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The first transgender superhero – a step forward for LGBT representation in comic book movies?

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The Lady Boys of Bangkok are currently wowing audiences with their unique superpowers on the Wonder Women tour. It comes as TV’s first transgender superhero was revealed this week, sparking conversations about the way these franchises are embracing LGBT.  Actor Nicole Maines has been cast as Nia Nal – also known as Dreamer – in the fourth series of Supergirl, a character dubbed ‘a soulful young transgender woman with a fierce drive to protect others’.  Previously broadcast on Sky One in the UK, the show is based in the same universe as other DC comic franchises The Flash and Arrow.  Nicole will be accompanying Melissa Benoist’s Supergirl on the show as an employee of CatCo Worldwide Media. However, Nicole has suggested Nia Nal’s plotline doesn’t need to, and won’t necessarily, revolve around her being trans.  The actor, who is transgender herself, faced prejudice in 2014 when her school stopped her using the girls’ toi...

Winter is coming....and so is Christmas!

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You may have felt it in the air or read it on a calendar and regardless of whether it's your arms clinging to your shivering sides or your keen seasonal eye it's hard to deny that winter is well and truly upon us. As quick as a shimmering twirl of a Lady Boys number the temperature seems to have plummeted very obnoxiously to a much colder temperature. Followed by the inevitable outbreak of coats, scarf's and talk of the most Marmite-like of all holidays, IIIIITTTSS CHRRRIIISSTTTMMAAA- sshhh - quite Noddy, its not even December yet. Despite Noddy Holders typically overzealous approach it is true, Christmas is just around the corner and with it we see the return of the much loved and sometimes loathed Christmas adverts. Those heart-warming adverts that never fail in conning us into believing that these multinational corporations actually care about our feelings - and not just our monies. So this here blog is a showcase of a couple of our favourite Christmas a...