The X-Men movie seri, based on the ic books of the same name, is well-known for s unual st of gifted mutants and for s extraordary special effects. What is not as wily known about the X-Men is the fact that the movi, along wh the ic books, draw many clear parallels between the mutants and the gay and lbian muny. It is an open secret that the most
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"MUTANT" AS A COWORD FOR "GAY" THE X-MEN MOVI
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+.