Editing Wonder Woman (section)

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William Marston's earliest works were notorious for containing subversive "bondage and sapphic-undertones" subtext. Among Wonder Woman's famous catchphrases, "Suffering Sappho", was a direct reference to lesbianism. [[Fredric Wertham]]'s ''[[Seduction of the Innocent]]'' referred to her as the "lesbian counterpart to Batman" (whom he also identified as a homosexual). After Marston's death in 1947, DC Comics downplayed her sexuality and feminist origin. Wonder Woman, without Marston's creative direction, become more "traditional" superhero fare; the lesbian relationships and sexual imagery disappeared from the "Wonder Woman" comic, along with Wonder Woman's super powers. During the [[Comics Code Authority]]-decades since, Wonder Woman's subversiveness had been gradually stripped away; subsequent comic book writers and artists either did not know what do with her or barely hinted at Wonder Woman's erotic legacy.<ref name="ReferenceA">Professor Marston and the Wonder Women</ref>

But under the new 1987 re-boot of the title, under the editorship of [[Karen Berger]], and with the writing and art of George Perez at the helm of the book, the same-sex appreciation by Wonder Woman and the Amazons was more than hinted-at and this was established quickly in the new run of the title. Upon her first sight of supporting character Vanessa Kapatelis (in issue #3), she is shown smiling upwards at Kapatelis, thinking to herself "I've never ''seen'' another woman quite ''like'' her...she's so ''young''...so ''vulnerable''...so ''beautiful''..."<ref>''Wonder Woman'' (vol. 2) #3, page 18, panel 5 (April 1987)</ref> Three years later, in the first issue (#38) of a new decade, there is a story-line presenting a cultural exchange between appointed leaders from 'Man's World', who are the first mortals to visit Themyscira in this continuity, and the Amazons of Themyscira, in Themyscira, itself. The guest [[Unitarianism|Unitarian]] minister, Reverend Cantwell, asks the Amazon [[Mnemosyne]] "..."Don't you ''miss'' the ''sharing'' God intended for the sexes?" to which Mnemosyne replied "''Some'' do. They have sworn themselves to Artemis, the virgin hunter, and Athena, the chaste warrior. ''Others'' choose the way of [[Narcissus (mythology)|Narcissus]]. But ''most'' of us find satisfaction in each ''other'' – three thousand years ''can'' be a long time, reverend.".<ref>''Wonder Woman'' (vol. 2) #38, page 7, panel 6 (January 1990)</ref> Probably more than at any other time in the then nearly fifty-year history of the character, the Amazons were explicitly and unequivocally defined, in general, as lesbian. Additionally, Kevin Mayer, brother of the major supporting character Myndi Mayer, was openly gay and this was treated sympathetically.<ref>''Wonder Woman'' (vol. 2) Annual #1, pages 39–40 (January 1990)</ref> By this time, DC Comics was a [[Warner Bros.|Warner Brothers]]-owned company, and had been for over 20 years.

Wonder Woman is suggested as being queer<ref>{{cite magazine |first=Grame |last=McMillan |url=https://www.wired.com/2016/11/cape-watch-112/ |title=Cape Watch: Wonder Woman Would Like a Girlfriend, Please |magazine=Wired |date=November 10, 2016 |access-date=December 14, 2016 |quote=the comic book Wonder Woman was confirmed to be queer last month |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221152108/https://www.wired.com/2016/11/cape-watch-112/ |archive-date=December 21, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> or bisexual, as she and another Amazon, Io, had reciprocal feelings for each other.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://comicvine.gamespot.com/forums/wonder-woman-179/lesbian-interpretation-23264/ |title=Lesbian interpretation? – Wonder Woman |work=[[Comic Vine]] |author=Spastic Man |date=2008 |access-date=December 14, 2016 |quote=It may be that Wonder Woman may also be bisexual, as she and another Amazon, Io, harbored reciprocal feelings for each other. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161206183256/http://comicvine.gamespot.com/forums/wonder-woman-179/lesbian-interpretation-23264/ |archive-date=December 6, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Grant Morrison]]'s 2016 comic ''[[Wonder Woman: Earth One]]'', which exists parallel to the current DC comics ''Rebirth'' canon, Diana is depicted being kissed on her right cheek by a blonde woman who has put her left arm around Diana.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--TCLrkdUI--/c_scale,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800/e2zvaxuicmjwogxcwo9t.png |format=PNG |title=e2zvaxuicmjwogxcwo9t Image |website=I-kinga-img.com |access-date=December 14, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170126120107/https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--TCLrkdUI--/c_scale,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800/e2zvaxuicmjwogxcwo9t.png |archive-date=January 26, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2016, "Issue #48" of ''[[Sensation Comics]]'', featured Wonder Woman officiating a same-sex wedding, drawn by Australian illustrator Jason Badower. "My country is all women. To us, it's not 'gay' marriage. It's just marriage", she states to [[Superman]]. Inspired by the 2015 [[Obergefell v. Hodges|June Supreme Court ruling]] that established [[same-sex marriage]] in all 50 United States, Badower says DC Comics was "fantastic" about his idea for the issue. In an interview with ''[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]'', he said his editor "Was like 'great, I love it! Let's do it.' It was almost anticlimactic."<ref>{{cite web |last=Browning |first=Bil |url=http://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/2015/08/20/wonder-woman-performs-same-sex-wedding-new-comic |title=Wonder Woman Performs Same-Sex Wedding in New Comic |website=Advocate.com |date=August 20, 2015 |access-date=December 14, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170126120109/http://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/2015/08/20/wonder-woman-performs-same-sex-wedding-new-comic |archive-date=January 26, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> "Diana's mother, [[Hippolyta (DC Comics)|the queen]], at the very least authorized or in some cases officiated these weddings," Badower says. "It just seems more like a royal duty Diana would take on, that she would do for people that would appreciate it."<ref name="thedailybeast.com">{{cite news |author=Melissa Leon |url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/08/19/wonder-woman-officiates-her-first-same-sex-wedding-averts-crimea-crisis.html |title=See Wonder Woman Officiate a Gay Wedding and Avert a Crisis in Crimea |newspaper=[[The Daily Beast]] |date=August 19, 2015 |access-date=December 14, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161112143856/http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/08/19/wonder-woman-officiates-her-first-same-sex-wedding-averts-crimea-crisis.html |archive-date=November 12, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Wonder Woman actress [[Gal Gadot]] reacted positively to Diana's rebooted orientation, and agreed her sexuality was impacted by growing up in the women-only Themyscira. Gadot stated that Wonder Woman feels she need not be "labelled sexually", and is "just herself".
"She's a woman who loves people for who they are. She can be bisexual. She loves people for their hearts."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/wonder-woman-2-bisexual-fans-superhero-petition-gal-gadot-patty-jenkins-a7969376.html |title=Thousands of fans sign petition to 'Make Wonder Woman Bisexual' |website=[[Independent.co.uk]] |access-date=July 25, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180203093619/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/wonder-woman-2-bisexual-fans-superhero-petition-gal-gadot-patty-jenkins-a7969376.html |archive-date=February 3, 2018 |url-status=live  |date=September 27, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.newser.com/story/231895/wonder-woman-is-officially-bisexual.html |title=DC Comics Writer Outs Wonder Woman |website=Newser.com |access-date=October 14, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161013121448/http://www.newser.com/story/231895/wonder-woman-is-officially-bisexual.html |archive-date=October 13, 2016 |url-status=live  |date=October 2016}}</ref> Coming from a society that was only populated by women, "'lesbian' in [the world's] eyes may have been 'straight' for them."<ref name="comicosity.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.comicosity.com/exclusive-interview-greg-rucka-on-queer-narrative-and-wonder-woman/ |title=Exclusive Interview: Greg Rucka on Queer Narrative and Wonder Woman |work=Comicosity &#124; Comic Book News, Reviews, Previews, and Interviews |access-date=October 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161003010709/http://www.comicosity.com/exclusive-interview-greg-rucka-on-queer-narrative-and-wonder-woman/ |archive-date=October 3, 2016 |url-status=live  |date=September 28, 2016}}</ref> "Her culture is completely free from the shackles of [[heteronormativity]] in the first place so she wouldn't even have any 'concept' of [[gender role]]s in sex."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.revelist.com/pop-culture/wonder-woman-is-queer/5002/default/2 |title=Wonder Woman has sex with women. Get over it. |publisher=Revelist |date=September 28, 2016 |access-date=December 14, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161113032338/http://www.revelist.com/pop-culture/wonder-woman-is-queer/5002/default/2 |archive-date=November 13, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Wonder Woman's advocacy for women rights and gay rights was taken a step further in September 2016, when comic book writer [[Greg Rucka]] announced that she is [[Canon (fiction)|canonically]] bisexual, according to her [[Reboot (fiction)|rebooted]] [[DC Rebirth|"Rebirth"]] origin.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/wonder-woman-queer_us_57ec2b6ce4b0c2407cdb8eea |title=Wonder Woman is Officially Queer |website=[[HuffPost]] |access-date=July 25, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180228064928/https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/wonder-woman-queer_us_57ec2b6ce4b0c2407cdb8eea |archive-date=February 28, 2018 |url-status=live  |date=September 29, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Lyn |first=Nicole |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/woman-bisexual-dc-comics-article-1.2813018 |title=Wonder Woman is bisexual – 'obviously' says DC Comics |newspaper=[[New York Daily News]] |date=September 30, 2016 |access-date=December 14, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170126120236/http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/woman-bisexual-dc-comics-article-1.2813018 |archive-date=January 26, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> Rucka stated, "...{{nbsp}}nobody at [[DC Comics]] has ever said, ''[Wonder Woman] gotta be straight.'' Nobody. Ever. They've never blinked at this."<ref name="comicosity.com"/> Rucka stated that in his opinion, she "has to be" queer and has "obviously" had same-sex relationships on an island surrounded by beautiful women.<ref name="comicosity.com" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://newsline.com/comic-book-hero-wonder-woman-bisexual/|title=Comic Book Hero Wonder Woman is Bisexual|date=October 1, 2016|language=en-US|access-date=October 1, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161005113600/https://newsline.com/comic-book-hero-wonder-woman-bisexual/|archive-date=October 5, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> This follows the way Wonder Woman was written in the alternate continuity or non-canon ''Earth One'' by Grant Morrison,<ref>{{cite web |last=Yehl |first=Joshua |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2016/04/06/grant-morrison-on-wonder-woman-earth-ones-birth-race-and-sexuality-changes |title=Grant Morrison on Wonder Woman: Earth One's Birth, Race, and Sexuality Changes |website=[[IGN]] |date=April 6, 2016 |access-date=December 14, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161206234246/http://www.ign.com/articles/2016/04/06/grant-morrison-on-wonder-woman-earth-ones-birth-race-and-sexuality-changes |archive-date=December 6, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> and fellow Wonder Woman writer [[Gail Simone]] staunchly supported Rucka's statement.<ref>{{cite web |author=Beth Elderkin |url=https://www.inverse.com/article/21755-gail-simone-wonder-woman-queer |title=Gail Simone, Longtime 'Wonder Woman' Writer, Says Cut Out Queer Fear |publisher=Inverse |date=October 4, 2016 |access-date=December 14, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170112025054/https://www.inverse.com/article/21755-gail-simone-wonder-woman-queer |archive-date=January 12, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> Surprised at the amount of backlash from her fanbase, Rucka responded to "haters" that consensual sex with women is just as important to Wonder Woman as the Truth is to Superman.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://io9.gizmodo.com/greg-rucka-says-haters-need-to-get-over-it-about-wond-1787537688 |title=Wonder Woman Writer Says Haters Need to 'Get Over It' About Diana's New Canon Bisexuality |website=Io9.gizmodo.com |date=October 7, 2016 |access-date=December 14, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161216132529/http://io9.gizmodo.com/greg-rucka-says-haters-need-to-get-over-it-about-wond-1787537688 |archive-date=December 16, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref><!--Please keep these concise; redirect details to "Cultural impact of Wonder Woman"-->