The question of Dredd's sexuality
Any fan of Dredd knows it’s irrelevant; Dredd is in love with the law. All Judges are supposed to be celibate.
And anyone who actually reads the story will see that it is nowhere near as sensationalist as the newspapers would have us believe.
The monastic life of a Mega-City Judge has been called into question time and again; with several Judges being revealed to be less
than perfect when it comes to keeping it in their pants. Even the architect of the Justice System, Chief Judge Fargo, the man who
just happens to also be Dredd’s clone father, was seen to have fallen short. It’s an interesting way of showing a glimpse of the
humanity which the Judges must suppress. When Judge Galen DeMarco made a pass at Dredd in the story -Beyond The Call Of Duty-
he stoically ignored her advances. It was clear that Dredd respected her as a Judge and maybe even liked her in his own repressed
way. But the idea of him as a character possessing any kind of sexuality, either straight or gay, was never ever going to be given light.
The character just isn’t capable of it.
Dredd may well be gay, straight or bi. But it's all buried beneath layers upon layers (upon layers). There's a man there, like anyone else,
he's not a robot. But Dredd is pure repression. Although, you can imagine what would happen if that repression ever fell away, just for
an instant !!!
Sure, Dredd could be gay. You can't look at the original costume design of leather and chains and not see a fetishistic edge there.
But, as I said before, Dredd's feelings are so deeply hidden, he is extremely unlikely to ever let them show. With Dredd, you only ever
get subtle glimpses of the man beneath.