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"DC Comics has confirmed that it will reintroduce one of its established characters as gay. The news first broke during the publisher&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;New 52&amp;#039; panel at Kapow Comic Con over the weekend, and has since been reiterated by senior vice president of publicity Courtney Simmons. She told ABC News: &amp;quot;One of the major iconic DC characters will reveal that he is gay in a storyline in June.&amp;quot; DC&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;New 52&amp;#039; line already features a number of gay, lesbian and bisexual characters, including Batwoman and Voodoo, but this will be the first time that a character has had their sexual orientation altered since September&amp;#039;s relaunch. It previously emerged that rival firm Marvel Comics is to include a same-sex wedding in June&amp;#039;s Astonishing X-Men #51, widely believed to be between openly-gay hero Northstar and his boyfriend Kyle. DC&amp;#039;s Batwoman picked up an &amp;#039;Outstanding Comic Book&amp;#039; award from gay rights watchdog GLAAD back in March. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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