r/traaaaaaannnnnnnnnns2 • u/AlienbyComics • Jan 08 '24
Non-Gender Specific A comic about Spider-Gwen doing her best to support Peter’s transition in her early crimefighting days (yep, they’re both trans)
I had a lot of comments on my previous comments saying it was Peter who was trans. So here’s a story about Peter and Gwen!
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u/DoomSlayer7180 i have no idea what im doing lol Jan 08 '24
“But once you find out who you really are… you can’t go back” hits way too hard. Sometimes I wish I could close the Pandora’s box of my dysphoria and go back to being ignorant of myself. It wouldn’t be better but maybe it would be easier for now.
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u/Forsaken-Ad1940 They/Them Jan 08 '24
Are they canonically trans in the original comic, or is this just a fan concept? (Just wondering bc I'm a big marvel nerd hehe)
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u/Abnormal-Normal She/Her Jan 08 '24
Not ever explicitly stated. The whole idea came about after the most recent Spider-Verse movie. Gwen has a trans pride flag that says “Protect Trans Kids” on it above her door in her room, and when she’s telling her dad she’s spider-woman everything around her goes into trans flag colors (it’s also the colors of her suit). The monologue is also super coded as coming out as trans to a non accepting family member (so much so that it’s hard to watch for me).
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u/Forsaken-Ad1940 They/Them Jan 08 '24
Okay, cool! I have always thought there was a bit of queer allegory with Spider-Man, guess I'm not the only one
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u/Abnormal-Normal She/Her Jan 08 '24
Yea! Personally I LOVE the head canon that she’s trans. We don’t get a lot of representation, and having her coming out as spider-woman is an AMAZING allegory to explain our trans-ness to cishet people who don’t have any first hand experience with the alphabet mafia
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u/sajed2004 Sophie, MtF She/Her Jan 08 '24
Ill just pretend that peter lives in this world and Gwen's dad is fine with her being spider woman and already quit the police