Super: Where is the LGBTQ Ms. Marvel?; ComicsAlliance.com, 9/10/15

Andrew Wheeler, ComicsAlliance.com; Super: Where is the LGBTQ Ms. Marvel? :

"Few groups need heroes more than young people learning to accept queer identities in a world that’s often hostile to that experience. Queer kids are unusually vulnerable, as rates of suicide and homelessness illustrate. Even their own families can’t be counted on to support them, and their world is full of true villains. As I write this, a woman in Kentucky is being celebrated for her willingness to deny happiness to same-sex couples. That’s a clear manifestation of the background radiation of hate that LGBTQ kids have to grow up with.

And these kids specifically need teen heroes, because teen heroes can speak to their experiences and dramatize their doubts and fears. LGBTQ youth need stories of self-discovery, first love, and growing responsibility."