Marvel Makes History With Their First Ever All-Trans Superhero Team
Warning: Spoilers for «LGBT-D» from Marvel's Voices: Pride 2022 #1 ahead
The exciting short short «LGBT-D,» from 2022's Marvel's Voices: Pride #1, made Marvel Comics history as the first-ever team of all trans/non-binary heroes appeared on-panel, and kicked some villainous butt. Written and illustrated by a talented team of queer Marvel creators, «LGBT-D» not only features the truly iconic classic gay hero D-Man, but also introduced four new transgender heroes, all with amazing abilities!
While Marvel Comics has certainly been ramping up their queer representation in their comics, there is still a severe lack of transgender characters throughout their publications, so the fact that this year's Marvel's Voices: Pride #1 introduced 6 new trans heroes, including the already legendary mutants Escapade and Morgan Red, is exceptional. What makes the introduction of the 4 trans characters who debut in «LGBT-D» even more wonderful is that several of the characters appear again later in Marvel's Voices: Pride #1 at the end of Escapade's story, cementing them in Marvel canon in a way a one-time appearance not always succeeds in doing.
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The short story «LGBT-D» from Marvel's Voices: Pride 2022 #1 — written by Grace Freud with art by Scott Henderson, Lee Townsend, and Brittany Peer — features a semi-retired Dennis Dunphy, the «former» hero known as Demolition Man, leading a super-powered trans support group called «Supertrans!» out of the Matt Baker House, an LGBTQ+ youth center. The Matt Baker House is a wonderful homage to the gay comic artist Matt Baker, credited as being the first known African American to become a successful comic creator, who
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