SEE: DC Comics Introduces First Openly Transgender (Bisexual & Asian American) Character In Batgirl
DC Comics has stomped on all kinds of boundaries by introducing readers to Alysia Yeoh, a transgender, bisexual, Asian American roommate in issue 19 of Batgirl.
Yep, you read that correctly. Alysia Yeoh is a genuine Batgirl. Alysia Yeoh was one of the many characters of DC Bombshells to join The Batgirls.
She is trans in DC Bombshells as well. And people, before you rush off to go pirate the series, I beg you, please don’t. DC Bombshells is literally the gayest comic series to ever be published. Please buy the series, either digitally or physically, support Marguerite Bennett, Marguerite Sauvage, and all the amazing people who worked on that series. They deserve the credit for their hard work. We also need to thank Gail Simone for being the person who made Alysia Yeoh a trans character. Originally Alysia Yeoh was Barbara’s roommate, who was by all accounts just another cisgender female character in comics, but because of trans comic fans mentioning the lack of trans characters in comics during conversations with Gail Simone at comic conventions. Gail Simone reacted to that by deciding that she was going to change that. She was ready to fight to make Alysia Yeoh trans. Surprisingly she didn’t have to fight because I can’t believe I actually am going to say this, but it’s actually true. Gail Simone has said so many times when she went to Dan Didio and told him that she was going to make Alysia trans, he immediately agreed. Thus Alysia Yeoh was Barbara Gordon’s trans roommate, paving the way for Alysia Yeoh to be a trans Batgirl in DC Bombshells.
Ivory Aquino (“Tales of the City,” “When We Rise”) has been cast in the HBO Max feature film “Batgirl” as Alysia Yeoh, the best friend of the titular superhero, a.k.a. Barbara Gordon (Leslie Grace).
Both Aquino and Yeoh are transgender, marking the first time a live-action feature film adaptation of a DC Comics title will feature an openly trans character. Yeoh first appeared in a 2011 issue of “Batgirl” written by Gail Simone and penciled by Ardian Syaf.
News of Aquino’s casting first leaked online in mid-January after Grace posted a photo seemingly from the set of the film to her Instagram story, tagging Aquino and captioning the shot (of two women crossing the street) with “Barbara and Alysia ”.
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