Rahne in her furry Tigra-type form is sexy.
Rahne in her wolf-headed classic-werewolf form is not.
Rahne in her pure-animal-form is bestiality.
I always thought that Shatterstar was potentially gay myself from the very beginning, considering his creator MOJO is basically the gay lovechild of Frank N Furter and Fat Bastard.
But Rictor being gay was really shocking and disappointing to me at that time. Unlike Iceman, who admittably was written suspiciously from the very beginning by Stan Lee himself (no sexual interest whatsoever in Jean Grey when she was the original There's Something About Mary type of girl), there was not even any indication at all that Julio was a homosexual. But Peter David managed to pull it off simply because he is an acknowledged Master Writer. Brian Bendis on the other hand...well, he's the exact opposite of that.