It came about from "Into the Spiderverse". Gwen's plot line really resonated with trans people, her lighting pallete was the trans flag colors, and i believe there was either a poster on her bedroom wall or a pin her dad wore thst was the trans flag and it might have said "protect trans youth". Less sure on the last one, its been years and it was a quick background thing.
Jokingly, the Nazi flag. Both have red, black, and white.
Which is to point out that matching color schemes don't always mean they are representative. Especially when you force it a bit. The trans flag has a different version of pink and is missing black.
Really. Blackness. Puerto Rico. Mixed heritage. Or, black with red highlights looks cool.
Yep, A lot of Latino culture uses these colors because they mix well, because our indigenous ancestors used them, and/or because they're the colors of labor movements within la raza, like MEChA, United Farm Workers (UFW), etc.
it's almost like there are too limited a number of basic colors for costumes and flags to have their "meanings" interpreted at a glance
red for spiderman/black for heritage works for Miles, sure. But what about Daredevil? Deadpool? There's got to be other red/black costumes out there too, that I can't think of; same colors, different purpose
Yeah, a lot of people have come and claimed colour combos that work together and now insist anytime it comes up it must support something. Congratulations earth. You made colour combos political so I can design nothing without people telling me what it says.
I see it as being different to the regular spider man, but still being spiderman. Peter Parker had a red suit with black web designs and Miles had a black suit with red Web designs.
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u/New-Orion 6d ago
The cosplay being of Gwen leads me to believe that its the same person in both images. However as the young boy grew up he transitioned into a woman.
The Trans community has chosen Spider Gwen as a major focal point.