Valkyrie announced as the first LGBTQ superhero + openly MCU

It's been a long time, but Marvel finally finally confirmed an openly LGBTQ + superhero.

The favorite character of MCU, Valkyrie – who is bibadual in comics and played by Tessa Thompson in Thor: Ragnarok and Avengers: End of the game – will have an LGBTQ + plot in the fourth Thor movie, scheduled for November 2021, Thor: love and thunder.

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When appearing before the Marvel Studios Comic-Con jury in Hall H on Saturday, July 20, Thompson announced to the public, "As a new queen, she must find her queen, so this will be the first point in the world." 39, agenda.

"She has ideas, I'll let you know."

When asked if what Thompson said, it meant that Valkyrie would have an LGBTQ + scenario, said MCU director Kevin Feige. io9: "The answer is yes.

"The impact of this story on the story remains to do with the level of representation you will see in our films, not just Thor 4."

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Feige added to collider that Marvel fans will see a LGBTQ + character The eternals as well as.

Marvel has been criticized for his lack of LGBTQ + representation in recent years. Avengers: End of the game had the first character openly gay, but he was a minor character.

Feige said last year that Marvel was working on the development of LGBTQ + characters.

"[We have] the two you saw and the ones you did not see, "he said.

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The eternals is published on November 6, 2020. Thor: love and thunder is released on November 5, 2021.

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