http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/story/422267p-356428c.html
Holy coming out of the closet, Batman!
The newest incarnation of Batwoman - a rarely seen DC Comics
character - will be a lesbian, and her new sexual orientation has
provoked heated debate among faithful comic book readers.
"It amps it up a little bit," said Ron Hill, 37, manager of Jimmy
Hanley's Universe, a comic book shop on W. 33rd St. "They've long
abandoned things aimed at 8-year-olds."
The decision to turn Kathy Kane, Batwoman's alter ego, into a buxom
5-foot-10 lesbian socialite was reached as part of DC Comics' push
to diversify its characters and reinvigorate its decades-old comic
book franchise.
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