Loving the alien
Trans superhero Galaxy: The Prettiest Star is out of this world
The tale of Taylor Barzelay – an extraterrestrial exile who takes on the guise of a human boy – Galaxy: The Prettiest Star introduces a new transgender hero to the DC Universe. But while the Young Adult graphic novel plays with the tropes of the genre, Taylor’s transformation shouldn’t be taken merely as allegory.
“It’s mainly a metaphor for being different, because the one thing I wanted to emphasis is that Galaxy is trans and queer, full stop,” explains writer Jadzia Axelrod.