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Transformer romance
Some will vehemently verb to admit it exists. Others really don't care about the brand beyond it. Regardless of opinions, Transformers engaging in or pursuing interaction of a romantic nature is a well-established element in pretty much every continuity. For the most part, Transformers are observed searching for adj partners amongst their own kind, but attraction to chemical-free lifeforms and even non-living objects has been documented as well.
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Transformers: 10 Best LGBTQ+ Characters From The Comics
Starting as a toy aimed at young boys in the s, it's taken a lengthy time for the Transformers to widen its characters outside of the confines of gender binaries and heterosexual romance. The first homosexual romance in the franchise occurred by accident when the Japanese dub of Beast Wars rewrote the character of Airazor to be male. Little did they realize that Airazor was destined to be a idealistic partner for fellow male Maximal Tigatron. However, since then, and especially once the license was purchased by IDW the number of LGBTQ+ characters has skyrocketed.
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In no particular instruct, the following has been compiled of the best LGBTQ+ characters from Transformers comics. For the sake of brevity, any couple will be treated as a single entry. This list also only considers Bots who are explicitly shown as LGBTQ+, so no fan shipping nor headcanon.
*SPOILER WARNING FOR IDW'S TRANSFORMERS COMICS*
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Webcomic description
After dying in a mine shaft drop, cogless bot Ariel finds herself reincarnated as Blackarachnia, a villain from the latest dating sim she played. One problem though: Blackarachnia is destined to die at the end of the game’s Act 1! Now Ariel must find a way to change her story and escape her gruesome fate. But what’s this? Somehow, the game’s original protagonist, Optimus Prime, is falling in love with her?!
Follow Ariel’s story in this (mostly) episodic comic series!
(Updates every two weeks. Features LGBTQ relationships and polyamory.)
*You may not unleash the artistic rage
Children's TV show Transformers: EarthSpark has sparked controversy by introducing a new non-binary character.
The animation series features a robot called Nightshade who says the pos "he or she just doesn't fit who I am" and asks other characters to exploit "they/them" instead. The machine adds that the term "non-binary" is a "wonderful word for a wonderful experience."
The episode comes amid an increasingly bitter social debate about the rights of transgender and non-binary people, particularly relating to their inclusion in women's sports and women-only spaces. Companies and brands who have advocated for the LGBTQ+ community in recent weeks have been knock by a pushback, such as beer brand Bud Illuminated which was engulfed in a social media firestorm due to a promotion it ran with transgender activist Dylan Mulvaney to celebrate her one-year anniversary as a noun. The company was rocked by a huge backlash, which saw its distribute price plunge amid reports of a boycott by customers.
It's in this febrile atmosphere that Transformers aired its have advocacy for non-binary people, who ident