<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Can we get a “yessss” for representation? #MarvelStudios is giving a platform to queer people of color by having #TessaThompson’s Valkyrie character be its first out LGBTQ hero.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The news was revealed during Marvel Studio’s Hall H panel at #ComicCon this weekend, according to <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/thor-star-tessa-thompson-will-play-marvels-first-lgbtq-superhero-1225891">@hollywoodreporter</a>. At the end of “Avengers: Endgame” (we apologize if we’re spoiling anything but I know most of y’all have seen it by now) Valkyrie assumed the role of ruler of New Asgard, the town populated by refugee Asgardians.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“As new king [of Asgard], she needs to find her queen. That will be the first order of business,&#8221; Tessa said during the panel.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">She was obviously talking about Valkyrie, who will be appearing in the fourth Thor movie, “Thor: Love and Thunder.” The movie will also see the return of Chris Hemsworth as the Norse god.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This isn&#8217;t the first time Tessa has openly talked about her character&#8217;s sexuality. She said in an interview with </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Rolling Stone</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> that director Taika Waititi pitched her the character as being bisexual, as she is portrayed in the comic books. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">But the last Thor film itself did not address her sexuality and now her new comments suggest that will change in the new film.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Marvel having a gay super hero should come as no surprise to fans as Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige has long promised the MCU would include an LGBTQ hero. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Filmmakers The Russo Bros. included the studio&#8217;s first openly gay character but not hero in </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Avengers: Endgame</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">. Co-director Joe Russo played a gay man lamenting the loss of his partner in a Captain America-led therapy session.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;We&#8217;ve done four of these films and it was incredibly important to us to have a gay character represented somewhere in one of these four movies,&#8221; Joe Russo told </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Hollywood Reporter</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> ahead of </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Endgame&#8217;</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">s release. &#8220;We felt so strongly about it that I wanted to play that character in the film.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Roommates, are you here for the new Thor film? Let us know!</span></p>
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