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The downside to this, of course, is that those things usually appear as a metaphor only, and representation still has a long way to go. Still, compared to other mainstream comics, the X-Men have always been remarkably progressive. That is what has drawn such a wide audience to X-Men, and it is what makes it stand out for so many readers.

X-Men as a queer metaphor

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X-Men: Bad Queer Civil Rights Crusaders, Not Hetero Heroes

Mostly, the two leaders tersely agree to disagree until world events start to eclipse their uneasy friendship and their opposing ideologies fully clash in a struggle to find the best way to bring about some kind of balance again, through an eternal waging of the binary debate of whether assimilation or revolution is the answer to the violence they suffer.

Freak Like Me: Understanding The Queerness Of The X-Men [Mutant & Proud Part III]

An indigo tail, cat's eyes, metal claws, and steel skin. In these new character designs there was a punkish evolution from the milquetoast first class, and a rebellious rejection of conformity. To read an X-Men comic after was to read about empowerment through otherness.