] Oh, pshaw. There must be a half-dozen _easy_ ways for DC to turn Lois into a man. And then we’d get a married gay sex storyline. In fact, I vaguely recall a Mr. Mxyzptlk story from waaaay back in the Silver Age, where Mxy switched the genders of everyone on Earth, 'cept for Supes. There was a fight with Wonder Man, and some confusion with Louis Lane. It’s probably even on superdickery, somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2007, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-superman-or-clark-kent-ever-have-gay-sex/394030/28 "2007-02-28T18:05:54Z")
[QUOTE=BlackKnight] I think it’s inevitable, considering that the only being in the universe who could realisticly survive screwing Superman is Chuck Norris. [/QUOTE] Nah, Wilfred Brimley did him twice. ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2007, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-superman-or-clark-kent-ever-have-gay-sex/394030/29 "2007-02-28T18:08:52Z")
[QUOTE=Nature’s Call] Beat me to it. [/QUOTE] Interesting post in a thread about gay sex. Is that a request? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2007, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-superman-or-clark-kent-ever-have-gay-sex/394030/30 "2007-02-28T18:15:16Z")
Hmm, DC may have outdone this board when it comes to makes dumb homophobic jokes. [Closet Space](http://www.gayleague.com/gay/characters/display.php?id=160) > [@](#): > > Closet Space is one of the Space Girls, a French band who use their music to promote female empowerment, what they call their “Chick-a-Boom” philosophy. As part of their stage personas, each member exemplifies a different trait; Deep Space is “smart,” Empty Space is “airheaded,” Open Space is “amorous,” and the leather-clad Closet Space is “tough.” > > … > > Closet Space mentions that she has a girlfriend named Jane, indicating that she is a lesbian, which puts her name and persona into a somewhat stereotypical perspective. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2007, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-superman-or-clark-kent-ever-have-gay-sex/394030/31 "2007-02-28T18:35:20Z")
More importantly, will Superman ever have **bizzarro** gay sex? ---
**Author:** ![Lightray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightray/32/391_2.png) [@Lightray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightray)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2007, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-superman-or-clark-kent-ever-have-gay-sex/394030/32 "2007-02-28T18:52:54Z")
[QUOTE=Exapno Mapcase] Hmm, DC may have outdone this board when it comes to makes dumb homophobic jokes. [/QUOTE] Appears nowhere near the level of Marvel’s [Freedom Ring](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_Ring) – which I’ve never had the “pleasure” of reading, but which I’ve been entertained by many a rant about. Effeminite, purse-carrying gay superhero with stereotypical name who quickly gets killed. Hearing it described, I was surprised that they didn’t stuff him into a refrigerator, too. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2007, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-superman-or-clark-kent-ever-have-gay-sex/394030/33 "2007-02-28T19:08:25Z")
[QUOTE=Lightray] Appears nowhere near the level of Marvel’s [Freedom Ring](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_Ring) [/QUOTE] > [@](#): > > because Joe Quesada touted him as Marvel Comics’ leading gay hero a month prior to his death. Quesada’s usually so good at promotion, too. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2007, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-superman-or-clark-kent-ever-have-gay-sex/394030/34 "2007-02-28T19:08:33Z")
[QUOTE=slortar] More importantly, will Superman ever have **bizzarro** gay sex? [/QUOTE] Uh… wouldn’t that just be screwing Lois Lane? ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2007, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-superman-or-clark-kent-ever-have-gay-sex/394030/35 "2007-02-28T19:21:59Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Uh… wouldn’t that just be screwing Lois Lane? [/QUOTE] We probably don’t want to know the answer to that question. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2007, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-superman-or-clark-kent-ever-have-gay-sex/394030/36 "2007-02-28T20:21:14Z")
In hypertime, Superman is both gay and straight. Does that count? ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2007, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-superman-or-clark-kent-ever-have-gay-sex/394030/37 "2007-02-28T23:01:42Z")
Superman’s love for Lois is too central to the character. So, no. ---
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2007, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-superman-or-clark-kent-ever-have-gay-sex/394030/38 "2007-02-28T23:09:46Z")
[QUOTE=Miller] [Here’s a pretty comprehensive list of gay comic book characters.](http://www.gayleague.com/gay/characters/) [/QUOTE] Wow, that is a good list. Very up to date, if not entirely detailed. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2007, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-superman-or-clark-kent-ever-have-gay-sex/394030/39 "2007-03-01T02:34:38Z")
[QUOTE=Lumpy] Will Superman (or Clark Kent) ever have gay sex? [/QUOTE] “You’d better hope not, cuz if [he] wanna, you’re gonna!” (Originally heard spoken, years ago, by a burly 6-foot-plus folk singer to a heckler who yelled out “are you gay?”) Anyway, there are two openly-gay male supporting characters in the DC title … “Manhunter”. ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2007, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-superman-or-clark-kent-ever-have-gay-sex/394030/40 "2007-03-01T03:49:30Z")
There _was_ the Pink Kryptonite incident. No, not making it up. One of the last issues of the PAD Supergirl title, throwaway gag. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-superman-or-clark-kent-ever-have-gay-sex/394030.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-superman-or-clark-kent-ever-have-gay-sex/394030.md?page=3)