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    'X-Men' Icon Iceman Comes Out as Gay

    MICHAEL ROTHMAN
    Good Morning AmericaApril 21, 2015
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    'X-Men' Icon Iceman Comes Out as Gay
    'X-Men' Icon Iceman Comes Out as Gay (ABC News)

    An "X-Men" legend has come out of the closet. In the "All-New X-Men" #40, set to debut in stores and online tomorrow, Iceman says he's gay.

    In a statement to ABC News, Brian Michael Bendis, the writer of the book, said, "There are thousands if not millions of stories of people who, for many different reasons, felt the need to hide their sexuality. The X-Men, with the conceit of time travel, give us a fascinating platform in which to examine such personal journeys. This is just the first little chapter of a much larger story that will be told.”

    In the scene in the book, Jean Grey is talking with her friend Iceman aka Bobby Drake.

    The series features the "X-Men" back as teens displaced in time. (Note - The characters know they are set back in time and have traveled forward to talk their older selves.) In images obtained by ABC News from Marvel, Iceman is talking about his teacher Magik and saying how hot he thinks she is. That's when Jean steps in to let her friend know she knows he's gay and doesn't care.

    She asks why Bobby is saying another woman is hot, when she knows he doesn't like them in that way.

    "Bobby ... you're gay," she says.



    After more conversation, where Jean points out she can read minds, Bobby finally says "I know." Jean also says, "It doesn't matter to me or anyone else."



    Iceman is one of the original "X-Men" and has been a team icon since 1963. In the past 50 years, the comics have never fully addressed Iceman's sexuality until now.

    The book also addresses the fact that there is a current-day Iceman that is not out of the closet and that he's dated women.

    "Not well," Jean quips back.

    The two characters hug and the story moves on.

    The Walt Disney Co. owns Marvel and ABC.



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