If you eat paste recreationally, you may already know that X-Men‘s Iceman “came out” in 2015.
Flash-forward to 2017 and the mutant’s gone positively wiiiiiiiiild — well, he’s at least receiving his first gay kiss.
This very minute, you can hightail it to your nearest comic book emporium, where the kindly proprietor (who probably answers to Mr. Goggles or Toadstool) will lead you through the stacks and towards this historic issue of X-Men.
Related: X-Men’s Shawn Ashmore Is Eager To Play Iceman Since The Character Came Out As Gay
How about we take this to the next level?
Our newsletter is like a refreshing cocktail (or mocktail) of LGBTQ+ entertainment and pop culture, served up with a side of eye-candy.
You’ll flip tremulously through the pages until finding it: A large illustration featuring the ice-queen mutant tonguing a male character named Romeo.
Starcrossed lovers? Will Romeo, who is part of a rival group called Inhumabs, be killed off? Will Marvel receive hate-tweets for an hour until everyone gets distracted by shiny pieces of foil?
Hard to say. But in the meantime, enjoy these two lovebirds going out on extremely sexy cartoon dates at water parks, where the above make-out session takes place.
Also, boyfriend twins much?
Check out another panel below.
Charlie in Charge
Woah queerty… woah. So the news is major X-Men character appears in gay romance but your presentation of it is that anyone who reads comic books eats paste and has odd nicknames? Why do you have to hate on people who like one form of entertainment?
I don’t get reality shows about rich housewives but I don’t think there is anything especially wrong with people who watch them – they seem to be pretty popular.
Way to crap all over what is good news for gay geeks.
callenstewart
Completely agree. Shame on you, Queerty.
iceslide
Uh weird, did you read the comic? Queerty research at it’s finest. Kiss takes place in Attilan, not at a water park. It’s the home of the Inhumans, which you called the Inhumabs. Add to that the like weird geek shaming that Charlie mentions, and like… gross….
stephanie_keck
You preach equality and just shat all over people who like comics. That’s a double standard. I am a proud lesbian who loves comics so just like you would offended by someone talking about your sexulatity in a negative light don’t talk about others in a negative light. Grow up and stoput offending people.
JAWIWA
Really, queerty? Could you be more asinine?
Daniel
Gay guys have been ragging on my for years for not being “gay enough” because I don’t know pop culture, don’t know old movies, don’t have an amazing fashion sense and don’t have great abs. I do, however, like science fiction, video games and comic books. I don’t fit where people think I ought to fit and it’s reflected in how people treat me. This article is just one more example. I get that it was meant to be in jest but I think their ideas of what a comic shop owner might look like or behave is way out of date – if it ever applied.
scooter_bama
I specifically logged in for the first time ever just to leave a comment on this stupid article. I’m surprised it’s still up. Can the writer be any more derogatory towards comics fans? You might as well just posted a link to an actual article instead of this attempt at snarky humor. Ice-queen? Do you even know Marvel has gay characters that have been around for years so probably aren’t that concerned about “hate-tweets”? They probably get more flack for making characters female or changing their race. First and last comment, done with this click bait site.
Jack Meoff
I don’t see why a writer would bother writing an article about something that they hold in such obvious disdain. This would have been a puff piece at best and a nice article for those who are into comics if it had been handled more appropriately.
Why not leave such articles to someone who will do it justice and not denigrate an entire group of people based on their personal views of the subject matter. Perhaps Queerty editors had better review that way they allocate stories among their writers.
Josh in OR
I guess that unless we’re into Grindr/Humpr/Whatevr, the meaningless sex that comes with those types of apps, PnP, shallow celebrities, or horrible clothing that some idiot calls fashion, we must be paste eating rejects who are all squat, hairy little homotrolls crouching on the chests of our betters at night to collect their seed…
Really tone-deaf and dismissive article, guys. Do better.
steve_berman
So much for tolerance – shaming in the gay community continues and Derek is guilty of writing an article that is clearly relying on stereotypes. I think Derek and Queerty should make a public apology.