In “Making Gay Sense of X-Men,” William Earnest feels as though Bobby’s coming out scene depicts a “rite of passage for many teenagers living in the mutant-fearing America of the film, announcing to your family that you’re one of “those” people—special, different, mutated” (Earnest, 215) is not taken lightly. Not many people can make the connection between the LGBT community and the X-Men because I feel like the Civil Rights Movement and racial discrimination disguise blinds them. Earnest believes Singer and his screenwriters supplied the X-Men with enough “rhetorical stealth needed to fly below the gaydar of many critics and audience members” (Earnest, 216) because if people knew X-Men worked as an allegory to the LGBT community, it wouldn’t be as big of a hit at the box office; just like Professor Xavier said, “anonymity is a mutant’s first defense against the world’s hostility.” …show more content…
“It is also notable that many mutants keep their status hidden, hoping to blend or “pass” into mainstream society”(Morpheus, 84), but just like the flamboyant homosexuals, some mutants are easily recognized by how they look or act. Some mutants, however, only have a couple of physical characteristics that can make them get notices; in the case of homosexuals, that would be their voice or actions. Lastly, the conservative homosexuals, or the ones that don’t want anybody knowing, make it nearly impossible to tell if they are mutants unless they use their powers. This ultimately caused Congress to pass the Mutant Registration