Even the first openly gay MCU character was an unnamed man who appeared only briefly in a support group with Captain America in Avengers: Endgame. Characters who are canonically queer in the comics have had their sexualities glossed over or ignored in the films, such as Valkyrie in Thor: Ragnarok and Star-Lord in both Guardians of the Galaxy movies. The MCU has been criticized for years for its lackluster LGBTQ+ representation.
