he did! he talks about it on his website, it's really heartening. i feel like if marvel had loosened the reins a little and allowed him to actually straight up say "yeah this dude's gay" byrne would have handled it maturely and not like... well, not like fucking lobdell, you know?
"dude we're out of plot ideas what should we do" "I DON'T KNOW MAN I JUST SMOKED A HUGE BOWL" "WELL THINK OF SOMETHING!!!" AND THEN MAGICAL SEX CHANGES