Marvel confirms what fans already knew: Loki is gender-fluid in new Disney+ series

Many Marvel fans unfamiliar with the comics don’t know this, but the character Loki is queer and always has been.

Known as everyone’s favorite shape-shifting God of Mischief, Loki was written as gender-fluid in the Marvel comics. Now their identity has crossed over to the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) as exactly that, just in time for Pride Month.

Arriving Wednesday on Disney+, “Loki� is directed by Kate Herron and stars Tom Hiddleston (Loki), Owen Wilson (Mobius M. Mobius), Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Ravonna Renslayer) and Wunmi Mosaku (Hunter B-15).

Marvel revealed more about Loki’s identity when it dropped a new teaser for the TV series that subtly showed a close-up of the TVA (Time Variance Authority) paperwork that Loki submitted, which indicated that his sex is “fluid.�

For many fans, of both MCU and the comic books, this isn’t shocking, as Loki is known for shape-shifting. A number of different Loki incarnations have been featured in the comics, including Lady Loki .

In a 2014 Marvel comic called Loki: Agent of Asgard, Odin refers to Loki as “my son, and my daughter, and my child who is both� to indicate gender fluidity and more importantly, his love for Loki just as they are. Additionally, Al Ewing, who wrote the comic, explained that Loki is a bisexual character. Drawing from Loki’s queer origins within Norse mythology, Ewing wanted to ensure that a key part of the character’s story wasn’t being ignored.

However, throughout MCU Phases 1-3, this side of Loki hasn’t been explored until this six-episode Disney+ series. Producer-screenwriter Michael Waldron is also writing “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,� which many fans believe will connect heavily to the events of “Loki.�

In fact, “Loki,� which follows a version of the villain-turned-antihero plucked out of time, builds on the idea of multiverses and time travel first introduced in “Avengers: Endgame.� It’s prime for setting off a chain of events that could help set up some plot points of “Spider-Man: No Way Home,� “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,� “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania� and the rest of MCU Phase 4.

While “WandaVision� provided more analysis on Nexus beings and “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier� gave more insight on the Super Soldier Serum, “Loki� will introduce the long-term ramifications of meddling with the timeline.

Loki can be streamed on Disney + starting Wednesday.