As a comic book fan, although not a rabid fan, I know of only two actual gay characters in the Marvel Universe.
The first is the obvious one. In the pages of Alpha Flight, which is the Canadian superhero group, there is Northstar. In the comics, his real name is Jean-Paul Beaubier, a French Canadian. In fact, he is the only married gay person in the Marvel Universe, and his marriage is the one and only time that a gay marriage was shown in comics.
The other gay character is the X-Man known as Iceman. Bobby Drake is the character’s name. The only reason he was outed as gay was that Jean Grey accidentally read his mind and found out about it.
Neither one of these characters is anywhere near the current Marvel Universe scene. Unless they take one of the current characters and out them (highly unlikely), I don’t think we’re going to see anything anytime soon. Yes, it’s rumored that Captain Marvel, AKA Carol Danvers, may be a possible lesbian character, but I wouldn’t put too much stock in that. Unless it comes out in the upcoming Captain Marvel film, I wouldn’t worry.
The first is the obvious one. In the pages of Alpha Flight, which is the Canadian superhero group, there is Northstar. In the comics, his real name is Jean-Paul Beaubier, a French Canadian. In fact, he is the only married gay person in the Marvel Universe, and his marriage is the one and only time that a gay marriage was shown in comics.
The other gay character is the X-Man known as Iceman. Bobby Drake is the character’s name. The only reason he was outed as gay was that Jean Grey accidentally read his mind and found out about it.
And I remember, and still have my Alpha Flight #1...
Bobby Drake was never gay - he was in love with Kitty Pryde. This whole “turn him gay” thing is a “time-displaced alternate version” of him. Uh, well, whatever. It’s comic books, it’s supposed to be fantasy. Frankly, if homosexual people are 6% of the population as many studies suggest, there should be only 3-4 gay superhero people anyway, right? 6% of already .1% of the population of the comic books.