I think it’s left intentionally ambiguous(or might vary depending on the series). They DO leave a lot of signs for Gwen being a supportive figure for transgender people. In Across the Spiderverse, she has a “Protect Trans Kids!” Poster in her room. Her dad has a trans flag patch on his uniform. Her superhero color palette is the trans flag. Pink, light blue, and white is always used when representing her.
Thats not even delving into how her story arc handles those themes/metaphors.
just fyi the opposite term for trans woman is cis woman. biological woman isn’t really a thing, and it’s usually used by transphobes so you might unintentionally send terfy signals when you say that. just to be clear I’m not accusing you of anything like that, just trying to help with the terminology.
I’m not into spiderman comics or anything, is this canon?
Maybe not precisely, but there was some veery coincidental trans colors during her “coming out as a hero” scene with her dad
If the trans community owns vaporwave, then it owns me. I know what I said.
I don’t believe so. Just a fancomic.
I think it’s left intentionally ambiguous(or might vary depending on the series). They DO leave a lot of signs for Gwen being a supportive figure for transgender people. In Across the Spiderverse, she has a “Protect Trans Kids!” Poster in her room. Her dad has a trans flag patch on his uniform. Her superhero color palette is the trans flag. Pink, light blue, and white is always used when representing her.
Thats not even delving into how her story arc handles those themes/metaphors.
i think the ambiguity is the point
Gwen is a woman.
If shes a trans woman, shes still a woman. If shes a biological woman, shes still a woman.
They dont need to announce her sex assigned at birth, shes a woman either way
thats how i see it anyway.
just fyi the opposite term for trans woman is cis woman. biological woman isn’t really a thing, and it’s usually used by transphobes so you might unintentionally send terfy signals when you say that. just to be clear I’m not accusing you of anything like that, just trying to help with the terminology.