Batgirl
From Rolling Stone: Ivory Aquino has been cast to portray Alysia Yeoh, the roommate and best friend of the titular superhero also known as Barbara Gordon, in upcoming HBO Max film Batgirl , as Variety reports . Aquino’s character first appeared in a DC Batgirl issue by Gail Simone and artist Ardian Syaf in 2011. She will star opposite Leslie Grace’s Barbara Gordon. Both Aquino and Yeoh are transgender . This is the first time a live-action film adaptation of a DC Comics movie will feature an openly trans character. In 2017, the Filipina actress portrayed transgender activist Cecilia Chung in the ABC miniseries, When We Rise .