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Will the 'Spider-Man: Homecoming' Sequel Feature a Gender Non-Conforming Character?
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Will the 'Spider-Man: Homecoming' Sequel Feature a Gender Non-Conforming Character?
The upcoming sequel to 2017's Spiderman: Homecoming is reportedly looking to cast a gender-nonconforming character!
The MCU film's casting call leaked online earlier this week and production is reportedly looking for, "an 18-22-year-old, ethnicity to play a gender non-conforming student."
Gender-nonconforming individuals don't match masculine and feminine norms and allow themselves to present with any combination of masculine, feminine, or gender-free traits.
The character would be groundbreaking for Marvel, as well as gender-nonconforming representation. Last year, GLAAD LGBT inclusion report cited zero gender-nonconforming characters on television. The character would be especially notable coming from a studio as huge as Marvel, and could also be one of their first explicitly queer on-screen characters.
Casting starts soon, and filming begins this July.
The Spiderman: Homecoming sequel is due in theatres July 5, 2019.
Taylor Henderson is a PRIDE.com contributor. This proud Texas Bama studied Media Production/Studies and Sociology at The University of Texas at Austin, where he developed his passions for pop culture, writing, and videography. He's absolutely obsessed with Beyoncé, mangoes, and cheesy YA novels that allow him to vicariously experience the teen years he spent in the closet. He's also writing one!
Taylor Henderson is a PRIDE.com contributor. This proud Texas Bama studied Media Production/Studies and Sociology at The University of Texas at Austin, where he developed his passions for pop culture, writing, and videography. He's absolutely obsessed with Beyoncé, mangoes, and cheesy YA novels that allow him to vicariously experience the teen years he spent in the closet. He's also writing one!