Marvel Pays Tribute To Late Trans Musician Sophie Xeon
Warning! Spoilers ahead for 2022's Marvel Voices: Pride #1!
Upon the release of the second annual Marvel Voices: Pride anthology, Marvel took the opportunity to honor the real-life trans hero SOPHIE. The supersized volume is already noteworthy for bringing a gay Wakandan-American couple out of the closet and into the light as well as introducing a number of new trans superheroes such as Escapade to the Marvel universe. The issue is all the more special for taking a quick moment in remembrance of the late musician, also known as Sophie Xeon.
One of the seven stories told in this year's Pride anthology is “LGBT-D” by Grace Freud, Scott B. Henderson, Lee Townsend, Brittany Peer, and Sarah Brunstad. The story itself introduces readers to the members of the Supertrans Support Group. Led by the gay superhero D-Man, the group is initially comprised of Pity Girl (she/her), Aphelion (they/them), and Good Arson (he/him). «LGBT-D» only has a quick five pages to hook audiences on these newest additions to the Marvel Universe, but each member of Supertrans feels fresh, exciting, and lived in, and this includes their latest addition to the team.
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The former Avenger whose costume channels Daredevil and Wolverine, Demolition Man, first refers to her as Sophie, but she gently corrects him in her introduction, "I'm Soph, not Sophie. She/her. Big-time trans chick. Also go by Faceshopper." Most obvious, Soph's name is a nod to SOPHIE, but so is her superhero codename. 'Faceshopper' is a playful nod to Soph's shapeshifting abilities, but also a reference to one of SOPHIE's most popular songs «Faceshopping.» It's a fitting name for Soph to show pride in her trans-ness and her
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