Wonder Woman, perennial childhood superhero and inspiration for many little girls, actually likes women. The Amazonian princess, who is also known as Diana Prince, has been confirmed as bisexual by DC Comics writer Steve Rucka.
His declaration shatters years of debate about Wonder Woman's sexuality. After all, comic book geeks have known Diana Prince to be romantically linked with Steve Trevor in the comic book series.
In an exclusive interview with Comicosity, Steve Rucka has declared Wonder Woman as "queer." The DC Comics writer is currently working on "Year One," which explores new storylines for Wonder Woman.
The interview defines queer as "involving, although not necessarily exclusively, romantic and/or sexual interest towards persons of the same gender." He admits that the concept can be complicated for the character because Wonder Woman's world and culture is run by women alone. Thus, it follows that Diana could have had relationships with other women in her home of Themyscira. "And it needs to be yes for a number of reasons," Steve Rucka said.
Yet Wonder Woman's relationship with Steve Trevor cannot be discounted. "We wanted to establish that there is a connection between these characters long before they see each other," the writer explained.
Whether this declaration affects the movie "Wonder Woman" with Gal Gadot (Wonder Woman/Diana Prince) and Chris Pine (Steve Trevor) isn't certain just yet. The teaser doesn't clearly define Wonder Woman's sexuality, though her relationship with Steve Trevor is a big part of the story.
It should be noted that the comics' stories and the movie universe are independent of each other, though the film based the mythology in the comic books sources. Steve Rucka has stated that DC Comics isn't opposed to the depiction of Wonder Woman's bisexuality at all.
Wonder Woman is not the first bisexual DC Comics character to be out and proud. In 2015, Catwoman was also declared as bisexual by writer Genevieve Valentine, per Huffington Post.
