I think it’s great that DC is revealing this character to be transgender. But I find it curious that they also decided to make her bisexual. I can’t help having cynical thoughts like “they want to have a pretty lady kiss another pretty lady,” or “they didn’t want to commit to saying her sexual orientation is straight.” Hopefully I’m wrong. I’d love to hear from the writer as to why they chose to do it this way.
Thank you for this note!
Okay, I think I understand your concern, unless there’s an element I am missing by being on the outside, so to speak. And I understand the concern about having women kiss for the (straight) male gaze, certainly.
But so far, we have only seen Alysia date a boy.
And I think I’m missing some context on the last bit, why would we be afraid to commit to having her be straight?
I am sure there’s an element here I don’t understand and I hope you don”t mind elaborating a bit further?
It would be much appreciated!
LOVE SEEING SOME BIPHOBIA ON MY DASH
I honestly thought I was missing something. I read the note a bunch of times.
Alysia is bi because the rest of the cast has long been established as straight and in the year 2013 I don’t want to write any more books where the entire cast is straight.
I think the first commenter’s concern (and someone please correct me if I’m wrong) is that by not making this particular character straight, there is some level of discomfort with her gender?
Transgender character in Batgirl comic book
None whatsoever.
I like the idea of her being bisexual. Transgender people can have any range of sexual orientations, just like cis people. Making her queer, as WELL AS trans, makes her easier for more transgender people to relate to (myself included).
I don’t read comments regularly, but I care a LOT about the representation of trans people in the media. Most of it sucks, and people who just “imagine” characters to be trans kind of causes more harm than good. Alysia is a step in the right direction, and I tip my hat to you.