How Gay Is Superman? Nightline Investigates
A press release we just received from ABC, presented — for now — without comment:
“How Gay Is Superman?”
Or Jewish. Or Christ-like. The Battle to Claim Superman as an Icon
By JAKE TAPPERJune 19, 2006 — He’s clearly into fitness, and splashy summer colors. The new film about him, “Superman Returns” — which comes, er, out on June 28 — is being advertised on Logo, the gay and lesbian cable TV channel. And now the gay magazine, The Advocate, is asking “How Gay Is Superman?”
Watch Nightline’s full report tonight at 11:35
The Advocate is not actually claiming that Superman is gay; it’s making a larger point: like many gays and lesbians, Superman has a secret life.
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