A follow-up to "I Want a Gay Iron Man" where n be revealed: Superr Iron Man is Bisexual (issue #8).
Contents:
IS IRON MAN GAY, BISEX, OR STRAIGHT?
In a world synonymo wh differenc sexual orientatn, one n’t help but wonr whether a pivotal character such as he is gay, bisexual, or straight. The Bottom Le: Is Iron Man Gay, Bisex, or Straight? As the volunteer at the fish le placed a fisher’s medal and Hawaiian lei around my neck, I uldn’t help but thk about the long and wdg road that led me to that extraordary moment, a pivotal part of which was cidg to start livg life as my thentic self: a gay man.
It also a hyper-mascule environment where differenc were not tolerated and the perfect place for me to further supprs any homosexual thoughts I was havg. Work was the only place where I was still closeted, though my close iends there knew I was gay and accepted me wh open arms. However, after a strg of homophobic ments ma by both -workers and suppliers’ reprentativ, I found myself both g out to my boss and HR and mand that thgs change.
FOR GAY TRIATHLETE, FISHG THE IRONMAN FULFILLS A DREAM
Up to this pot both my profsnal reer and amatr sport reer, I had found a lack of gay or otherwise LIGBTQ+ role mols so I cid that if I uldn’t fd that for myself, I was at least gog to make sure that I beme that for someone else. Beg gay and beg an athlete are both such important parts of who I am, and I yearn for more reprentatn the sports that I love. And that’s not a failg on our parts as gay or Black or female or trans or Mlim or Asian or disabled or asexual or Lato or Jewish or anythg else one n name panoply of inti most monly relegated to “Other.
For s, the gay muny forted self wh mp imagery of strong women to bolster our self-nfince, to try to see some element of who we are a culture that uldn’t give what we really need: a mirror. We need to see gay men media, books, public. Last week, Bobby Drake, the young Iceman of All-New X-Men, had a ank discsn wh one of his bt iends about who he is: a gay man.