#GiveCaptainAmericaABoyfriend: LGBT activists' call for queer superheroes trends on Twitter

The issue of diversity in the superhero multiverse has been brought up yet again. This time, the LGBT community wants to see good old Captain America represented as a queer character.

Soon after the announcement of the latest "Spider-Man" trilogy, Stan Lee, the master comic-writer and creator of many Marvel superheroes we all love, had said Spidey would always be a white, straight male.

He had said in response to the debate over his ethnicity: "I wouldn't mind, if Peter Parker had originally been black, a Latino, an Indian or anything else, that he stay that way... But we originally made him white. I don't see any reason to change that."

Lee had expressed similar sentiments regarding Peter's homosexuality: "I think the world has a place for gay superheroes, certainly. But again, I don't see any reason to change the sexual proclivities of a character once they've already been established. I have no problem with creating new, homosexual superheroes."

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However, it would take a long time for a new central superhero to get popular among the comic book community. To turn him or her into a cinematic phenomenon would take even longer. The LGBTQ community feels it has been patient enough. They demand a queer superhero and they want him now.

To this end, they have even started a Twitter trend under #GiveCaptainAmericaABoyfriend, wherein they demand that Steve Rogers be represented as bisexual. Here are some tweets supporting the hashtag:

#GiveCaptainAmericaABoyfriend instead of wanting a new character made to be a role model but let's change an existing straight character

— Steve (@Flygontheepic62) May 24, 2016

#GiveCaptainAmericaABoyfriend because it shouldn't be looked at as something "inappropriate for children" — bon ☆ bons (@elkknight) May 24, 2016

Can you imagine kids growing up with LGBTQ superheroes I WANT IT #GiveCaptainAmericaABoyfriend

— pappy cappy (@bulkybarnes) May 24, 2016

#GiveCaptainAmericaABoyfriend @Marvel can make a movie with a talking tree but its considered weird for them to make a canon queer couple?? — Emily// (@EmsImpala) May 24, 2016

#GiveCaptainAmericaABoyfriend because relationships are so much more diverse than boy-meets-girl, let's see it on screen too

— James Bee (@bucky_ebooks) May 24, 2016

#GiveCaptainAmericaABoyfriend "why change what's been around for 75 years?" Why are we not still living in caves like millions of years ago? — Scarlet Bitch (@scarlletbitch) May 24, 2016

#GiveCaptainAmericaABoyfriend is kinda silly considering the two he already has. Maybe leave some dudes for everyone else, Steve??

— Cecil Wilde (@softestpunk) May 24, 2016

#GiveCaptainAmericaABoyfriend  pic.twitter.com/TAxvh9iz3i â€” TEE JXY (@mr_stickfigure) May 24, 2016