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29 July 1974

(age 39)

Oregon

Red Sonja Batgirl


 * twitter    = @GailSimone

Impact
Simone has been noted as being one of the most influential women in the comic book industry. She garnered a lot of respect for her blog, Women In Refrigerators, getting the attention of the mainstream for being a protester of the representation of women in comics. Simone has stated that the blog was not to condemn the industry for its use of women, but simply bring awareness to the fact that the majority of female characters are simply plot devices. Simone has been on record as stating that most female characters are targeted at male audiences, through over-sexualisation, and what needs to happen is for female characters to be created as equals to male characters, to which Simone herself has been recognised as doing. In 2009 she was inducted into the Friends of Lulu's Female Comic Creator’s Hall Of Fame. Simone has also made strides in the representation of LGBTQ characters in the mainstream comic book industry. Simone received recognition for this in her comic book series Secret Six, for which she received two GLAAD Media Award nominations for Outstanding Comic Books in 2010 and 2012. Simone has further pursued this by attending interviews with lesbian news site AfterEllen and contributing to The Power Within, a Kickstarter funded comic book. Most recently Simone has introduced Alysia in Batgirl, the first major transgender character, in a contemporary context, to appear in a mainstream comic. Simone’s outspokenness and representation of minorities has led to the creation of a cult following.

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