History Main / AdaptationalSexuality

** The Penguin has romantic feelings for the Riddler and thus seems to be gay (as he isn't shown being into women) like his actor.

** [[PlayingWithATrope Played with]] regarding the [[ComicBook/UltimateMarvel Ultimate]] version of [[Characters/SpiderWomanTitleCharacter Jessica Drew]] being a lesbian. She's actually an OppositeSexClone of Peter Parker and by her own admission has the [[HasAType exact same preferences as Peter]]: women, especially natural redheads like [[Characters/MarvelComicsMaryJaneWatson Mary Jane]] and [[GentileJewChaser Jewish girls]] such as [[Characters/MarvelComicsKittyPryde Kitty Pryde]].

* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'': Every male Clayface in the comics was either straight or had no indication made of their sexual orientation, while this continuity's Matt Hagen is indicated to be bisexual due to his male associate Teddy in his debut episode being heavily implied to be his lover (which was later confirmed by director Kevin Altieri) and being in love with a woman named Stella Bates in "Mudslide".

** [[IncredibleHercules Hercules]] as written in Marvel had always been heterosexual. In the 2005 series he refused what he believed was an offer of sex with a man and said he'd told Alexander the Great the same thing. Axel Alonso went on record stating that he was straight. In more recent years he's been written as a bisexual character.

** In ''Harley Quinn: The Eat. Bang! Kill. Tour'' (set in the continuity of [[WesternAnimation/HarleyQuinn2019 the animated series]]), ComicBook/{{Vixen}} is a lesbian and has a girlfriend named Elle.

-->-- '''''Movieline''''' [[http://movieline.com/1994/08/01/dana-matrix/ interview]] for ''Literature/ExitToEden''.

** [[Characters/XMen70sMembers Colossus]] of ''ComicBook/XMen'' fame is straight in the 616 universe, but gay in the [[ComicBook/UltimateXMen Ultimate Universe]] and in a relationship with [[ComicBook/AlphaFlight Northstar]], who's gay in both continuities.

** In the ''ComicBook/DCRebirth'' relaunch, Aqualad II (Jackson Hyde/Kaldur'ahm) is gay. Then again, this might be a subversion, as he was a CanonImmigrant from ''WesternAnimation/{{Young Justice|2010}}'' and all Creator/GregWeisman said on the subject was [[https://twitter.com/Greg_Weisman/statuses/367861073430319105 he wasn't straight]]. At the time ''Rebirth'' started, all he had in a love interest was a relationship with Tula that ended with her falling in love with Garth while he was away, along with some {{Ship Teasing}} in ''ComicBook/BrightestDay'' that suggested the comic version of Aqualad had an attraction to Lorena Marquez/Aquagirl II. The 2019 revival of ''Young Justice'' would indeed see Kaldur with a boyfriend, and WordOfGod is that he's polysexual.

** In the Creator/KieronGillen version of ''Peter Cannon: Thunderbolt'', Cannon is AmicableExes with Tabu Singh. Neither character was shown to be interested in men in previous incarnations.

** [[PlayingWithATrope Played with]] regarding the [[ComicBook/UltimateMarvel Ultimate]] version of [[Characters/SpiderWomanTitleCharacter Jessica Drew]] being a lesbian. She's actually an OppositeSexClone of Peter Parker and by her own admission has the [[HasAType exact same preferences as Peter]]: women, especially natural redheads like [[ComicBook/SpiderManLovesMaryJane Mary Jane]] and [[GentileJewChaser Jewish girls]] such as [[Characters/MarvelComicsKittyPryde Kitty Pryde]].
** [[Characters/DaredevilSupportingCharacters Elektra]] and [[Characters/MarvelComicsTheKingpin The Kingpin]]'s wife, Vanessa Fisk, are a lesbian couple in ''ComicBook/ThePunisherMAX''.

** Prior to becoming Negative Man, Larry Trainor was a closeted gay man, and was having an extramarital affair with one of his fellow airmen at the military base where he was stationed. In the [[ComicBook/DoomPatrol comics]], he was straight.

'''Wonder Woman:''' If we survive this, I can make a few introductions.

* ''Film/ShallWeDance2004'': Chic is an ArmoredClosetGay ladies man, while his counterpart in the Japanese movie, Tōkichi, is HappilyMarried to a woman.

* In-universe in the ''Literature/HerculePoirot'' novel ''Literature/MrsMcGintysDead'': Ariadne Oliver says her fictional detective Sven Hjerson "never cared for women", while the writer of the stage adaptation has given him {{UST}} with a female character, insisting "But you can't have him a ''pansy'', darling. Not for ''this'' sort of play."

* ''Literature/TheMagicians'' has main character Quentin Coldwater as mostly straight but AmbiguouslyBi. '[[Series/TheMagicians2016 The 2016 TV series]] makes him unambiguously bisexual.

* [[FemmeFatale Irene Adler]], who is straight in the original ''Literature/SherlockHolmes'' canon, is a self-professed lesbian in ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'', though she does suffer from IfItsYouItsOk where Sherlock is concerned.

* The [[VideoGame/DeadSpace2023 2023 remake]] of ''VideoGame/DeadSpace'' makes [[TheMole Kendra Daniels]] and [[HeroOfAnotherStory Jacob Temple]] lesbian and bisexual respectively through some [[HaveIMentionedIAmGay off-hand dialogue]] related to their characters.

** It's eventually revealed [[spoiler: that when Arthur says or implies that he loves Lancelot as much as Guenevere, there ''isn't'' an invisible footnote clarifying that [[TheFourLoves one is philia and the other eros]]. They're ''both'' eros. And agape, which is why he never pushes the issue.]]

** The entire Namekian race is implied to be aromantic-asexual in canon [[TrulySingleParent given how they reproduce]]. Here, they are at the very least familair with the concept of a significant other, with Dende quite openly having a crush on Gohan.

* In-universe in the ''Literature/HerculePoirot'' novel ''Literature/MrsMcGintysDead'': Ariadne Oliver says her fictional detective Sven Hjerson "never cared for women", while the writer of the stage adaptation has given him {{UST}} with a female character, insisting "But you can't have him a ''pansy'', darling. Not for ''this'' sort of play."

* Criss Angel and David Blaine are presumably straight in real life, but in the fiction of ''Podcast/InterstitialActualPlay'' the two of them are ex-boyfriends. By the end, they're clarified as gay and bisexual respectively.
** In the one-shot ''A Touch of Evil'', WesternAnimation/KimPossible and [[Series/{{Riverdale}} Betty Cooper]] are girlfriends.

* ''Theatre/AVeryPotterMusical'' has the Sorting Hat (which is a hat, but voiced by a man) in love with the Scarf of Sexual Preference (again: an object, but voiced as male). Scarfy declares Harry to be metrosexual and Ron to be bi-curious.

* In the French translation of ''VideoGame/HollowKnight'', the Grey Mourner refers to her canonically female lover as male.
* In ''Literature/IHaveNoMouthAndIMustScream'', Benny was a homosexual scientist who AM robs of his identity by [[ForcedTransformation turning]] him into a [[BiggerIsBetterInBed well-endowed]], dumb, ape-man for [[ExtremeLibido Ellen]] to take advantage of. In the [[VideoGame/IHaveNoMouthAndIMustScream video game adaptation]], he's an AdaptationalJerkass who's instead suffering a KarmicTransformation, as he was a [[ManlyMan stereotypically masculine]] ColonelKilgore. According to game designer [[WordOfGod David Sears]] they initially planned for a "gay angle" but it was dropped from the final script.
* [[Franchise/TombRaider Lara Croft]] has generally been straight, flirting with a few men in her previous games. In ''VideoGame/TombRaider2013'' however [[WhatCouldHaveBeen it was intended]] by the game’s writer Rhianna Pratchett for Lara be a lesbian and have a relationship with {{Deuteragonist}} Samantha, however, ExecutiveMeddling got involved and Samantha became TheNotLoveInterest instead. While nothing is concrete, given Lara’s aforementioned intimacy with Sam and kissing AmazonChaser Alex whom she calls “sweet”, she’s [[AmbiguouslyBi possibly bi]].

* The [[VideoGame/DeadSpace2023 2023 remake]] of ''VideoGame/DeadSpace'' makes [[TheMole Kendra Daniels]] and [[HeroOfAnotherStory Jacob Temple]] lesbian and bisexual respectively through some [[HaveIMentionedIAmGay off-hand dialogue]] related to their characters.

* ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries'' states or implies that ''[[CastFullOfGay many]]'' characters are either bi or gay. Yami Yugi has openly stated he goes both ways and Yami Bakura has openly stated he is gay. Meanwhile, Marik and Bakura have both denied being gay, which may be true for Bakura, [[note]]his interactions with Téa and Yugi imply bisexuality, so him denying that he is gay may be more on an ExactWords level.[[/note]] but [[TransparentCloset definitely not Marik]]. Duke Devlin, a ladies' man in the show, is ExtremeOmnisexual here. {{Averted|Trope}}, surprisingly, with [[CampStraight Pegasus]], played straight with [[StraightGay Croquet]]. Amusingly, the reveal of Pegasus's wife Cecelia is treated as a scandal, since he for some reason wants the world to believe he's gay even though he isn't. Also, Kaiba is [[{{Squick}} dragon-sexual]].
-->'''Kaiba:''' A Blue-Eyes White Dragon-train? I have the weirdest boner right now...

* In ''WebAnimation/FinalFantasyVIIMachinabridged'', Don Corneo seeks out brides like in the original game but flirts with Cloud both before and after finding out that he was DisguisedInDrag.

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Young Justice|2010}}'', the canonical tie-in comic depicts Beast Boy's mother Marie Logan as attracted to women, [[spoiler:[[PsychicAssistedSuicide as she can fall under Queen Bee's thrall]]]]. WordOfGod is vague about whether she's also attracted to men. Interestingly, Beast Boy's father [[AmbiguouslyAbsentParent is never mentioned]], though [[AdaptedOut he and Marie were married in the source material]].
* ''WesternAnimation/StaticShock''. Richie/Gear is based on a character from the comics who was gay, though he didn't share that character's full name. He was portrayed as straight during the series but declared gay by a writer sometime after it ended.
* In ''WesternAnimation/FreedomFightersTheRay'', Ray Terrill is gay, drawing on the Ray of Earth-10 in ''ComicBook/TheMultiversity'' over his straight pre-''ComicBook/{{Flashpoint|DCComics}}'' version.

* ''WesternAnimation/VoltronLegendaryDefender'': In the original version, Sven ends up having a romance with Romelle. In this incarnation, Shiro is revealed to have had a boyfriend named Adam on Earth. It was confirmed in a convention that Shiro is gay.
* In the original English version of ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'', Tigatron and Airazor are pretty clearly boyfriend and girlfriend. [[ShesAManInJapan Airazor's a dude in the Japanese dub.]] The romantic relationship is still there, however.

* In ''WesternAnimation/CleopatraInSpace'', Akila's parents are lesbians, unlike in the titular graphic novels, where they were heterosexual.
* ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'': In most ''Scooby-Doo'' media, Velma Dinkley is either explicitly heterosexual or her sexuality isn't mentioned at all, with {{Fanon}} often suggesting that she's a lesbian. WordOfGay confirmed that Velma is homosexual in ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated'', with Shaggy being her LastHetRomance which led to her being in a relationship with Marcie Fleach. The [[Film/ScoobyDoo2002 live-action film]] makes Velma AmbiguouslyBi, implying that she has crushes on both Fred and Daphne. In ''WesternAnimation/TrickOrTreatScoobyDoo'', she's unambiguously sexually attracted to Coco Diablo. ''WesternAnimation/{{Velma}}'' would have her attracted to both Fred and Daphne again, though her attraction to Fred was PlayedForLaughs as far more shallow given status as the group's dedicated himbo. [[spoiler:It's later shown that Daphne reciprocates despite Velma having publicly insulted her, and Fred does as well after sensitivity training helps him understand that girls can be attractive in more ways than "runway model."]]
* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'': Every male Clayface in the comics was either straight or had no indication made of their sexual orientation, while this continuity's Matt Hagen is indicated to be bisexual due to his male associate Teddy in his debut episode being heavily implied to be his lover (which was later confirmed by director Kevin Altieri) and being in love with a woman named Stella Bates in "Mudslide".

* In the movie version of Film/DearEvanHansen the character of Jared is stated to be gay, changing a line about hooking up with a girl at band camp to one about hooking up with a guy at said band camp.
* Truman Capote's unmade script for the ''Literature/TheGreatGatsby'' would've had Nick as a closeted homosexual and Jordan as a vindictive lesbian.

* In the original graphic novel for ''ComicBook/{{Alena}}'', the title character is bisexual; she has a romantic encounter with Josefin but later falls for Fabian, a boy. In the movie, Fabian is now Fabienne and Alena falls for her instead. There is no indication of any interest in boys in the film.
* ''Film/ThirteenWomen'': In the film, Hazel Cousins is a married woman who kills her husband and goes to prison. In the original book, Hazel is a virgin who remains so simply because she is considered too beautiful; men are either too intimidated to approach her, assume she is married or engaged, or believe that she will break their heart. Hazel eventually becomes a lesbian after she is seduced by the wife of the doctor treating her for tuberculosis. Hazel starves herself to death in a sanitarium while suffering the heartache of having been abandoned by her lover Martha.

* ''Franchise/SailorMoon'':
** In the [[Manga/SailorMoon manga]], Kunzite and Zoisite's sexuality was never addressed but there is a piece of artwork Creator/NaokoTakeuchi made [[WhatCouldHaveBeen whilst hashing out plot points that were eventually dropped]] that shows Zoisite and Sailor Mercury and Kunzite and Sailor Venus embracing. ''Anime/SailorMoonCrystal'' establishes that Queen Beryl's four generals were lovers of the Inner Senshi in their past lives. In the [[Anime/SailorMoon 90s anime]] however, Kunzite and Zoisite are a couple (and in the Creator/DiC dub [[ShesAManInJapan "Zoycite" is a woman]]). Also Fisheye was never into guys in the manga, again showing romantic interest in Sailor Mercury, but chased men in the anime and once more became female in TheNineties English dub.
** The Cloverway English dub of the original anime did this to Haruka (Amara) and Michiru (Michelle). In the Japanese version and later dubs they are unrelated and an OfficialCouple. The dub [[HideYourLesbians changed them]] so that they're [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHzjXrEiQqQ cousins]]. In combination with that, the dub edited a scene so Michelle mentions her first kiss was with a boy named Brad and Amara also mentions being attracted to boys. Michuru is AmbiguouslyBi but her kissing a boy was nowhere in the Japanese version. The dub, however, accidentally made the cousins come off as gay or bisexual anyway (though with a KissingCousins slant) because their scenes together are still heavily romantic even with dialogue changes.

* ''Manga/TokyoMewMew'''s Minto was clearly into Zakuro, but she also showed attraction to a couple of guys. When making ''Mew Mew Power'', the translators for Creator/FourKidsEntertainment realized that there was no way they could write around the lesbian subtext between the two characters, and apparently decided that having [[DubNameChange Corina]] be gay would raise fewer eyebrows than having her be bisexual. So while they [[HideYourLesbians toned down Corina's romantic feelings toward Renee where they could]], they excised any hint that she might have feelings for anyone ''else'', most notably in a scene where the Mew Mews were imagining their ideal man; Mint's imaginary boyfriend was replaced with an image of ''[[HomoeroticSubtext Renee]]''.
** The attraction is further amplified in the [[Anime/TokyoMewMewNew 2022 reboot]], with the added implication that it may be reciprocated.
* ''Anime/MyHime''. In the anime, Natsuki repeatedly states that she has no interest in or time or romance, and her close friend Shizuru believes that her feelings for Natsuki are unrequited. That said, Shizuru is Natsuki's most important person, and there are some indications that Natsuki may return her feelings. In the manga, however, Natsuki's most important person is Yuuichi, thereby creating a LoveTriangle with Mai and suggesting that Natsuki is heterosexual in this continuity.
* ''Manga/BakiTheGrappler'': Kureha, in the subs, was obsessed with bodybuilding. Kureha in the anime dub, however, is obsessed with bodybuilding and beautiful men. The dub also changes the scene Kureha has with Baki after Doppo's loss from Kureha talking about how life and death are natural for a doctor to Kureha going on about how cute Baki is, and gives every line out of his mouth huge amounts of innuendo from then onward.
* ''{{Anime/Gankutsuou}}'' is a rare example that takes this trope in both directions. In [[Literature/TheCountOfMonteCristo the novel]], Eugénie Danglars is a lesbian who runs away with her piano instructor while Franz is simply a good friend of Albert. In the anime, both characters are in love with Albert.
* The title character of ''Manga/BirdyTheMighty'' is a {{Celibate Hero}}ine, rejecting the feelings of someone she knew from childhood because she feels romance would get in the way of her job. In ''Decode'', [[spoiler:she returns the feelings of another childhood friend]].
* ''Anime/SK8TheInfinity'': Pretty much all major characters in the story are AmbiguouslyBi[=/=]AmbiguouslyGay and have near-textual same-sex attraction towards one or more members of the cast. In the original Japanese dub Joe is the most low-key about it. The English dub (helped by the English VA seeing Joe as bisexual) changes the dialogue in such a way that this interpretation of his sexuality is much more evident and he can be seen as having changed from "possibly bisexual" to "most likely bisexual".
* Netflix's live action adaptation of ''Manga/DeathNote'' cuts out the HomoeroticSubtext entirely and makes AmbiguouslyGay Light Yagami into the very straight Light Turner. L, who was AmbiguouslyBi originally, has no such implications either.

* The first film adaptation of the play ''Theatre/TheChildrensHour'', ''These Three'', changed the story of two teachers having their lives ruined due to rumors that they are having a lesbian affair to rumors that one of them slept with the other's fiance. This is because UsefulNotes/TheHaysCode outlawed even the slightest hint of homosexuality. Even the ''title'' had to be changed (to ''These Three'') because the stage play was so well known as a work that dealt with lesbianism. There were other changes as well such as [[spoiler:Martha not being DrivenToSuicide]].

** In the [[Manga/SailorMoon manga]], Kunzite and Zoisite's sexuality was never addressed but there is a piece of artwork Creator/NaokoTakeuchi made [[WhatCouldHaveBeen whilst hashing out plot points that were eventually dropped]] that shows Zoisite and Sailor Mercury and Kunzite and Sailor Venus embracing. In the [[Anime/SailorMoon anime]] however, Kunzite and Zoisite are a couple (and in the Creator/DiC dub [[ShesAManInJapan "Zoycite" is a woman]]). Also Fisheye was never into guys in the manga, again showing romantic interest in Sailor Mercury, but chased men in the anime and once more became female in TheNineties English dub.
** The Cloverway English dub of the original anime did this to Haruka (Amara) and Michuru (Michelle). In the Japanese version and later dubs they are unrelated and an OfficialCouple. The dub [[HideYourLesbians changed them]] so that they're [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHzjXrEiQqQ cousins]]. In combination with that, the dub edited a scene so Michelle mentions her first kiss was with a boy named Brad and Amara also mentions being attracted to boys. Michuru is AmbiguouslyBi but her kissing a boy was nowhere in the Japanese version. The dub, however, accidentally made the cousins come off as gay or bisexual anyway (though with a KissingCousins slant) because their scenes together are still heavily romantic even with dialogue changes.

* ''WebAnimation/DarkSecretsOfGarrysMod'': [[Webanimation/HazbinHotel Vaggie]] (canon lesbian) is shown thirsting after [[VideoGame/MortalKombat1992 Reptile]] (a male) in the ''Szerelmi háromszög'' (''Love triangle'') StoryArc.

** [[PlayingWithATrope Played with]] regarding the [[ComicBook/UltimateMarvel Ultimate]] version of [[Characters/SpiderWomanTitleCharacter Jessica Drew]] being a lesbian. She's actually an OppositeSexClone of Peter Parker and by her own admission has the [[HasAType exact same preferences as Peter]]: women, especially [[HeroesWantRedheads natural]] redheads like [[ComicBook/SpiderManLovesMaryJane Mary Jane]] and [[GentileJewChaser Jewish girls]] such as [[Characters/MarvelComicsKittyPryde Kitty Pryde]].

** In the ''ComicBook/DCRebirth'' relaunch, Aqualad II (Jackson Hyde/Kaldur'ahm) is gay. Then again, this might be a subversion, as he was a CanonImmigrant from ''WesternAnimation/{{Young Justice|2010}}'' and all Creator/GregWeisman said on the subject was [[https://twitter.com/Greg_Weisman/statuses/367861073430319105 he wasn't straight]]. At the time ''Rebirth'' started, all he had in a love interest was a relationship with Tula that ended with her falling in love with Garth while he was away, along with some {{Ship Teasing}} in ''Comicbook/BrightestDay'' that suggested the comic version of Aqualad had an attraction to Lorena Marquez/Aquagirl II. The 2019 revival of ''Young Justice'' would indeed see Kaldur with a boyfriend, and WordOfGod is that he's polysexual.
** Natasha Irons, the niece of ''Comicbook/{{Steel}}'', exclusively had male love interests in the pre-''ComicBook/{{Flashpoint|DCComics}}'' continuity. When she finally made her post-reboot debut in the Comicbook/DCRebirth ''ComicBook/{{Superwoman}}'' series, she's established as having had a girlfriend in the past, and later shown to be in a relationship with Traci 13.
*** Traci herself went from dating [[ComicBook/BlueBeetle Jaime Reyes]] pre-''Flashpoint'' to dating Natasha afterward. The ''Comicbook/DawnOfDC'' ''Blue Beetle'' title establishes them as AmicableExes.
** The ''DC Rebirth'' relaunch of ''ComicBook/{{Deathstroke}}'' establishes that Jericho from the Comicbook/TeenTitans is pansexual, and has a rather fluid view on sexuality in general. In fact, [[WhatCouldHaveBeen he was originally planned to be gay when Marv Wolfman and George Perez was developing the character]].

** In the pre-[[Comicbook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths Crisis]] continuity, the ''Comicbook/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica'' supporting character Dale Gunn was {{Ship Tease}}d with both Comicbook/{{Vixen}} and Characters/{{Zatanna}}, and was even briefly in a LoveTriangle with them. In the ComicBook/{{New 52}} ''Comicbook/{{Vibe}}'' series, Dale is instead shown to have a husband named Casey.
** In his original appearance, Mikaal Tomas, the ''Comicbook/{{Starman|DCComics}}'' of 1976, was portrayed as motivated by his lost love Lyssa Jurndaal, and not shown to have any other romantic interests. When he reappeared in James Robinson's ''Starman'', he was bisexual.
** The pre-Flashpoint version of ''Comicbook/{{Nightwing}}'' villain Stallion had an ex-wife and objectified women. The post-Flashpoint version is reformed and works in a gay bar. However, it's also suggested that when he was a villain, he was ''extremely'' closeted, so the above characterisation may still stand as HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday.

** In ''Harley Quinn: The Eat. Bang! Kill. Tour'' (set in the continuity of [[WesternAnimation/HarleyQuinn2019 the animated series]]), Comicbook/{{Vixen}} is a lesbian and has a girlfriend named Elle.
** In the ''Series/WonderWoman1975'' episode "Knockout", Carolyn Hamilton's backstory is that she fell in love with the male leader of the radical group she infiltrated, calling him "a genuinely brave and honorable man". ''Comicbook/WonderWoman77'' (which makes her a CompositeCharacter with Nubia) has her married to Fausta Grables from the episode "Fausta: The Nazi Wonder Woman" (whose sexuality wasn't specified in the series or her [[Comicbook/WonderWoman1942 original comic appearance]]).
** Nubia in ''Comicbook/WonderWoman1942'' didn't have any romantic relationships. In ''Comicbook/WonderWoman1987'', Nu'Bia was motivated by her love for the god Ahura-Mazda. In the ''Comicbook/InfiniteFrontier'' era book ''Nubia and the Amazons'', she's in a relationship with an Amazon named Io. ''Comicbook/WonderWomanEarthOne'' makes her Hippolyta's partner, a CompositeCharacter with Phillipus.

** [[Characters/XMen70sMembers Colossus]] of ''Comicbook/XMen'' fame is straight in the 616 universe, but gay in the [[ComicBook/UltimateXMen Ultimate Universe]] and in a relationship with [[ComicBook/AlphaFlight Northstar]], who's gay in both continuities.
** ''Comicbook/{{Exiles}}'' traveled through many of Marvel's multiversal realities, picking up an alternate-timeline Mariko Yashida (Sunfire), who entered into a lesbian relationship with the Mary Jane Watson (ComicBook/SpiderWoman) of another reality. In the mainstream timeline both characters were or are straight (Mariko one of the most important of Characters/{{Wolverine|JamesLoganHowlett}}'s deceased love interests, Mary Jane [[Characters/SpiderManPeterParker Spider-Man]]'s wife). A later version of the team would include an alternate reality ComicBook/{{Beast|MarvelComics}}, who was the lover of ComicBook/WonderMan.
** In ''ComicBook/XTremeXMen2012'' an alternate universe Wolverine, here known by his birth name of James Howlett, is bisexual and in a relationship with [[Comicbook/TheIncredibleHercules Hercules]], whose 616-universe incarnation was AmbiguouslyBi at the time but has since been confirmed as bisexual.
** In the ''Comicbook/{{Secret Wars|2015}}'' relaunch of ''Comicbook/{{Runaways|2015}}'', Pixie and [[Characters/XMen90sMembers Jubilee]] are stated to have been a couple at one point. Pixie also hits on Characters/{{Cloak|AndDaggerMarvelComics}} and clarifies that she's bisexual ("Anyway, I date boys too!"), but Jubilee's orientation hasn't been stated. The final issue has Jubilee kissing Frostbite, one of her female teammates. On that note, ''Secret Wars'''s ''Siege'' comic had [[Characters/TheMightyThorGiants Leah of Hel]] and Characters/{{Magik}} in a sapphic relationship.

** In ''Comicbook/Marvel1602'', Angel's [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] attraction to Jean is referenced, with the twist that Werner is entirely unaware she's a SweetPollyOliver and is in love with "John Grey".

** An unusual example in ''Comicbook/PatsyWalkerAKAHellcat'', which reintroduces Tom Hale as gay, when the original non-canon ''Comicbook/PatsyWalker'' teen humor book had him dating a girl called Nan Brown ... but because that book is officially fictional within the Marvel Universe, from his perspective he was written as being straight when he wasn't.

* ''Film/{{Eternals}}'' depicts Phastos as a gay man with a husband, in contrast to [[Comicbook/TheEternals the comics]], where he had a human wife.