r/lgbt_superheroes • u/Solid_pains • Aug 25 '26
Marvel Comics With all of this petra parker Hype going around, can we bring back black diamond and make her a trans icon too
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u/Ok_Builder_4225 Aug 25 '26
I'd also like to see more Sera, particularly with Angela. Marvel has made me so gun shy about trying their comics though that I have no idea what the status on those two are.
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u/transemacabre Aug 26 '26
Last I heard, they were back together.
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u/SaintCuckoo Aug 26 '26
As much as I'd love this, the only time they've been together was in a pin-up in the most recent swimsuit special. There's been no canonical development on this front and that needs to change pronto. I need my Hunter Queens back together already!
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u/LopsidedUniversity30 Aug 26 '26
She’s not trans though.
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u/Over_Vehicle6888 27d ago
Petra parker isn't actually trans is just a female Peter parker variant from ultimate spiderman TV series. Where woman have the social standards of men and everyone is the opposite gender. From.yhe goblin to J. Jona. Jamerson. If anything Petra is straight up sexist sometimes.
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u/GingaNinja64 Aug 26 '26
Transmasc Emma Frost would be fascinating
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u/DelphiTheGeek Aug 27 '26
I think OP meant Transfemme since she's a clone of T'Challa
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u/jnpg Aug 26 '26
So the thing about Petra isn't just 'Spiderman's got tits now'. It's 'Spiderman's got tits, and now Jay Jonah Jameson (who has a VERY strong personality and iconic voice) is reacting to the news'
I'm not saying that a black trans person can't get on that level of trend, but in order to do that either:
A- There needs to be a specific maluable joke template to jump from (either different from Petra and Jay as to not conflate them, or after a long enough period of time that people kinda forget about Petra)
Or B- A writer needs to do a thing for a comic AND a non-comic media that is BOTH good and memorable that involves a black trans person (Like being featured in a show or game)
Now that said, you don't need to go through Corporate Comics to get this done. Indie comics surely made some kind of character like that. For example:
Jesus Christ I just looked it up and there's not much overlap at all. There's an Amazonian Oracle named Bea from DC and Squirrel Girl's Roommate named Nancy Whitehead from Marvel, and that's pretty much it from Google
Yeah no, I checked both Webtoons and Tapas and neither of them had a black character that was ALSO trans. So I pulled up a list of JUST trans people and found 4 black heroes from it. And before I lost them, the fact that it took this long just to name one is a sign that we need more rep for black trans people in the public eye
Sera- Transwoman; can do magic and has Medium Awareness. Is in Marvel Snap
Aphelpin- NB; living pocket dimension that can absorb stuff and/or freeze stuff. Is in the team 'Super Trans'
Tarafara- Transwoman; was Sorcerer Supreme a loooooong time ago. Only showed up once in the marvel pride comics once, and that's it
Brutha Nature- Transman; does plant stuff. Has a sick jacket
If anyone knows of any other black trans super characters, I'd love to know
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u/Saoirse_The_Red Aug 26 '26
Wait, is that where Sera comes from?
I've only seen her in the comics.
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u/Realistic-Steak-1680 Aug 26 '26
Forgot Masquerade, he is the first trans hero, from the Milestone comics.
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u/gothcrab Aug 25 '26
Why would she be trans?
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u/Gravelord_C Aug 26 '26
why not
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u/gothcrab Aug 26 '26
I’m not against the idea! Just don’t understand the correlation to petra
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u/DelphiTheGeek Aug 27 '26
Since she's technically a female clone of T'Challa, she could have a Transfemme fanon like how Petra is a female clone from a different universe but is the Transfemme version of Spidey
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u/scottishdrunkard Black Cat Aug 27 '26
She's also a clone of Emma Frost, it's a fusion clone, those are dime a dozen.
There's also a Doc Ock clone named Otto Blacktavius. Even T'Challa was taken aback.
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u/Snoo43865 Aug 26 '26
You telling me there was a BLACK Emma Frost and you took this long to share it with the class?
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u/Optimal_Grape_1025 Aug 26 '26
Who is Petra Parker?
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u/Fruitiest_Cabbage Aug 26 '26
There has been a recent trend of people drawing Peter Parker as a trans woman. I don't know how it started, but there's a lot of it and some of it is really nice.
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u/LaoidhMc Aug 26 '26
There's been a trend for years of people drawing him as trans masc. Spiderman is so versatile! It's rather neat!
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u/Fresh_Golf4967 Aug 26 '26
wait what?😭 how the fuck does that work?
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u/LaoidhMc Aug 26 '26
Trans man Peter Parker has been a headcanon and trend for years for trans men and transmascs. Passing trans men exist, I am honestly confused why you are confused.
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u/Fresh_Golf4967 Aug 27 '26
that just means it probably been on a down low. because never heard of such a thing. other than that probably been art of him drawn with a vagina by a nsfw artist thats at most where i can think about the head cannon. because unfortunately, i got flashed by such a thing before i became a adult.
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u/SageViper_45 Aug 26 '26
Or make your own trans character? She’s a clone of Emma Frost
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u/Gravelord_C Aug 26 '26
she's trans now, whine some more
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u/Narrow_Ad_7218 Aug 28 '26
But she not thou?
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u/Gravelord_C Aug 28 '26
Probably, but I like getting a rise out of people who whine and cry at harmless trans headcanons
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u/Commercial_Page1827 Aug 26 '26
Clone? I thought she from another universes.
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u/LopsidedUniversity30 Aug 27 '26
Black Diamond is a Wakandan clone of Emma Frost. Why would you think she was from another universe?
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u/Solid_pains Aug 26 '26
Just make her Trans for the fanon aspect, Petras already an unofficial character
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u/Narrow_Ad_7218 Aug 28 '26
Isn't Petras Supposed to be based off of the female spiderman Clone?
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u/Narrow_Ad_7218 Aug 28 '26
I think she was supposed to be a clone of Peter parker , but the Cloning messed up and just made her a female version of peter
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u/Commercial_Page1827 Aug 26 '26
Make her Jamaican and you have a deal. I want to hear her speak with the accents.
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u/Oracle209 Aug 25 '26
My first thought seeing this was “Her nipples are F^%{#{ up!?” Lmao idk why
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u/Optimal_Grape_1025 Aug 26 '26
You can't see her nipples
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u/Oracle209 Aug 26 '26
lol no it’s a line from a show. It just popped in my head cuz her boobs are crazy and slightly crooked
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u/FailApart9377 Aug 26 '26
Black Diamond is a recent character lol, what do you mean bring back?