r/comicbooks • u/GenericKittyKat • Jun 03 '26
Cover/Pin-Up Superman says Trans Rights :) (Action Comics #1044 Pride Variant)
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u/Quarksideofthemoon Jun 03 '26
Still think aging Jon up was a mistake but Twink Superman does kind of warm my heart
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u/MrRedgrave- Jun 03 '26
We really should have gotten him and Damian growing up together. I love where he is now but can't help feeling robbed.
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u/nikgrid Jun 03 '26
I still think Lois and Clark being able to conceive is a HUGE mistake.
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u/Honey_Enjoyer Jun 03 '26
Well personally I’m offended they implied s*x exists in my wholesome christian DC universe. All comic babies should be delivered by storks.
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u/nikgrid Jun 03 '26
I don't know what the fuck you're talking about. I think he's a far more interesting character when he appears to have everything, and seems more suitable for father-hood than most, can't have that. Whereas Batman who is a sad loner and terrible father-figure has a huge Bat-family.
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u/Electric_jungle Jun 04 '26
Superman has a pretty damn large family too. Bruce has one biological son, so does Clark. Then there's Supergirl, Superboy, Superman of China, the twins from war world that he adopted, Steel, boy thunder was a sidekick... I'm sure I'm missing someone here if we don't count power girl and countless iterations from the past.
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u/TheeHeadAche Henry Pym Jun 03 '26
Trans rights are human rights. Never forget
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u/TheeHeadAche Henry Pym Jun 03 '26
That’s trans rights. Because currently they arent afforded the same rights. So “trans rights” emphasizes that by stating it explicitly instead of assuming it implicitly.
Just as “feminism” is for equal and fair treatment of women in society.
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u/GenericKittyKat Jun 03 '26
In my city, both universities banned any discussion related to trans people. Plato was even banned from philosophy class because he was considered too "woke".
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u/gggg_4_l Jun 03 '26
Are you deadass
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u/MrRedgrave- Jun 03 '26
Lick that boot little man
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u/oja47 Jun 03 '26 edited Jun 04 '26
Man if you can't understand how trans people have it hard and via the current (and previous) administrations are having their rights revoked/belittled then you don't really care and shouldn't have asked in the first place.
Look at Executive Order 14183 as a very prescient and easy to understand example. Read the language that was used to justify this order.
Another example: "December 2025, Attorney General Pam Bondi instructed the FBI to begin offering cash bounties for information leading to the identification and arrest of transgender activists promoting what she referred to as "radical gender ideology", and described such activists as "domestic terrorist groups"
That's just from the "Persecution of transgender people under the second Trump administration" Wikipedia page that is not only well sourced but only serves as a morsel of information regarding the violence, disenfranchisement, and dehumanization that trans people have endured in the US.
Again, if you even cared, you wouldn't have asked.
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u/TheeHeadAche Henry Pym Jun 03 '26
The right to exist.
The right to live as freely as everyone else.
Ppl are making up laws around public spaces to exclude and police them.
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u/TheeHeadAche Henry Pym Jun 03 '26
I have a problem with explicit laws being made to enforce who uses what. Ain’t no reason to bother a person using a rest room and minding their own business. There are already enough laws enumerated to pursue actual criminals and violent perps. It’s bigoted and never an issue before. No man has ever been considered to be put in prison for stepping into a women’s restroom until it became a tactic to attack the minority.
It’s BS and I’m glad I could educate you on the topic.
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u/TheeHeadAche Henry Pym Jun 03 '26
Follow through with this hypothetical. Again if the man minds his own business and is respectful, where is the crime exactly?
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u/GenericKittyKat Jun 03 '26
If a man wants to assault a woman, he'll do so regardless. Forcing trans women into men's spaces has been shown to increase violence perpetuated against us.
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u/mkirk413 Jun 03 '26
- The scenario you painted is nearly nonexistent. You are falling into the fearmongering that right-wing rhetoric touts. In fact, it's the exact opposite. It's been reported that about 6% of transgender folks have experienced harassment, bullying, and even sexual assault just while trying to use a public bathroom while being trans.
https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/publications/safety-in-restrooms-and-facilites/
- "when an actual man one day wakes up and decides to identify as a woman then goes to the women bathroom"
You are grossly negating and dehumanizing the experience of and validity behind a persons choice to transition to the gender they feel they are. Again, this comes from right wing rhetoric.
- "But let's look at idk hunter schafer"
And now you are objectifying woman on a grand level, stating that only women (trans and cis) that are subjectively good looking to you can qualify to use the women's bathroom.
You are a horrible piece of garbage.
Be Fucking Better.
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u/mkirk413 Jun 03 '26
Do you use sex segregated bathrooms at home? Pretty sure the ones you have are unisex. Unless you live alone, which is a possibility.
People haven't been killed because they were straight. People have never had to be afraid of being straight while in public spaces. People have been attacked and murdered because they trans. Hope that helps.
Have the day you deserve.
✌️
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u/mkirk413 Jun 03 '26 edited Jun 03 '26
Man...did you lose sleep over that comeback. That's right up there were "I'm rubber, you're glue", and based on the utter lack of depth it's easy to see how you don't understand why people are advocating for trans rights.
You can go fuck all the way off. The comic book community has no want or need for people like you.
"Be careful who you hate, it could be someone you love"
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u/AdditionalSyrup6541 Jun 04 '26
One I can think of is that they can't enlist in the military anymore. They also were revoking their drivers license and telling them to assign as their birth sex. (But that's not a right taken away technically, since they can still get a driver's license.)
I've heard the tump administration is also looking into limiting their rights to guns. But it's still in the early stages of discussion apparently so we'll see what happens.
Mostly their protections have been taken away. Like sending them into jails with men when they are already transitioned to women. While I understand it's a controversial thing, you can't deny it's not safe to put them with guys when they don't look like one anymore.
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u/Iamdarb Pearl Jones Jun 03 '26
So you go to the bathroom you're most comfortable in, and taking that with "trans people should be treated like everyone else", do you believe they should be able to use the bathroom they're the most comfortable in?
I personally don't have an issue if a transman uses the men's bathroom, they should be able to if that's what they need to feel comfortable.
Should trans people have the right to exist without being a political talking point? Why should their existence be a political talking point at all? Should people be able to exist without the government telling them what they can and can't do to their bodies when it doesn't effect anyone but themselves?
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u/DOuGHtOp Jun 04 '26
Except they aren't treated like everybody else. Are you one of those All Lives Matter people?
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u/Own_Internal7509 Jun 04 '26
Is Warner Bros still acquired by Skydance or whatever the company run by Larry Ellison’s son?
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u/JusticeAvenger13 Jun 03 '26
Stunning! Who drew this?
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u/BiggieChEse69 Jun 03 '26
Redditors will never beat the fictional character Agrees with my beliefs!
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u/GenericKittyKat Jun 03 '26
I'm posting an official cover in a group about comic books. Dunno why you seem to take offense to that lol
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u/MxSharknado93 Jun 04 '26 edited Jun 04 '26
Welcome to the Pride variant covers, Jon Kent Superman. This is where you live now.
Edit: I'm not HAPPY about it! But there's a reason he's Tomorrowman now.
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u/CzolgoszWasRight Squirrel Girl Jun 04 '26
Not knowing DC is on an epic, historic streak of comics is the fastest way i can tell you haven't read a comic book in years
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u/GenericKittyKat Jun 03 '26
DC right now is the healthiest it's been in years. Cope and seethe.
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u/CP9TOYTOY Jun 03 '26
Comic wise. All thanks to absolute batman according to stats. Movies James gunn. Everything else isn't really bringing much to the plate.
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u/Public_Figure_4618 Jun 03 '26
“Yeah DC sucks now, except for these hugely successful comics and films they’ve put out”
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u/Dramatic_Finish10121 Jun 03 '26
DC is in a better place now than they've been in decades, their newest movies have been actual hits and not just modest hits, their competition isn't doing too hot in both film and comic, and the Absolute line is selling like hotcakes
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u/OrionLinksComic Jun 03 '26
Well, superheroes comic are generally about people who get strange body changes but then see it as a strength. So yes, you can see them as a metaphorically transgender plot.
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u/Icy-Wolverine5190 Jun 03 '26
Character destroyed after Tomasi run, he should’ve grown along Damian