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Contents:
- THE NEW MUTANTS’ BLU HUNT SAYS THE MOVIE’S GAY ROMANCE IS A LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT STORY
- 22 ARE THERE ANY GAY X-MEN?
- ‘NEW MUTANTS’ DIRECTOR, MAISIE WILLIAMS TOUT GAY LOVE STORY BETWEEN MA CHARACTERS
THE NEW MUTANTS’ BLU HUNT SAYS THE MOVIE’S GAY ROMANCE IS A LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT STORY
Marvel jumpstarted s foray to queer pictns of different superpowered begs wh the g out of Alpha Flight’s Northstar as a gay mutant Alpha Flight issue #106. This reprentatn brought gay weddgs (Northstar makg history aga), distguished bisexual and pansexual characters void of stereotyp (like New Mutant’s Prodigy and Deadpool), LGBTQIA+ iendships (Young X-Men’s Graymalk and Anole), transgenr/cisgenr relatnships (like Angela: Asgard’s Assass’s Sera and Angela), and superhero wrtlg wh their sexualy (like X-Men’s Iceman). In anticipatn of Marvel’s Phase Three behemoth Avengers: Endgame, Marvel stated that an openly gay character would appear.
22 ARE THERE ANY GAY X-MEN?
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‘NEW MUTANTS’ DIRECTOR, MAISIE WILLIAMS TOUT GAY LOVE STORY BETWEEN MA CHARACTERS
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