Officially Northstar was the first gay man in comic books, although Marvel Comics editor and chief at the time was Jim shooter (a homophobic man) who declared that there would not be any gay characters in the marvel universe, and prevented any writers from writing so. So the writer for alpha flight (which northstar was a member of ) kept northstar in the closet but always gave clues to his sexuality. Even though he was not out in the 80s Northstar still holds the title of the first gay male in comics and is possibly the most popular gay character to date
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