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TV: Heartstopper’s Joe Locke Cast in new Marvel Series

Joe Locke - Heartstoppers

Heartstopper star Joe Locke has reportedly been cast in an unspecified role alongside Kathryn Hahn in new Marvel TV series, Agatha: Coven of Chaos. Locke, who shot to fame as Charlie Spring in queer coming-of-age series Heartstopper, is rumoured to be playing one of Wanda Maximoff’s sons, Billy Kaplan / Wiccan, who is gay in Marvel source material – though this is unconfirmed. As reported by Variety, reps for Locke declined to comment. Wiccan has various magical abilities, and a younger version of the character has already been played in the MCU by Julian Hilliard. Full Story from Pink News

It’s a Gay Marvel Superhero Wedding!

Empyre #4

Marvel has decided to give the gays everything they want by featuring its first ever same-sex wedding between two gay superheroes in a new comic. In Empyre #4, it was finally confirmed that Young Avengers co-founders and superheroes Hulkling and Wiccan are married. Wiccan (William “Billy” Kaplan) and Hulkling (Theodore “Teddy” Altman) are revealed to be married on the final page of Empyre #4 in a flashback to a ceremony attended by other Young Avengers, Bleeding Cool reports. While there have been same-sex weddings in Marvel Comics in the past, this incredible moment makes it the first same-sex wedding between … Read more

Play a Gay Superhero

A new video game gives you the chance to play as a canonical gay superhero for the first time. And not just one, but two. Wiccan and Hulkling, the gay couple of the Young Avengers, are playable characters in the new Lego Marvel Avengers game.