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THE WORD OF GOD <\/strong><\/p>\n

[Romans 1:24]\u00a0 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:<\/strong> [25]\u00a0 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.<\/strong> [26]\u00a0 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: <\/strong>[27]\u00a0 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Banning Christianity<\/del> is coming warns Newt Gingrich<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n


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BELIEVE THE WORD OF GOD OR THE WORDS OF VILE MEN AND WOMEN WHOSE AIM IS TO STEAL THE HEARTS AND MINDS OF YOUR CHILDREN!<\/strong><\/p>\n

DC Comics this week announced the introduction of Alysia Yeoh in Batgirl #16, who announces she is transgender in a conversation with her roommate Barbara Gordon<\/em><\/h1>\n

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Creator of the trans-character said, “I\u2019m sure it\u2019s controversial on some level to some people, but honest to God, I just could not care less about that. If someone gets upset, so be it; there are a thousand other comics out there for those people.\u201d … “we can\u2019t let that kind of thinking keep comics in the 1950s forever.”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Once banned from the world of mainstream comic books by the infamous Comics Code Authority<\/a>, LGBT characters now have a stronger presence in the world of superhero comics than ever before, with gay and lesbian heroes like Batwoman<\/a>, Northstar and Green Lantern Alan Scott openly declaring who they are \u2014 and even getting married<\/a>. Today, DC Comics told Wired that it will continue to expand the LGBT diversity of its superhero universe by introducing the first openly transgender character in a mainstream superhero comic.<\/p>\n

In Batgirl #19<\/em><\/a>, on sale today in both print and digital formats, the character Alysia Yeoh will reveal that she is a transwoman<\/a> in a conversation with her roommate, Barbara Gordon (aka Batgirl). Taking\u00a0care to distinguish Yeoh\u2019s sexual orientation from her gender identity,\u00a0Batgirl<\/em>\u00a0writer Gail\u00a0Simone\u00a0noted that the character is also bisexual.<\/p>\n

Simone attributed the inspiration for the character to a conversation she had with fellow comic book writer Greg Rucka<\/a>\u00a0several years ago at the Wondercon convention,\u00a0after a fan asked why there were fewer gay male superheroes than lesbian ones.\u00a0Rucka, who co-created (and rebooted) Batwoman<\/a> as a lesbian character, replied that it would be a real sign of change for a gay male character to appear on a comic book cover \u2014 and an even bigger step for a transgender character to do the same.<\/p>\n

\u201cI looked out into the audience, saw dozens of faces I knew well \u2014 LGBTQ folks, mostly \u2014 all avid comics readers and superhero fans and DC supporters,\u201d said Simone. \u201cAnd it just hit me: Why was this so impossible? Why in the world can we not do a better job of representation of not just humanity, but also our own loyal audience?\u201d<\/p>\n

Simone suggested the story to DC Comics Co-Publisher Dan DiDio at lunch one day, prepared to offer a passionate defense for the idea of a transgender character.\u00a0\u201dI thought I might have to sell it, so to speak,\u201d said Simone. \u201cBut he just paused for a moment, asked how this would affect Barbara\u2019s story, and immediately approved it. And we went back to our excellent nachos.\u201d<\/p>\n

Still, Simone believes that diversity isn\u2019t just a continuing issue for superhero comics: \u201cIt\u2019s\u00a0the<\/em>\u00a0issue for superhero comics. Look, we have a problem most media don\u2019t have, which is that almost all the tentpoles we build our industry upon were created over a half century ago\u2026 at a time where the characters were almost without exception white, cis-gendered<\/a>, straight, on and on.\u00a0It\u2019s fine \u2014 it\u2019s great that people love those characters. But if we only<\/em> build around them, then we look like an episode of The Andy Griffith Show<\/em> for all eternity.\u201d<\/p>\n

She added that she thinks most superhero comics readers don\u2019t have a problem with increased diversity, but rather with stories that promote sermonizing over storytelling. Alysia will be \u201ca character, not a public service announcement \u2026\u00a0being trans is just part of her story. If someone loved her before, and doesn\u2019t love her after, well \u2014 that\u2019s a shame, but we can\u2019t let that kind of thinking keep comics in the 1950s forever.\u201d<\/p>\n

Although Alysia Yeoh may be the first ongoing transgender character in a mainstream superhero book, Simone notes\u00a0that there have been transgender characters before in independent comics and mature readers titles; and even in the Marvel and DC superhero universes,\u00a0several characters have achieved gender-fluidity through fantastical means like magic, shape-shifting, brain-swapping, and cloning. \u201cThose characters exist [and] that\u2019s great, but I wanted to have trans characters who aren\u2019t fantasy-based. And I feel like there\u2019s a lot<\/em> there yet to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

To that end, Simone says she will add another transgender character to a different comic that she\u2019s writing \u2014 though she can\u2019t talk about which one. \u201cIt\u2019s time for a trans hero in a mainstream comic. I think it\u2019s time to make that thing happen that Greg [Rucka] mentioned years ago. And it\u2019s going to happen \u2026\u00a0I\u2019m sure it\u2019s controversial on some level to some people, but honest to God, I just could not care less about that. If someone gets upset, so be it; there are a thousand other comics out there for those people.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read also:<\/strong><\/p>\n

DC Comics Green Lantern relaunched as sodomite superhero – http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/watchwomanonthewall\/?p=15691<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Newt Gingrich Warns: Christianity will be Outlawed – <\/strong><\/a>http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/watchwomanonthewall\/?p=23937<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Military Warned: Evangelicals, Catholics, Orthodox Jews No. 1 Extremist Threat to America<\/strong><\/a> – http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/watchwomanonthewall\/?p=24192<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

DC Introduces First Transgender Character in Mainstream Comics – http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/watchwomanonthewall\/?p=24224<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Source & Read More: Click here to see more of the comic strip: http:\/\/www.wired.com\/underwire\/2013\/04\/transgender-dc-comics-batgirl\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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