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'FIRST CLASS': THE LATT CHAPTER THE 'X-MEN' GAY-RIGHTS PARABLE

Benjam Deeds: Deeds is one of the most recent X-Men to e out as gay, havg exhibed powers durg a pro-mutant rally on his llege mp. Unfortunately, this universe's Nightcrawler is outwardly homophobic and hurtful toward Coloss, never creatg the iendly bonds they form the ma Marvel Howlett: Another alternate universe mutant, this versn of Wolvere lted after the god Hercul.

As the Legacy vis primarily affected mutants, the humans equated mutants to the dangero vis— the same ve that, the real world, straight people wrongly thought of HIV/AIDS as a disease exclive to gay men—th creatg an atmosphere of tensn and worsened fear.

What's more, echo the homophobic sentiment that one's queerns is a matter of choice and that one, an effort to live a "more rrect liftyle, " n simply "not be" LGBTQ+. That they did not look like a natural fay served to unrle the ia that the people chose each other.All of this is a gay fairy tale -- and a perfected versn of what is, for many, a gay realy.Though all mory experienc are different, there is one experience that's pecially mon among LGBT people that is perhaps pecially unmon to people om most other mory inti.

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