X-MEN’S rint md-rear Jean Grey has outed Iceman as gay leaked pag of this week’s issue of the ic book.
Contents:
- ORIGAL 'X-MEN' CHARACTER ICEMAN CONFIRMS HE'S GAY
- MARVEL’S ICEMAN JT ME OUT AS GAY
- ICEMAN, AKA BOBBY DRAKE, OUTED AS GAY BY JEAN GREY
- FOR LGBT FANS OF X-MEN, ICEMAN COMG OUT AS GAY HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMG
- ICEMAN, ONE OF THE ORIGAL X-MEN, WILL E OUT AS GAY THIS WEEKICEMAN, ONE OF THE ORIGAL X-MEN, WILL E OUT AS GAY THIS WEEK
ORIGAL 'X-MEN' CHARACTER ICEMAN CONFIRMS HE'S GAY
The X-Men are signifint enough pop cultural figur that when Bobby Drake, AKA " Iceman", was wrten as gay All-New X-Men #40, media outlets outsi... * bobby drake gay *
4, the young Iceman, or Bobby Drake, out officially as a gay man while nontg his olr self.
MARVEL’S ICEMAN JT ME OUT AS GAY
One of the most powerful mutants the Marvel universe has e out as a gay man. * bobby drake gay *
Gay and lbian characters are beg creasgly visible the ic book universe. In 2012, Marvel Comics announced that s first openly gay hero, Northstar, would marry his longtime civilian boyiend, Kyle Jadu, an issue of Astonishg 's g out, however, is noteworthy given that the character was one of the five origal "X-Men" members, created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby Comics Edor Daniel Ketchum told The Huffgton Post that he was particularly proud of the new issue, llg Iceman's character jt another example of how the anchise has always strived to reflect "the human experience.
The X-Men are signifint enough pop cultural figur that when Bobby Drake, AKA “Iceman”, was wrten as gay All-New X-Men #40, media outlets outsi of the ics prs published news ems and mentari on the moment, cludg CNN, The Huffgton Post and The Advote. While many of the notic sentially amounted to, “hey look, a re member of the X-Men is now gay, ” other piec, primarily at dited ics s, addrs the polics and ethics of how Bobby is revealed as gay — he’s chid to g out by Jean Grey — or seek to place this moment to a larger ntext of media reprentatn of LGBTQ characters and experienc.
ICEMAN, AKA BOBBY DRAKE, OUTED AS GAY BY JEAN GREY
In addn to qutns about how this episo is wrten, pecially regards to Jean’s role and Bobby’s own fort/disfort wh beg gay and also the qutn of bi-sexualy, which appears to be dismissed wrer Brian Michael Bendis’ dialogue, I also thk that there are unwrten assumptns about sexualy and sexual inty this sequence that should be unpacked to better unrstand the signifince and implitns not only of Bobby beg gay, but also of his g out. Jean is prompted to prod Bobby to admtg his gayns followg a remark he mak about Magik’s hotns, Magik beg female and a woman. Their dialogue nclus wh Jean sayg, “Bobby … You’re gay.
FOR LGBT FANS OF X-MEN, ICEMAN COMG OUT AS GAY HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMG
Neher wrer Bendis nor artist Mahmud Asrar shows what, exactly, Bobby was thkg when Jean read his md and nclus, or, maybe affirms, that he is gay (the start of the dialogue — “Why do you say thgs like that? Was he thkg, “I am gog to say somethg het dubro-like about Magik now so that no one knows I am gay”?
ICEMAN, ONE OF THE ORIGAL X-MEN, WILL E OUT AS GAY THIS WEEKICEMAN, ONE OF THE ORIGAL X-MEN, WILL E OUT AS GAY THIS WEEK
Or was he, fact, thkg, “I’m gay”? “I’m gay. “I’m gay!
“I’m gay? “I’m … gay. “I’m … gay?
GAY!