'Batgirl' casts Ivory Aquino as first trans character in DC Comics film

Barbara Gordon has her partner in -- solving -- crime. HBO Max’s feature film “Batgirl” said that it casted Ivory Aquino as Alysia Yeoh, a bartender and the best friend of on-screen heroine Gordon. Both Yeoh and Aquino are transgender, marking a historical step for LGBTQIA+ representation as the first live-action feature film for the...