backroad-bros:

gayyybuckyyy:

bc im about to tell u a story

ok so abt 2 years ago i was trying to get into comics & i decided if i was gonna do this, i was gonna do it right, so i researched lgbtq+ characters in comics & after bouncing around some wikis for a while, i somehow ended up on the page of a character called Arnie Roth. he’s not a superhero, but he’s credited with being one of the first openly gay comic book characters so i decided to keep digging

& i am so fcking glad i did

this is Arnie Roth:

“But it hadn’t always been like this… No, back when they were both growing up on New York’s Lower East Side, during the depths of the depression, the blond-haired adonis was nothing more than a stick-legged young dreamer with his head in the clouds and his hands forever drawing. Arnie Roth was the same age as Steve Rogers – but he was bigger, faster, stronger…” (Captain America #270)

sound familiar???/???//

ok but buckle the fuck up bc we just started this wild ride

Keep reading

Ok please please read this whole thing because whether you care about Stucky or not, there are some amazing marvel comic panels here of Steve Rogers being the ultimate LGBT ally during the height of the HIV/AIDS crisis. Additionally, there is an explicitly gay male character who is depicted as a strong and masculine protector of Steve, completely subverting the common stereotype. This is beyond awesome considering the time when these comics came out. Definitely worth the read!!!