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ICE vs. ICEMAIDEN and others

Hero wins the Lambda Award in the LGBT CHILDREN'S/YOUNG ADULT catagory!

Check out a review of Perry's new movie,
Lake City

WHO CARES ABOUT THE DEATH OF A GAY SUPERHERO ANYWAY?
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Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Hero wins the Lambda Award in the LGBT CHILDREN'S/YOUNG ADULT catagory!

Check out a review of Perry's new movie,
Lake City

WHO CARES ABOUT THE DEATH OF A GAY SUPERHERO ANYWAY?
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Tuesday, October 23, 2007
ICE vs. ICEMAIDEN and others
I'm very grateful that many of you have pointed out that I confused Ice with Icemaiden, both heroes with similar powers and affiliations. Ice is not a lesbian, Icemaiden was one of DC's first bisexual characters. Appparently, her fate (i.e. having her skin flayed off) isn't much better than Ice's. Although Ice, who is straight, has recently been resurrected in Birds of Prey.

If anyone can tell me more about the fate of Icemaiden, I'd love to know. That flaying of the skin-thing sounds particularly gruesome. Does anyone know in which issue that happened? And is she back?

Here's a letter that sheds light on the subject very well...

Dear Perry Moore,
Thank you for making this list. There are just a few updates that might need to be made. In the Scandal & Knockout entry, Knockout was recently killed (she got a hole blown through her stomach), and last Scandal was seen she was drunk, got shot, and was kidnapped.
Also, Ice was recently reincarnated, although I'm not sure if she was gay. Three was a similar character named Icemaiden who took Ice's place for a while and was bisexual, but her skin was flayed off and shes now comatose.
Poison Ivy, the super villain from Batman may also warrant a place on your list. There's huge amounts of fan speculation on a relationship with Harley Quinn, she kissed Supergirl once, there's supposedly visual innuendo in Batman: the Animated Series and in the Harley and Ivy mini-comic with her and Harley Quinn. She also at one point tells Catwoman that "no man or woman can resist her", and many of her powers center on seduction. This could maybe be a point in that I don't think its never openly expressed that Ivy is gay or bisexual, and so far nothing too horrendous has happened to her, to my knowledge at least.
I think that you and Gail Simone trying to raise awarness of this and compiling information is wonderful, thank you.
And to veer away from the subject of your list for a few lines, thank you for writing Hero. Its one of the few "Teen" books I've read and enjoyed. You din't use "teen" stereotypes, or patronize us and try to dumb down the language and themes for our apparently tiny little brains. This is on top of it being an all around wonderful book. So once again, thank you.
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I'm very grateful that many of you have pointed out that I confused Ice with Icemaiden, both heroes with similar powers and affiliations. Ice is not a lesbian, Icemaiden was one of DC's first bisexual characters. Appparently, her fate (i.e. having her skin flayed off) isn't much better than Ice's. Although Ice, who is straight, has recently been resurrected in Birds of Prey.

If anyone can tell me more about the fate of Icemaiden, I'd love to know. That flaying of the skin-thing sounds particularly gruesome. Does anyone know in which issue that happened? And is she back?

Here's a letter that sheds light on the subject very well...

Dear Perry Moore,
Thank you for making this list. There are just a few updates that might need to be made. In the Scandal & Knockout entry, Knockout was recently killed (she got a hole blown through her stomach), and last Scandal was seen she was drunk, got shot, and was kidnapped.
Also, Ice was recently reincarnated, although I'm not sure if she was gay. Three was a similar character named Icemaiden who took Ice's place for a while and was bisexual, but her skin was flayed off and shes now comatose.
Poison Ivy, the super villain from Batman may also warrant a place on your list. There's huge amounts of fan speculation on a relationship with Harley Quinn, she kissed Supergirl once, there's supposedly visual innuendo in Batman: the Animated Series and in the Harley and Ivy mini-comic with her and Harley Quinn. She also at one point tells Catwoman that "no man or woman can resist her", and many of her powers center on seduction. This could maybe be a point in that I don't think its never openly expressed that Ivy is gay or bisexual, and so far nothing too horrendous has happened to her, to my knowledge at least.
I think that you and Gail Simone trying to raise awarness of this and compiling information is wonderful, thank you.
And to veer away from the subject of your list for a few lines, thank you for writing Hero. Its one of the few "Teen" books I've read and enjoyed. You din't use "teen" stereotypes, or patronize us and try to dumb down the language and themes for our apparently tiny little brains. This is on top of it being an all around wonderful book. So once again, thank you.

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