I grew up reading X-Men in the 80s and 90s, I watched the X-Men animated series when it came out and have watched it again in the last few years. Yes it is very progressive and liberal. That was the entire reason X-Men comics were created in the first place way back in 1963. It was originally meant to be a commentary on racism in America but has branched out to cover all sorts of liberal topics over the years

Anyone who tries to put some kind of right wing spin on the X-Men is either trolling you or is legitimately delusional

[–] IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works 32 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The people who complain about X-Men being "woke" are the same group of people who complained that Rage Against the Machine had "gotten too political".

[–] MrJameGumb@lemmy.world 16 points 8 months ago (3 children)

I never understood that one either... WTF did they think RATM were singing about? Lol

[–] BluJay320@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 8 months ago

They were angry at the dishwasher

Pocket full of shells is about a nice day at the beach

[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 8 months ago

🎶I respectfully disagree and I'd appreciate it if you allowed me not do what you request of me🎶

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 7 points 8 months ago

WTF did they *think

They didn't

[–] VaultBoyNewVegas@lemmy.world 14 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I love X-Men comics as a queer person. I feel like their one of the few comic teams that cared about its characters being queer and not just as an afterthought.

[–] MrJameGumb@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I haven't kept up with the comics as much these days, but I've seen that they're doing a lot more LGBT stuff lately. Looks like some of them are pretty good stories too, maybe I'll pick it back up!

[–] Notyou@sopuli.xyz 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I got back into comics when Hickman "soft-booted" the X-Men with Krakoa. Now they are on the "Fall of X" storyline, post Krakoa. It is indeed a exciting and great time. I'm enjoying it.

There are a lot of LGBT characters and I feel they are treating them like real people or real mutants anyway instead of just it as an after thought. Most teams or books have at least one LGBT identifying individual on it, but most are in relationships, so they dive into that. I am a straight white man though so I probably have blind spots somewhere.

[–] VaultBoyNewVegas@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Kitty/Kate Pryde is definitely one of my faves.

[–] Notyou@sopuli.xyz 3 points 8 months ago

Yes. She does rock. Both as a pirate and as a ninja.