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Supergirl is to develop into the first reside-action TV collection to add a transgender superhero.
Activist and actor Nicole Maines, who is transgender herself, will play the role of Nia Nal, who turns into referred to as Dreamer.
“it sort of feels most effective installing that we’ve got a trans superhero for trans kids to appear as much as,” she mentioned after the statement at Comic Con in San Diego, California.
Nia Nal will likely be presented in Supergirl’s upcoming fourth season.
the nature has been defined as “a soulful younger transgender girl with a fierce force to protect others”.
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Shown in the UK on Sky One, Supergirl is predicated at the DC Comics personality of the similar title and is set within the similar universe as different comic ebook characters akin to The Flash and Arrow.
Melissa Benoist stars because the name persona, who is Superman’s cousin and certainly one of the remaining surviving citizens of Krypton.
the brand new character, Nia Nal, might be presented as an employee of CatCo World Wide Media, the supplier where much of the series is set.
Nicole Maines says she desires viewers to realise that a trans character’s plotline doesn’t need to revolve around them being trans.
“Nia is such a lot greater than just a trans superhero. She is a reporter, she is hopeful, she’s tough, smart and this kind of friend.”
In 2014, Nicole Maines and her circle of relatives went to court after her school averted her from the use of the girls’ toilet.
As a outcome, Maine’s Ultimate Judicial Courtroom ruled the varsity had violated the state’s human rights act.
Nicole has long gone on to an performing occupation, profitable a 2016 GLAAD award for her efficiency in US show Royal Pains.
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