{"id":221732,"date":"2019-07-06T08:23:42","date_gmt":"2019-07-06T12:23:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=221732"},"modified":"2019-07-06T08:23:42","modified_gmt":"2019-07-06T12:23:42","slug":"marvels-first-openly-trans-actor-calls-for-more-portrayals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/07\/06\/marvels-first-openly-trans-actor-calls-for-more-portrayals\/","title":{"rendered":"Marvel’s first openly trans actor calls for more portrayals"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Zach Barack plays a classmate of Peter Parker’s in \u201cSpider-Man: Far From Home.\u201d His gender identity is not addressed in the brief role. (File Photo<\/a>: @zachbarack\/Instagram<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

LOS ANGELES \u2014 The first openly transgender actor in the Marvel Universe says there needs to be more representation of his experience.<\/p>\n

Zach Barack plays a classmate of Peter Parker’s in \u201cSpider-Man: Far From Home.\u201d His gender identity is not addressed in the brief role.<\/p>\n

Barack said that to him, superhero movies \u201calways felt like a trans story because it’s talking about identity.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt’s about separating what people know about you and what they don’t,\u201d Barack said at last week’s premiere of the film. \u201cAnd I think that’s something I kind of live with every day. And on top of that, I don’t see a lot of trans-masculine people on television or trans men specifically, and getting to be part of that is beyond unreal.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 23-year-old Chicago-area native, who also appeared in the TV series \u201cL.A.’s Finest,\u201d said there needs to be more roles for trans people in all sorts of movies.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe truth is you have to put out there what people want to see and what people need to see,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd as a young person who is trans, I didn’t see a trans man on TV ever, ever, really, until I was like, 17. So having a fun movie about a class going on a trip together, and I get to be part of that, I can’t even …\u201d<\/p>\n

The new Spider-Man movie is now playing in theatres.<\/p>\n

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