One of the new characters in the Uncanny X-Men comic series just came out as gay, adding to the ever expanding list of LGBT comic book superheroes.

It was fairly anticlimactic.

Benjamin Deeds, aka 'Morph', is one of the more recent mutants in the series, and reveals his sexual orientation in Uncanny X-Men #14.“Continuing with Marvel’s rich tradition of character development and storytelling, this shape-shifting mutant can alter his appearance to mimic anyone he is in close proximity with,” said Marvel's Senior Communications Manger of Marvel Entertainment Joe Taraborrelli to The Huffington Post. ”The fact that Ben has come out as homosexual is just a small facet of who he is and what he is going to bring to Cyclops’ select team of X-Men.”Last year, Marvel hosted its first same sex wedding between Northstar and his long-term partner Kyle, which prompted us to to take a look at the state of gay characters in comics

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