‘Across the Spider-Verse’ Birthed a Controversial Trans Icon

COMING OUT OF THE SUPER-SUIT CLOSET

The animated “Spider-Man” films remade Gwen Stacy into a kick-ass superhero. They also made her a trans-coded teen girl, and queer viewers can’t get enough of the signs.

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