I have worked with gays, lesbians, and everyone with what we used to call "alternate life-styles"...  This is old news.  This is all about building a TEAM!  Just don't focus on their race, religion, or sexual orientation... and a HUMAN hero will emerge.  I'm not sure that She-Hulk and Starfire wouldn't hook-up if given a chance.  I remember when being an obvious Jew was a big deal in the 70's comics.  (Even though a lot of Jewish guys and girls were making comics possible.) And, some of them might have been "Gay".  Time to stop putting labels on everyone.  If Starfire wants to be a slut from another galaxy... OOPS! I did it again.
Sorry, someone stuck a redneck label on my forehead at a very young age... and it stuck.  But, I'm not a gay redneck.

He looks hot, sounds hot, and the idea of a freely flamboyant Mexican teenager running around fighting like a real superhero makes me want to buy Teen Titans' stuff (though I've already semi-started) even more.

@TypingKira said:

Wot.

Seriously, wot?

Why is it that all these new gay characters have to be flamboyantly so? The most popular gay characters, they aren't 'gay characters', they're characters who happen to be gay, like Billy Kaplan and Teddy Altman.

One of them LOOKS gay. So this argument isn't exactly..........full proof

I know this may sound rude or homophobic, but I have to say that I don't like it based on how it was introduced. Tell me, do we find out that he's gay by him openly expressing it during a fight or over dinner. Better yet, why is it even brought out at all, in his first issue?! all I'm saying is, I'm all about diversity, but is bringing out out an "openly" gay character necessary for the third issue of the new series. I mean, from what I can tell, there is so much action and stuff going on when when the heck does he even have time to express this revelation to the group?! Im not homophobic, I just think there was a better way to show this or tell us this.

@WonderGirl90 said:

I know this may sound rude or homophobic, but I have to say that I don't like it based on how it was introduced. Tell me, do we find out that he's gay by him openly expressing it during a fight or over dinner. Better yet, why is it even brought out at all, in his first issue?! all I'm saying is, I'm all about diversity, but is bringing out out an "openly" gay character necessary for the third issue of the new series. I mean, from what I can tell, there is so much action and stuff going on when when the heck does he even have time to express this revelation to the group?! Im not homophobic, I just think there was a better way to show this or tell us this.

Well, we all the revelation what done in a most natural way. Wondergirl teased him and he said, you do know I'm gay right? Then wondergirl went on to react as to that news. It wasn't even mentioned until issue 7.