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Origally published July 16, 1999, Comics Buyer’s Gui #1339 Did you know the X-Men were gay? At the very least, that they were a metaphor for homosexu ...

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

However, the X-Men have changed vastly over the years, and this basis has given untls wrers and artists the opportuny to tackle heavy subjects like classism, racism, homophobia, and ableism through mastream ics. Implitns and referenc to homosexualy began to appear more promently after the early ‘80s.

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