While speaking about his turn as the web-slinging superhero in The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Garfield said that he had talked with the film’s producer about exploring the character’s sexuality on film. Here are five such moments: 1) Asking why Spider-Man can’t be gay Indeed, his entire career has been punctuated by earnest but uneven attempts at showing his LGBTQ allyship.
Garfield’s pin-wearing gained applause from most Twitter users, though some criticized him for not doing more for trans rights. At this weekend’s GLAAD Awards ceremony, actor Andrew Garfield wore a pin bearing the colors of the transgender Pride flag while presenting an award to transgender actress Michaela Jaé Rodriguez for her work toward eliminating queerphobia in media.
