--- description: The comic book super villain is bisexual title: DC's Catwoman Comes Out of the Closet image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdb621d82b3597034/698781458e0601b41445a858/catwoman_vol_4_18.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [comic books](/tag/comic-books/) ## comic books Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # DC Comics' Catwoman Comes Out of the Closet by [Rachel Janik](/author/rachel-janik/) ## Rachel Janik Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 26, 2015 9:04 PM CUT  DC Comics by [Rachel Janik](/author/rachel-janik/) ## Rachel Janik Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 26, 2015 9:04 PM CUT Selina Kyle, Batman’s stealthy enemy and love interest, officially came out as bisexual in the latest issue of _Catwoman_. The leather-clad cat burglar kissed another woman in _Catwoman #39_, illustrated by Garry Brown, confirming what many fans had long suspected about the flirtatious, hyper-sexualized character. “For me, this wasn’t a revelation so much as a confirmation,” Genevieve Valentine, the series’ writer, said[ on her blog](http://www.genevievevalentine.com/2015/02/catwoman-39-better-than-he-does-himself/ "undefined"). Catwoman’s coming out is just the latest of many efforts by comic book companies to diversify their characters. DC’s Batwoman has identified as a lesbian since 2006, and one Green Lantern, Alan Scott, is gay. In 2013, a trans woman of color was introduced as a character in _Batgirl._ Marvel’s Northstar, a member of the X-Men, married his partner in 2012. Catwoman has been around for 75 years (her first appearance was in _Batman #1_ in 1940), and her relationship to the Caped Crusader is complicated. Despite being enemies, they often work together and are involved in an intense, ongoing romantic relationship. Valentine responded to critics who wondered what this revelation could mean for Batman: “Please be assured that Selina’s longstanding connection to Batman has not been forgotten; that is not how bisexuality (or humanity) works.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3724691/dc-catwoman-bisexual/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3724691/dc-catwoman-bisexual/"},"headline":"DC Comics' Catwoman Comes Out of the Closet","datePublished":"2015-02-26T21:04:20.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T04:45:40.229Z","description":"The comic book super villain is bisexual","url":"https://time.com/3724691/dc-catwoman-bisexual/","keywords":["comic books","Batman","dc comics"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdb621d82b3597034/698781458e0601b41445a858/catwoman_vol_4_18.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Rachel Janik","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/rachel-janik/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdb621d82b3597034/698781458e0601b41445a858/catwoman_vol_4_18.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Catwoman_Vol_4_18","caption":"catwoman","creditText":"DC Comics","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/comic-books/","name":"comic books"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3724691/dc-catwoman-bisexual/","name":"DC Comics' Catwoman Comes Out of the Closet"}}]}] ```