No Gender November №9: Batman is Trans
When Anthony transitioned, it was like he shed the Bruce Wayne mask and finally got to be Batman all the time.
Note: This is part of the November 2018 “No Gender November” portrait series on my 6yo’s lunch notes. Follow along and learn non-binary with me!
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Besides my kids’ preschool teacher, Anthony is an actor. Being himself though is no act. On March 7th 2005, he legally became Anthony and tattooed the date around his wrist with the Batman logo because “Batman is trans.”
For those of you who are neither Batman historians or non-binary natives — there is a trope within the Batman franchise that Bruce Wayne is a costume. Batman is Batman all the time. To exist in the other world he has to put on Bruce Wayne as his costume. Anthony has always been himself. If you’re into labels, he’s a trans man.
Anthony once did a show called “Where We’re Born.” He was shocked when he got the part of menacing abuser tyrant who drinks too much and forces sex on his own cousin, total scumbag. When he asked why he’d been cast, the answer was that he played masculinity better than anybody who auditioned. He wasn’t scared of it. All the Minnesota nice boys were.
When it comes to acting trans in popular media, he believes trans actors are best. He has little problem with trans playing cis because believable acting is about how you present. Masculinity and being Anthony is no act. He’s always been Batman, he just got to drop the Bruce Wayne act on March 7th 2005.
