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  Netflix character poster for The Sandman. (l-t-r: Dream, Desire, Joanna Constantine, Death) The Sandman makes having LGBT rep onscreen look easy , putting other studios in the same genre,  comic book adaptations, to shame. (Pause to stare long and hard at Disney.) - The Sandman TV show on Netflix is a live action adaptation of Neil Gaiman's comic book, in the same universe as DC characters such as Lucifer Morningstar and John Constantine. The Sandman clearly shows us what good LGBT representation can look like, if studios like Marvel/Disney weren't so terrified of embracing it. - Note: 'Good' does not necessarily mean that all the LGBT characters are good/pure heroes or without flaw. 'Good' in this context means that the LGBT characters are part of the story, they have motivations and character depth, they're diverse. - Case in point, the LGBT representation is one of the main talking points so far about the show. On day 4 of its debut, I typ...

  Image description: Actors clockwise from top left, Ezra Miller, Quintessa Swindell, Chella Man, Ruby Rose. Celebrating DC's non binary actors With the news of DC/HBO Max casting trans actress Ivory Aquino to play the first trans character in a DC feature film, I also wanted to do a post celebrating all the non binary and genderqueer DC actors. Listing is done by their first appearances in DC live action, both movies and TV shows.  - Ezra Miller : Ezra Miller , who plays Barry Allen/The Flash. First appearances: cameos in Batman vs. Superman (2016), Justice League (2017). Upcoming movie: The Flash (November 2022). Miller came out as queer in 2012 and has since spoken about their identity and pronouns in interviews (such as the GQ interview in 2018 ), also stating they do not use the label 'queer' other than to reject gendered labels. "Queer just means no, I don't do that. I don't identify as a man. I don't identify as a woman." Miller uses they...