Nightcrawler gay
Coincidence, but a fantastic one.
I've seen the conversation about Nightcrawler's religion come up again recently; he's Catholic and a lot of fans have wondered about his stance on homosexuality and his opinion about LGBTQ X-Men
Then last week in Amazing X-Men #13 we have a great story about passing privilege specifically centered on two well-known gay mutants: Northstar and Anole.
Anole sneaks out of the school to go on a date with a guy he's been chatting with online but buckles under the insecurities he has about his visible mutation
Meanwhile, Northstar and Nightcrawler receive into an argument which spotlights how peoples of one marginalized group can come into dispute when they are also part of other, different, marginalized groups
The action of the comic comes from all three being faced with illusions of their insecurities and we see that Northstar wonders, as some fans have, how Nightcrawler's religion plays into how he sees him.
A fantastic resolution
And then the conflict of marginalization and intersectionality comes between Northstar and Anole
Issues enjoy these are why X-Men should be required reading
PS. Anole gets the
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Nightcrawler and the Demonization of Homosexuality
By J. Skyler
September 15, 2012 - 02:32