Thor: Love And Thunder Will Feature The MCU’s Third LGBTQ+ Romance

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The MCU so far has been very light on in terms of LGBTQ+ characters and queer storylines, but that could change in Thor: Love and Thunder. Since Marvel Studios movies added their first openly gay character in the form of a cameo from Joe Russo in Avengers: Endgame, no major character in any of the 20+ movies in the Marvel Cinematic Universe has been overtly depicted as queer besides Phastos in The Eternals. That's despite many characters – from Loki to Korg to Captain Marvel – having a history of LGBTQ+ identity in the comics. Even heroes that are queer icons, like America Chavez (Xochitl Gomez) in Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness, had their sexuality watered down or erased. America Chavez's moms are a queer couple, but they're only mentioned by America and are seen onscreen together only briefly.  Just as the MCU has a spotty record on depictions of female heroes or heroes of color, LGBTQ+ heroes seem to leave their queerness behind when they make it to screens, with Marvel Studios even being accused of queerbaiting in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.

Thor: Love and Thunder will draw from the beloved Mighty Thor series of Marvel Comics, written by Jason Aaron. It will feature many characters from previous MCU installments, including Thor (Chris Hemsworth) himself, Jane Foster (Natalie Portman), Valkyrie (Tessa Thompson), Korg (Taika Waititi), Sif (Jaime Alexander), and Star-Lord (Chris Pratt). The main villain of the movie will be the new MCU character Gorr the God Butcher (Christian Bale). The comics' story sees Thor lose his ability to lift Mjolnir, signaling his unworthiness, while Jane Foster inherits the weapon, granting her Thor's abilities while she deals with a cancer diagnosis. The film will also