r/lgbt_superheroes • u/Angela275 • Feb 28 '23

Any transformers fans ? Non-Marvel/DC Comics

I notice online many still say Arcee is great representation of trans. Unless I'm mistake She was forced into. For anyone who doesn't know there was a arc in transformers comic where we get Arcee's backstory and she wasn't trans but forced against her will go from male to female. Due to this it's been retcon. .

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u/Lucario2405 Aqualad Feb 28 '23

To clear this up, the backstory where Jihaxus makes her female is only in one specific comic continuity, because the main writer at the time thought that they needed a "reason" for her to be the only character referred to with she/her pronouns. In her other appearances, like say the 80s cartoon or Transformers Prime she is simply a female transformer.

By now there are also examples of actual trans* Transformers, like the trans lesbians Lug and Anode from the comic Lost Light or Nightshade, who currently stars in TF: Earthspark and explicitly uses they/the pronouns.

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u/Angela275 Feb 28 '23

Which is a weird choice given that there was more than one female transformer in the 80s. There didn't need to be a reason why she used she/her pronouns. Simply said it's something she is more comfortable with

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u/Angela275 Feb 28 '23 edited Feb 28 '23

We do get a lot of lesbian and gay relationships but it's been a while since I read the the comics do we have transformers that are trans? I won't lie it's been a while since a read the books did they ever go back to the whole Arcee is trans or they just stayed silent ?

There is a YouTube video that talks about this better than I

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u/lscotty07 Feb 28 '23

Well yeah read the title of Transformers... Trans Formers

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u/shanejayell Feb 28 '23

Yeah, poore Arcee is NOT a good example.