(The opening comment is in response to a video which claims that Gwen’s cop dad’s trans badge is just an NYPD badge but it looks different due to lighting. You also get to see it up close in a later scene.)
Ye just an interesting look into how some comic purists act when confronted with concepts regarding Gwen’s transness. My last comment brings up how the Spiderverse film series is about reinterpretations of the Spiderman character coming together. I have expanded on this in a separate comment thread.
(When I say purists I mean the purists who argue that she isn’t trans because she isn’t trans in the comics.)
I am perfectly fine with people having their own beliefs about the character. I am not ok with people denying my beliefs without evidence that she isn’t trans. The comics are their own interruption of Spider Gwen’s character, and I’m happy for the comics to continue writing her as cis, but the film series has another interruption of the character so I don’t think her gender identity in the comics is relevant.
I have also seen other folks claim that “Nobody (cis, straight people) is ever allowed to have nice things.”
Cis and straight people get all the representation and all the nice characters. Trans people usually get one character in a blue moon who usually isn’t essential to the piece of media. Often they’re a side character or a joke. We, trans people, are not allowed nice things.
It would be amazing if we had a mainstream trans superhero who makes trans people feel empowered and loved.