re: Is it possible that Batman is gay?

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I don't think that means he IS gay, but it is certainly a possible reading of the book.

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Anything is a possible reading of anything, hence is the eternal cycle of academia.

And is also what makes all of it ridiculous.

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Though the gay metaphor is not as on the nose as it is in, say, the X-Men. Which is almost explicitly gay.

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Is all about Race and the differences of groups, not individuals. "Gayness" or the exploration there of is almost always explored in the context of the singulars relation to the many. X-Men is solely devoted to the differences in groups, not individuals, which makes it more about race, nationalism, and tribalisnm. Self-admittedly so.

And since it admits it's own meanings, other meanings are irrelevant.