--- title: Wonder Woman Is Queer, Says Comic Book Writer Greg Rucka description: "Now, are we saying Diana has been in love and had relationships with other women? As Nicola and I approach it, the answer is obviously yes" canonical: https://time.com/4513668/wonder-woman-queer-steve-rucka/ author: Eliana Dockterman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-09-29T19:50:45.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T00:55:51.634Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Wonder Woman Is Queer, According to Her Comic Book Writer og:description: "The answer is obviously yes" og:url: https://time.com/4513668/wonder-woman-queer-steve-rucka/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd3e532afd97d4122/6988a81df887dc21c2e979b7/wonder-woman-facebook.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 612 og:image:height: 321 og:image:alt: wonder-woman-facebook og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Wonder Woman Is Queer, According to Her Comic Book Writer twitter:description: "The answer is obviously yes" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd3e532afd97d4122/6988a81df887dc21c2e979b7/wonder-woman-facebook.jpg?branch=production ---  # Wonder Woman Is Queer, According to Her Comic Book Writer > Sponsored content. 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Diana Prince is an Amazon born on a female-only paradise island of Themyscira. Though she has a romantic relationship with Steve Trevor—a man who accidentally washes ashore on said island—some storylines over her 75 year history have implied she’s also had relationships with women. Now, the latest writer to take on the story confirms she has, indeed, had romantic feelings for women. Greg Rucka, who is currently exploring the hero’s origin story with the “Year One” storyline with artist Nicola Scott, [told](http://www.comicosity.com/exclusive-interview-greg-rucka-on-queer-narrative-and-wonder-woman/) Comicosity that Wonder Woman must be queer. (In the interview, queer was defined as “involving, although not necessarily exclusively, romantic and/or sexual interest toward persons of the same gender.”) “I think it’s more complicated though. This is inherently the problem with Diana: We’ve had a long history of people—for a variety of reasons, including sometimes pure titillation, which I think is the worst reason—say, ‘Ooo. Look. It’s the Amazons. They’re gay!’” He says if she Diana only interested in men, then fans could interpret her departure from Themyscira as an attempt to pursue a relationship with Steve Trevor. That interpretation, he says, would undermine both the sacrifice she makes leaving her home and her heroism. Here is Rucka’s quote in full: --- > “” --- Rucka went on to say, “Themyscira is a queer culture. I’m not hedging that” and added that DC has not pushed back on this interpretation: “Nobody at DC has ever said, ‘She’s gotta be straight.’ Nobody. Ever. They’ve never blinked at this.” The question of how DC addresses with Wonder Woman’s sexuality is particularly pertinent in the wake of the first _Wonder Woman_ film, which hits theaters in summer of 2017\. Based on the trailer, the movie does not seem to portray Wonder Woman as queer. When the soldier Steve Trevor (Chris Pine) washes ashore on Themyscira, Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot) leaves the island to help save mankind from its own war—presumably her budding relationship with Steve is just a bonus. [Read Rucka’s full interview here.](http://www.comicosity.com/exclusive-interview-greg-rucka-on-queer-narrative-and-wonder-woman/) **Correction:** The original version of this story misstated the author of the _Wonder Woman_ comic. 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