They Just HAD to Put This in Spider-Man

Amala Ekpunobi

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🗓️ 8 June 2023

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Spider-Man: Across the Spider-verse came out last week and has many LGBTQ influencers and news outlets buzzing about the inclusion of a “Protect Trans Kids” flag in the bedroom of one of the heroes, as well as more ‘evidence’ that Gwen Stacy aka Ghost-Spider’s story is meant to be understood as a metaphor for trans people. Are they making things up, or is there clearly some kind of agenda here? Let’s get into it.

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0:00.0	Gay news, you will not believe what Spider-Man just did.
0:03.8	Spider-Man just said, protect trans kids.
0:07.4	Gwen from across the Spider-Verse is trans.
0:10.3	In any scene where she's talking about having to hide her true identity,
0:13.3	color tone is super trans-flight colors.
0:15.9	Did Marvel's new movie Spider-Man across the Spider-Verse
0:18.7	endorse trans children? Let's talk about it.
0:20.9	Young Apollo with the-
0:21.9	BADDY!
0:26.4	Alright, so we have a new movie titled Spider-Man across the Spider-Verse.
0:29.5	It's got the girl bosses in it, but does it also have an endorsement of trans children?
0:34.1	What?
0:35.1	More specifically, a flag shown in one of the frames that says protect trans children.
0:40.1	This movie is getting an abundance of great reviews.
0:42.7	It's got a 96% audience score.
0:44.9	And apparently this is a success, but I've been seeing videos of trans and non-binary people
0:48.7	cheering on this movie for a very different reason.
0:51.3	Let's watch a TikTok.
0:52.3	A lot of people on Twitter think that Gwen from across the Spider-Verse is trans,
0:57.0	and they actually have quite a lot of evidence to support their claims.
1:01.1	Firstly, she has a gigantic sign above her door that says protect trans kids on a trans flag.
1:07.7	Her dad also has a trans flag painted onto his cops uniform.
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