I hereby propose that every character in superhero comic books be made bisexual in canon.

That way, all the fans could have the versions of the characters that they want, without it contradicting the continuity of anyone else's versions of those characters, and everyone would be happy!

We could even publish separate titles for each segment of the audience, so that the fans who want their heroes to remain strictly heterosexual can read about (just as one example) a happily married Superman and Lois Lane in one title, while the homosexual fans who would like to see themselves reflected in their heroes can have their own titles, in which Superman and Batman are seeing each other (with Lois' permission, so that it wouldn't be "cheating" on her, since I can't help but think she might want to watch Clark and Bruce together), or Supergirl and Batgirl can have upbeat (and possibly even all-ages) same-sex dating hi-jinks.

Hell, you could even expand the line with titles to cater to straight guys who want to see sexy lesbians hooking up (the XXX-rated adventures of Wonder Woman on Paradise Island), while straight girls who want pr0n of yaoi boys can get their fill as well (Superboy and Robin's hawt love affair, possibly rendered hentai manga-style).

None of the titles would contradict each other outright, but they'd also be self-contained enough that readers who only wanted to read about their own versions of the characters wouldn't have to acknowledge the existence of any other versions.

But for those who do follow all the titles, we could have annual crossovers, which would bring together all the different versions of those heroes in the same title, and call it, "CRISIS OF INFINITE SEXUAL PREFERENCES!!!"

The last time I think it was controversial was when Northstar was in that "I AM TEH GAY!!1" Alpha-Flight story (and doesn't "Alpha Flight" and "gay" just seem to flow unusually well ?). And that was the early 90's. I've read about lots of gay super characters since then, but haven't noticed much controversy about it. Any examples?

... And resulted in at least one blogger recently decrying the preponderance of gays in comics nowadays, culminating with the incredibly ill-informed line, "This is all Warren Ellis' fault," because apparently the blogger believed there were no gays in comics before Apollo and Midnighter in The Authority.

Cue the condemnation of the original blogger by dozens of other bloggers, which inspired a backlash of support for the original blogger from several other other bloggers who claimed not to be homophobic, because, "I don't care what gays do, as long as they don't rub my nose in it," since having two guys kiss or hold hands in public in a comic book is so much worse than seeing a guy and a girl do the same thing, I guess.