In the vignette "Abomination" featured in "X-Men: Manifest Destiny", Anole and his Young X-Men teammate Jonas Graymalkin have a talk where Graymalkin discusses his past and reveals that he too is gay and was a victim of a near-fatal homophobic attack at the hands of his father. Anole reassures him that he will be all right and the two form a friendship. Lyle Masaki of Logo's "AfterElton.com" expressed interest in this development, stating that, "ith the small number of gay superheroes out there, camaraderie between gay characters is as rare as same-sex couples."