Topic: DC Comics introduces transgender character in "Batgirl"
HaikerensGuide !0VegJ9Jl.Q started this discussion 13 years ago #27,233
http://www.wisconsingazette.com/breaking-news/dc-comics-introduces-transgender-character-in-qbatgirlq.htmlIn DC Comic's "Batgirl" released April 10, character Alysia Yeoh comes out as transgender.
Wired reports that DC Comics is working to continue to expand the diversity of the superhero universe.
In "Batgirl #19," Yeoh comes out as a transwoman in a conversation with roommate Barbara Gordon aka Batgirl. Yeoh also identifies as bisexual.
Writer Gail Simone told Wired that she suggested the storyline to DC Comics co-publisher Dan DiDio over lunch one day and was prepared to make a passionate defense for the character. But, Simone said, DiDio quickly approved the idea and "went back to our excellent nachos."
Simone also told Wired that diversity is the top issue for superhero comics: "Look, we have a problem most media don’t have, which is that almost all the tent-poles we build our industry upon were created over a half century ago… at a time where the characters were almost without exception white, cis-gendered, straight, on and on. It’s fine — it’s great that people love those characters. But if we only build around them, then we look like an episode of 'The Andy Griffith Show' for all eternity.â€
Yeoh is not the first transgender character in comics, but she is the first transgender character in a mainstream superhero comic.
kook !!32zdfdzi+ joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 46 seconds later[^] [v] #408,189
And in a wheelchair. Hilarious.
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HaikerensGuide !0VegJ9Jl.Q (OP) replied with this 13 years ago, 3 minutes later, 3 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #408,193
@previous (kook !!32zdfdzi+)
She is transilient. Good lord that sounds like on of Matt's stupid Pronounced as One Word bullshit
inb4 Who?
She is transilient. Good lord that sounds like on of Matt's stupid Pronounced as One Word bullshit
inb4 Who?
!KThEOwLwbU joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 3 minutes later, 7 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #408,195
kook !!32zdfdzi+ replied with this 13 years ago, 1 minute later, 8 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #408,196
Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 34 seconds later, 9 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #408,197
@408,189 (kook !!32zdfdzi+)
Batgirl is the wheelchair one. The trans one is not.
And why would a transgendered person in a wheelchair be hilarious?
Batgirl is the wheelchair one. The trans one is not.
And why would a transgendered person in a wheelchair be hilarious?
HaikerensGuide !0VegJ9Jl.Q (OP) replied with this 13 years ago, 2 seconds later, 9 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #408,198
HaikerensGuide !0VegJ9Jl.Q (OP) double-posted this 13 years ago, 58 seconds later, 10 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #408,199
@408,197 (D)
It's actually about as funny as a coalburner getting beaten by a black man for cheating.
It's actually about as funny as a coalburner getting beaten by a black man for cheating.
kook !!32zdfdzi+ replied with this 13 years ago, 6 minutes later, 16 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #408,201
@408,197 (D)
Because its a special interest double whammy. They should make the character autistic as well.
Because its a special interest double whammy. They should make the character autistic as well.
Anonymous D replied with this 13 years ago, 1 minute later, 18 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #408,203
@previous (kook !!32zdfdzi+)
Why do you have to view it as "special interest"? Why not just see it as the positive portrayal of a transgendered person it was intended to be?
Why do you have to view it as "special interest"? Why not just see it as the positive portrayal of a transgendered person it was intended to be?
HaikerensGuide !0VegJ9Jl.Q (OP) replied with this 13 years ago, 55 seconds later, 19 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #408,204
HaikerensGuide !0VegJ9Jl.Q (OP) double-posted this 13 years ago, 41 seconds later, 19 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #408,205
kook !!32zdfdzi+ replied with this 13 years ago, 42 seconds later, 20 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #408,206
@408,203 (D)
because I had thought it was a transgendered person in a wheelchair. I'm fine with positive portrayals of trans peoples, especially if they arent overly sexualized.
because I had thought it was a transgendered person in a wheelchair. I'm fine with positive portrayals of trans peoples, especially if they arent overly sexualized.
Anonymous D replied with this 13 years ago, 1 minute later, 22 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #408,208
Cathy !TGirlYJKXM joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 5 minutes later, 27 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #408,216
What the fuck? Batgirl is now transgendered? I was not expecting this, I expected them to introduce a new character, but not an established character. Is this going to be the character's new continuity?kook !!32zdfdzi+ replied with this 13 years ago, 1 minute later, 29 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #408,219
Is one of these characters a lesbian?
Cathy !TGirlYJKXM replied with this 13 years ago, 3 minutes later, 32 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #408,224
@previous (kook !!32zdfdzi+)
I remember seeing a Batman cartoon which portrayed Catwoman as a questionable lesbian.
I remember seeing a Batman cartoon which portrayed Catwoman as a questionable lesbian.
Anonymous D replied with this 13 years ago, 14 seconds later, 33 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #408,225
@408,216 (Cathy !TGirlYJKXM)
No, her friend is transgendered. Did anybody actually look at the image?
@408,219 (kook !!32zdfdzi+)
No, you're thinking of Batwoman.
No, her friend is transgendered. Did anybody actually look at the image?
@408,219 (kook !!32zdfdzi+)
No, you're thinking of Batwoman.
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Anonymous F joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 15 hours later, 15 hours after the original post[^] [v] #408,363
lol
henn the lord of cocks joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 23 minutes later, 16 hours after the original post[^] [v] #408,365
Walter the Tranny Wizard