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Marvel stresses the importance of the LGBTQ+ character (America Chavez)

Doctor Strange 2 (or Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness) is big news for fans. Sam Raimi is directing a Marvel movie again several years later Spider-Man. For this sequel, make way for the madness of the multiverse introduced in Spider-Man : No Way Home. By wanting to make the world forget that Peter Parker is Spider-Man, Stephen Strange has shaken up the timeline of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The villains of previous films appeared, without forgetting the variants revealed by Loki on Disney+. According to the extensive information on Doctor Strange 2, copies of the Sorcerer Supreme and evil Wanda Maximoff are to be expected. There is also talk of the presence of the Illuminati. In short, a great program with an icing on the cake: America Chavez is there.

A heroine with many powers but also openly gay.

Credit: Marvel Studios

And for Marvel, the presence of the LGBTQ+ character is a good thing.

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Marvel wants children to be represented

America Chavez has great powers. The heroine can travel freely in the multiverse, in other words, she will be an ally of weight for Stephen Strange. Because if you missed an episode, the parallel universes represent the main element of the fourth phase. Might as well go all out when Kang the Conqueror would be the big bad, succeeding Thanos.

And in an interview for Marvel’s official website (via WGTC), executive Victoria Alonso welcomes America Chavez’s presence. in terms of representation. The heroine, in addition to being a member of the LGBTQ+ community, is of Latin origin.

America Chavez is a young Latin woman from the LGTBQ+ community with great powers. Children want to see themselves represented. There is a very important level of identity in the life of an adolescent. To see yourself is not to be invisible.

Victor Alonso

For several years, Disney/Marvel Studios has focused on representing all sections of society in its productions. This involves actors of other ethnicities or different sexual orientations on screen.

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness sort le 4 mai 2022 en salle.

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