There has been talk for quite some time about if and when Marvel would finally introduce an LGBTQ person into the cinematic universe. Are all of these characters explicitly, obviously queer in Ragnarok? No-except maybe Valkyrie-but that's not the point. When I asked Waititi about his character’s sexual orientation a few months ago, he said he didn’t think of his character as gay when he played him, but “he could be.” And while Loki hasn't had any romantic entanglements in the Marvel movies and presents as a cisgender man, in the comics he's a gender fluid character. Meanwhile, an issue of The Incredible Hulk a few years back revealed that Korg’s “beloved” was the warrior Hiroim. In the comics, Valkryie kisses women, and recently Thompson (the hero of Thor: Ragnarok on nearly every level) has confirmed that she played her as a bisexual character. Then there’s Loki, the Asgardian god of mischief, played by Tom Hiddleston. Another is Korg, the Kronan gladiator who befriends Thor and is played, via motion-capture and CGI, by the film’s director Taika Waititi. One is Valkyrie, the female warrior played by Tessa Thompson. You wouldn’t necessarily know it, but Thor: Ragnarok features three queer characters.
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