A trans character is coming to the Marvel Cinematic Universe
By Dan Selcke
The Marvel Cinematic Universe movies have been coming out for over a decade now, but only recently have we seen the series start to place women and people of color in prominent positions. 2018’s Black Panther was the first Marvel movie to star a person of color in the lead role, while 2019’s Captain Marvel finally put a woman front and center. It took a while, but Marvel is finally getting more serious about inclusivity.
That said, there’s been a paucity of LGBTQIA representation so far, but hopefully that’ll be changing, too. Speaking during a Q&A at the New York Film Academy, Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige answered a question about that from someone in the audience. “Are there any current plans on bringing more LGBT+ characters into the MCU, specifically the T — the trans characters?” they asked. “Yes,” Feige replied. “Absolutely. Yes. Very soon. In a movie we’re shooting right now.”
Marvel has a bunch of movies coming up, including Black Widow, The Eternals, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness, Thor: Love and Thunder, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, Black Panther 2, Blade and a third Spider-Man film. Earlier this year, there were reports that Marvel was looking to cast a transgender actress of any ethnicity in an upcoming project, someone in their 20s or 30s. Perhaps this is the role that Feige is talking about.
Marvel doesn’t have much in the way of transgender superheroes, but Disney did highlight a young transgender girl fighting for LGBTQIA equality in an episode of Marvel’s Hero Project on Disney+. Disney even made a comic book about Rebekah, who spoke in front of the New Jersey legislature about a bill that would bring lessons about LGBTQIA history into classrooms: Mighty Rebekah.
We don’t know a ton about this right now, but I’m glad to see that Marvel is taking steps to be more inclusive, even if it took a long time to get there. As one of the most popular media franchises in the world, they’re uniquely situated to stories about people who aren’t normally represented on the big screen.
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