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Holy (Bi)Robin! Tim Drake Comes Out
\\n_\\u201cWhy change Robin? It was a no brainer. It happens to a lot of bisexual people, it seemed like natural character development.\\u201d

Since it\'s Pride Month and we\'re taking a week off to paint ourselves in rainbows, we figured we\'d feature a super easy conversation about sexual identity in mainstream comics (from Raman\'s OTHER podcast Modern Minorities). Recently, Batman\'s partner, Robin discovered his own queer identity on my other podcast, modern minorities. We feature minority voices for all of our majority years. So we decided to have a conversation about Robin\'s queer identity over the years in pop culture, with a little help from our friends.

Lately all the news has been about Superman\\u2019s son Jonathan Kent coming out recently as bi-sexual in the comics - and the not so_-nice reception it\\u2019s has gotten in the real world (WTF...Louis Lane?!?). But just weeks before that, ROBIN - one of the most recognizable (Queer?) icons ALSO came out as Bi-sexual. This matters. It represents as big a pop culture moment as when Miles Morales & Kamala Khan were introduced to the world. And while Robin (aka Tim Drake) is not the FIRST comic book hero to come out as Queer, he represents the most important hero to do so. Because Robin has been all of us all along. From kids envisioning themselves as him, to Queer\\u2019s taking ownership (#representation), to the \\u201cSeduction of the Innocent\\u201d (+those other 1950s fear-mongering hearings) \\u2014 Robin has always had us envisioning, and questioning things. There has been celebration and pushback, and we wanted to talk about what it all means. So we brought together past guests Karl Preissner (Equity / Inclusion Ally & Advocate) and Steven Wakabayashi (Yellow Glitter Podcast host ), along with Ainsley Waller (Bisexual designer AND fellow comics geek) to unpack this moment and challenge our assumptions about the evolution of some of our most beloved characters...

LEARN ABOUT
\\nTim Drake\\u2019s big news: https://n.pr/3DCFzAh
\\nAinsley Waller: behance.net/AinsleyRiversWaller
\\nSteven Wakabayashi: stevenwakabayashi.com
\\nKarl Preissner: modmypod.com/episodes/11-karl-preissner-on-pampgs-insider-diversity-1

MENTIONS
\\nCOMIC: Batman Urban Legends #6: dccomics.com/comics/batman-urban-legends-2021/batman-urban-legends-6
\\nNEWS: Robin Writer Chuck Dixon\\u2019s problematic take: https://bit.ly/2YKbIr7
\\nBOOK: Seduction of the Innocent (1954): wikipedia.org/wiki/Seduction_of_the_Innocent
\\nPERSON: Ziggy Stardust (David Bowie): wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rise_and_Fall_of_Ziggy_Stardust_and_the_Spiders_from_Mars
\\nTV: Queer as Folk (1999): imdb.com/title/tt0262985/
\\nFILM: Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994): imdb.com/title/tt0109045/
\\nTV: Xena Warrior Princess: imdb.com/title/tt0112230/
\\nBOOK: On Earth We\'re Briefly Gorgeous (Ocean Vuong): goodreads.com/book/show/41880609-on-earth-we-re-briefly-gorgeous
\\nCOMIC: Flamer (Mike Curato): goodreads.com/book/show/52751434-flamer
\\nCOMIC: Displacement (Kiku Hughes): goodreads.com/book/show/46223303-displacement
\\nFILM: Moonlight (2016): imdb.com/title/tt4975722/
\\nCHARACTER: Elizabeth Bennet (Pride & Prejudice): wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Bennet
\\nCHARACTER: Master Splinter (TMNT): wikipedia.org/wiki/Splinter_(Teenage_Mutant_Ninja_Turtles)
\\nCHARACTER: Dumbledore (Harry Potter): wikipedia.org/wiki/Albus_Dumbledore