Later that year, confronted by the younger versions of Iceman and Jean Grey, the adult Bobby Drake admits he's been in the closet for years in Uncanny X-Men #600. How could he be gay if his future counterpart isn't? In fact, part of the reason teen Iceman has trouble accepting his sexuality is because his older counterpart appears to be straight. So when the teen Jean Grey takes the teen Iceman aside in 2015's All-New X-Men #40 to reveal that she knows he's gay, there is also an older version of Iceman out there in the world who has been dating women for his entire adult life. The series opens with the original five X-men, including Iceman, being brought into the present while they're still teenagers. When All-New X-Men was launched in 2012, the title was more than a little ironic.