UMaine Student Nicole Maines to be First Trans Superhero!
Nicole Maines
‘The Trans List’ film premiere, The Paley Center for Media, New York, USA – 17 Nov 2016
Variety Online Magazine has reported that UMaine student Nicole Maines will be starring in the next season of “Supergirl.”
“On Saturday at Comic-Con came news that Nicole Maines would be making history on the fourth season of CW’s “Supergirl,” becoming the first ever trans superhero on television.
Variety sat down with the trans activist shortly after the news broke to talk about her character Nia Nal aka Dreamer as well as what the TV casting means for the trans community.
“I haven’t really wrapped my head around it,” Maines told TV exec editor Debra Birnbaum at Variety’s Comic-Con Studio. “It feels fitting to say with great power, comes great responsibility,” adding, “I’m nervous because I want to do it right.”