DC Comics To Introduce First Reality Based Trans Character
I’ve talked in the blog about the Archie Comics having storylines in which they have done ‘what if’ gender bending with their hero Archie and reimagined his life twice as a girl in issues 516 and 636. In Archie 636 they took it a step further and gender swapped Betty and Veronica as well as Archie. Gender fluidity has been present in the comic world for decades but only through fantasy based methods such as magic, shape-shifting, brain-swapping, and cloning via adult or independent published comics or websites such as the adult-themed TG Comics. But DC Comics, which has also done its share of fantasy based gender bending with its line of superheroes, and over the last few years has introduced not only ethnically diverse characters, but started adding ones who are gay or lesbian after once being banned by the Comics Code Authority. DC is about to take a
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Community significance
“DC Comics To Introduce First Reality Based Trans Character” may matter to community readers because it preserves a first-person or testimonial account connected to transgender identity and history, while also engaging community and organizing. Such accounts can document how an issue was understood and experienced from within the period or community being discussed.
Historical significance
As a publication record from 2013 at Transadvocate.com, “DC Comics To Introduce First Reality Based Trans Character” provides dated evidence of how transgender identity and history was being argued in relation to community and organizing. Comparing it with earlier and later records can reveal changes in vocabulary, evidence, and emphasis.
Policy significance
No dominant policy frame was detected in “DC Comics To Introduce First Reality Based Trans Character.” Its policy relevance, when present, is therefore likely indirect: the article’s treatment of transgender identity and history may shape later arguments about institutions or public practice rather than proposing a specific rule.
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- 1Transgender identity and historyTheme family: Identity, culture, and community100%
- 2Community and organizingTheme family: Identity, culture, and community40%
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- 1100%
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How “Transgender identity and history” appears across the Collective corpus
This article was published during the theme’s highest-presence year in the registered corpus (2013).
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- Law and civil rights468
- Culture, identity, and representation320
- Education and youth308
- Media, rhetoric, and discourse260
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- Violence, safety, and dehumanization238
- History, archives, and memory216
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- Feminism and gender politics198
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14 source-held references record early links or citations; the documented sources span 2 distinct domains. The dated evidence currently falls in 2013. These observations describe circulation and reuse; they do not assign cultural worth or evaluate the communities, arguments, or people discussed.
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Dated source evidence currently stored by the Collective“Trans 101″ Questions | Women in Global Perspective - Fall 2013
[…] banned by the Comics Code Authority, and is about to take a major leap forward by introducing a reality based trans character. Do you see this as an indication that mainstream society is becoming more comfortable with people […]
@methadonna
RT @TransgenderHULK: #TRANSGENDER HULK GLAD TO HEAR @DCCOMICS GOING TO ADD COAGULA AS A REALITY BASED #TRANS COMIC CHARACTER! http://t.co/gaNhlJ5Fxk
@awmsdreams
RT @TransgenderHULK: #TRANSGENDER HULK GLAD TO HEAR @DCCOMICS GOING TO ADD COAGULA AS A REALITY BASED #TRANS COMIC CHARACTER! http://t.co/gaNhlJ5Fxk
@pkChinensis
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@Rachel_Izabella
RT @LambdaLiterary: @DCComics to introduce #trans character http://t.co/ksCstZmuKQ #transgender #comics
❤☺♑Stacey Alise♑☀❤ (@Staceys73)
RT @LambdaLiterary: @DCComics to introduce #trans character http://t.co/ksCstZmuKQ #transgender #comics
@OurBiNation
And we will love her . . .... http://t.co/nit8QZjLd4
@RoadWarriorPat
RT @AutumnSandeen: Via @transadvocate: DC Comics To Introduce First Reality Based Trans Character http://t.co/ONsS4KzxEa #trans #lgbtqia
@beauzeph
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Flirtessa Williams (@Barbeydahl)
RT @TransgenderHULK: #TRANSGENDER HULK GLAD TO HEAR @DCCOMICS GOING TO ADD COAGULA AS A REALITY BASED #TRANS COMIC CHARACTER! http://t.co/gaNhlJ5Fxk
@OurBiNation
And we will love her . . . http://t.co/i1FDgWgRcC
@Erisis
RT @transadvocate: DC Comics To Introduce First Reality Based #Trans Character: http://t.co/qH87tsCdSa
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@blessed_harlot
RT @QueerKnowledge: DC Comics To Introduce First Reality Based Trans Character: http://t.co/MuJwrswMw2
@SWohldmann
RT @transadvocate: DC Comics To Introduce First Reality Based #Trans Character: http://t.co/qH87tsCdSa
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Autumn Sandeen
Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Community and organizing, Law and civil rights.
Gwen Smith
Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Community and organizing, Law and civil rights.
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