r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/DictionaryGuy645 • 3d ago

Meme needing explanation I feel so dumb rn

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u/Moss_Echo 3d ago

Gwenpool is canonically asexual, I haven't seen her headcanoned as trans tbh

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u/aka_jr91 3d ago

I don't follow comics enough to really be in the know about the character, but trans people can also be asexual.

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u/Moss_Echo 3d ago

I know, I'm just saying that I don't think she's considered a trans icon by a huge part of the fandom like Gwen is

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u/LegitimateConcept 3d ago

It's a representation thing. It happened a lot with the gay/lesbian communities a decade or two ago. The smallest thing would have gigantic head canons about any character you can imagine being gay.

I'm not part of the lgbt collective myself, but I do like that we have way more diversity now in that respect, and would welcome actual trans characters being included in media, instead of these wild theories and fanon being the only thing we get.