As opposed to more widely used expressions like “ closeted,” down-low was explicitly used to refer to gay and bisexual Black men who had sexual relationships with other men in secret.
Despite this, or perhaps as a result of it, Belfast, actually has a thriving LGBTQ community and a defined gay quarter where its queer community can come together, support each other and party the night away in peace.
Despite the fact that the hairy, muscular, intelligent, physically imposing, beefy, kind (calm down, twinks), Beast isn’t typically queer, and isn’t in X-Men ’97, the version of his character from alternate universe Earth is gay.