They identify on both sides of male and female.” I am attracted to masculine energy and I don’t really care about what the physical form is,” the former soap opera star said via Instagram in early May. So I’m proud of you.”Ī few days later, Stause addressed the comments on her sexuality, explaining she and G Flip connected on a “deep” level after meeting on the set of their “Get Me Outta Here” music video. “And two, the smile that’s been on your face the last couple minutes makes me very happy. “They seem like a badass, for one,” the real estate broker, who announced his split from Stause in December 2021, said at the time. The Under Construction author‘s costar and ex-boyfriend, 45, wished the new couple well in the wake of the announcement. … I know being in this position, we get judged constantly, but at the end of the day, I’m so happy.” I heard people talk about these things and they’re like, ‘I knew from a young age.’ That’s not me,” Stause explained during the reunion special, which premiered in May. Nothing’s really changed for me, I’m still very attracted to masculine energy and a good human. Andy Mangels edited issues #14 to #25 and a special issue featuring Barela Mangels changed the title to Gay Comics starting with issue #15, in part to divest it of the “underground” implications of “comix”.Įxcerpts from Gay Comix were included in a 1989 anthology titled Gay Comics.“I think I was probably as surprised as anyone. The first four issues were edited by Cruse issues #5 through #13 were edited by Triptow. Kitchen Sink Press published the first five issues of Gay Comix thereafter it was published by Bob Ross, publisher of the Bay Area Reporter gay newspaper. Lee Marrs and Trina Robbins, two of the original members of the Wimmen’s Comix Collective. Syndrome, Satyr, and the cover of issue #3 Robert Triptow, editor of issues #5 through 13īurton Clarke, creator of Cy Ross and the S.Q.
Howard Cruse, editor of the first four issues
Roberta Gregory, who created Dynamite Damsels (1976), the first lesbian underground serial comic book, and the character Bitchy Bitch Mary Wings, creator of the first one-off lesbian book Come Out Comix (1972) and Dyke Shorts (1976)Īlison Bechdel, who created Dykes to Watch Out For and whose graphic novel Fun Home was adapted into a Tony Award-winning Broadway musical All three editors made a deliberate effort to feature work by both women and men.Īrtists producing work for Gay Comix included
It is generally less sexually explicit than the similarly-themed (and male-focused) Meatmen series of graphic novels. The contents of Gay Comix were generally about relationships, personal experiences, and humor, rather than sex.
Gay Comix also served as a source for information about non-mainstream LGBT-themed comics and events.
Autobiographical themes include falling in love, coming out, repression, and sex. Much of the early content was autobiographical, but more diverse themes were explored in later editions. Created by Howard Cruse, Gay Comix featured the work of primarily gay and lesbian cartoonists. Gay Comix (later spelled Gay Comics) is an underground comics series published from 1980–1998.