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| Brazil mayor blocked from banning Avengers comic over gay kiss | Brazil mayor blocked from banning Avengers comic over gay kiss |
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| A Brazilian judge has blocked attempts by the mayor of Rio de Janeiro to ban a Marvel comic showing two men kissing. | A Brazilian judge has blocked attempts by the mayor of Rio de Janeiro to ban a Marvel comic showing two men kissing. |
| Mayor Marcelo Crivella, a former bishop, had demanded the comic be withdrawn from a book fair, saying it included content unsuitable for minors. | Mayor Marcelo Crivella, a former bishop, had demanded the comic be withdrawn from a book fair, saying it included content unsuitable for minors. |
| But the judge granted an interim injunction against this, citing the right to freedom of expression. | But the judge granted an interim injunction against this, citing the right to freedom of expression. |
| Copies of the comic book, Avengers: The Children's Crusade, quickly sold out after the mayor's intervention. | Copies of the comic book, Avengers: The Children's Crusade, quickly sold out after the mayor's intervention. |
| The illustration that upset that mayor was also printed on the front page of Brazilian newspaper Folha de São Paulo on Saturday. | The illustration that upset that mayor was also printed on the front page of Brazilian newspaper Folha de São Paulo on Saturday. |
| The picture depicts two male characters, Wiccan and Hulkling, kissing while fully clothed. In the storyline, they are portrayed as being in a committed relationship. | The picture depicts two male characters, Wiccan and Hulkling, kissing while fully clothed. In the storyline, they are portrayed as being in a committed relationship. |
| The Children's Crusade series has been available in Brazil since 2012. The luxury hardcover volume available at the book fair was released three years ago, according to the O Globo newspaper. | The Children's Crusade series has been available in Brazil since 2012. The luxury hardcover volume available at the book fair was released three years ago, according to the O Globo newspaper. |
| Marvel's first portrayal of a gay kiss was published in 1991 in its X-Force series, and a year later Northstar became the publisher's first openly gay superhero. | |
| Gay relationships were also included years earlier in a 1985 issue of Captain America. | |
| In a Twitter video on Friday, Mr Crivella called for issues of the comic book to be rounded up. | In a Twitter video on Friday, Mr Crivella called for issues of the comic book to be rounded up. |
| "Books like this need to be wrapped in black sealed plastic with a content warning displayed on the outside," he said in another message. | "Books like this need to be wrapped in black sealed plastic with a content warning displayed on the outside," he said in another message. |
| Mayor Crivella has in the past decried homosexuality as "evil behaviour," despite same-sex marriage being legal in the country since 2013. | Mayor Crivella has in the past decried homosexuality as "evil behaviour," despite same-sex marriage being legal in the country since 2013. |
| Brazil's largest literary event "gives voice to all audiences, without distinction, as it should be in a democracy", the book fair's organisers told AFP news agency. | Brazil's largest literary event "gives voice to all audiences, without distinction, as it should be in a democracy", the book fair's organisers told AFP news agency. |