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Batgirl #19 Introduces An Openly Transgender Character to the Modern DC Universe

Good News Everyone!

I haven’t posted the reveal panel here just in case anyone would rather find out through reading, but as long promised and delayed by crossover events and other… things, Gail Simone‘s Batgirl #19 reveals/reintroduces a character as transgender this week, and as an achievement in diversifying the current DC universe, that’s nothing to slouch at.

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You can read more about it at Wired (though the article includes panels of the reveal, if you’re looking to avoid that).

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