Comic book publishers are coming out with different content to create characters relevant to today’s audience, and among many issues that are a major concern for the young population; LGBT rights have a global resonance.

While Marvel broke stereotypes by introducing a Muslim woman Kamala Khan as Ms. Marvel and the world's first transgender superhero Chalice, DC is ready to bring in the first ever gay superhero to lead a series in 2017, with an animated series called ‘Freedom Fighters: The Ray’.

Produced by Warner Bros.’ digital studio Blue Ribbon Content, the series will introduce the character as journalist Raymond Ray Terrill, who tries to expose a group of government scientists trying to turn light into a weapon of mass destruction under a secret project.

But before he could report his findings, he is exposed to a genetic light bomb, which doesn’t kill him but gives him powers based on light. He decides to call himself The Ray and fights injustice by going beyond reporting about it.