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No they're not. They're mutants with superpowers. Not everything is a gay fable.
This is giving strong "I don't mind gays but they don't need to shove it in my face" energy
It's an allegory for the civil rights movement with prof. X as MLK Jr and Magneto as Malcolm X. In proper allegorical fashion this means it can be representative for any form of civil resistance by a repressed class, including the fight for gay rights.