{"id":624,"date":"2014-02-25T17:00:07","date_gmt":"2014-02-25T23:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/?p=624"},"modified":"2014-02-25T10:32:58","modified_gmt":"2014-02-25T16:32:58","slug":"archie-comics-super-gay-character","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/archives\/624","title":{"rendered":"Archie Comics Super Gay Character"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Archie Comics first gay character Kevin Keller made a huge splash when he debuted in 2010. Since then, he has become one of the most visible and crowd-pleasing of the comic\u2019s gang. Now, he\u2019s going one step further <a href=\"http:\/\/www.out.com\/entertainment\/popnography\/2014\/02\/21\/kevin-keller-archie-comics-gay-character-make-debut-superhero\">by becoming a superhero<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In line with Archie Comics long-standing tradition of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/2014\/02\/19\/archies-kevin-keller-becomes-new-superhero-the-equalizer\">turning its characters into superheroes<\/a>, Kevin will become\u00a0the Equalizer. By using his superhuman physical strength, the character will work to right wrongs. According to writer and artist Dan Parent via Out.com, &#8220;He stands for equality, and that&#8217;s what he&#8217;s trying to do \u2026 first he helps an old lady who&#8217;s getting attacked, then he saves this kid from getting made fun of, which, you know, he&#8217;s been in that place before. \u2026 He&#8217;s an equal opportunity provider.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>So be on the lookout at a comic shop near you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Archie Comics first gay character Kevin Keller made a huge splash when he debuted in 2010. Since then, he has become one of the most visible and crowd-pleasing of the comic\u2019s gang. Now, he\u2019s going one step further by becoming a superhero. In line with Archie Comics long-standing tradition of turning its characters into superheroes, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":625,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55,57],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-carousel","category-media-of-note"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=624"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}