One central subplot was a lesbian relationship, and fans wondered if Marvel would finally give the MCU its first big-screen lesbian romance.
Black Panther co-writer Joe Robert Cole has addressed Marvel’s decision not to feature a lesbian romance in the film.
I know that there were quite a few conversations around different things, different directions with different characters, and characters that we may have.
That idea was reinforced when Vanity Fair described a scene in which Okoye and fellow Dora Milaje Ayo seemed to be flirting.