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The Iceman Becometh Gay: Realism Over Diversity<\/b>
\nSurveying the boards out there, it appears that many a young, heterosexual comic-book fanboy has become agitated by the recent news that Iceman of All-New X-Men<\/em> is gay<\/a>.<\/p>\n

To these colicky fanboys I say: Aside from completely missing the point of the spectral pluralism that the X-Men themselves have come to represent, you’re ignoring the time-travel element involved here.<\/p>\n

The young Bobby Drake of 1963 didn’t feel that, in 1963, he could live<\/a> his life as a gay<\/a> man<\/a>, so he became the woman<\/a> pursuer we’ve known his older incarnation to be all these years — with even the film version of Iceman choosing for himself a woman<\/a> (Rogue) whom he can’t (and doesn’t have to) touch.<\/p>\n

However, that same young Bobby Drake of 1963, now newly living in the world of 2015, discovers that he can<\/em> live<\/a> his life as a gay<\/a> man<\/a> and doesn’t try to change himself into someone he’s not, as his original-timeline counterpart had done.<\/p>\n

What would be the point of bringing 1963 X-Men into the present if nothing about any of them were to change? <\/p>\n

Forgetting even the 10-percent figure that is often alleged, the complainers out there would suggest that not even one<\/em> of the first 30 X-Men (that is, 3 percent of X-Men team members from 1963 to 1999) could or should or would ever evolve into being openly gay<\/a> or bisexual<\/a> before going to the grave. <\/p>\n

Having Iceman be gay<\/a> means exactly that: that a whopping 3 percent of the first 30 X-Men has now evolved into being openly gay<\/a>. <\/p>\n

And somehow this isn’t realistic or legit? <\/p>\n

— This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms.<\/a> It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website.<\/p>\n

www.huffingtonpost.com\/will-bower\/the-iceman-becometh-gay-r_b_7120480.html?utm_hp_ref=gay-voices&ir=Gay+Voices<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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