The Mutant Metaphor and Murder of LGBTQ2IA People

The Mutant Metaphor and Murder of LGBTQ2IA People By Derek Newman-Stille In no comic of its time was the Mutant Metaphor for LGBTQ2IA identity stronger. X-Men God Loves, Man Kills by Chris Claremont and Brent Anderson explores a hateful religious zealot who has decided to attack all mutants, viewing them as a threat to humanity […]

The Mutant Metaphor

The Mutant Metaphor A review of Iceman Vol 1 (Marvel Comics, 2017) By Derek Newman-Stille Since the 80s, the X-Men’s Mutant Metaphor has primarily been one inspired by queer identities, borrowing from the oppression of queer people to express ideas of hatred toward mutants, religious and political oppression of mutants, and parental expulsion of mutant […]