Black Panther co-writer Joe Robert Cole has addressed Marvel’s decision not to feature a lesbian romance in the film.
Last year, there were reports that Black Panther would be borrowing scenes and plots from Ta-Nehisi Coates’s World of Wakanda series. The now-canceled comic explored the fictional African nation of Wakanda, focusing in upon members of the Dora Milaje. One central subplot was a lesbian relationship, and fans wondered if Marvel would finally give the MCU its first big-screen lesbian romance. That idea was reinforced when Vanity Fair described a scene in which Okoye and fellow Dora Milaje Ayo seemed to be flirting. Marvel chose to bite the bullet, announcing that this wouldn’t be a subplot in Black Panther.
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