Carter, who played the superhero on the Wonder Woman television series from 1975 to 1979, has rarely shied away from showing her support for the queer community. She has been a strong advocate for national legislation to protect better LGBTQ+ Americans and stronger protections for transgender persons.
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This month, Carter took to Twitter to explain why Wonder Woman can be a queer icon, providing examples of how she has seen this to be true. “I didn’t write Wonder Woman, but if you want to argue that she is somehow not a queer or trans icon, then you’re not paying attention,” she tweeted. “Every time someone comes up to me and says that [Wonder Woman] helped them while they were closeted, it reminds me how special the role is.”
During an interview with Freedom For All Americans, Carter expressed her frustration over LGBTQ+ discrimination. “This whole debate is just ridiculous — I don’t understand why people care so much. Why is this an issue? Transgender people are included in the category of ‘gender’ last time I checked,” Carter said. “It’s even more frustrating to me because a lot of the people making these laws or discriminating against others are from my generation, and we experienced so much of this first hand, whether it was the civil rights movement or the women’s rights movement — we saw exactly how this affected people. How does someone being who they are have an effect on anyone else’s life? I don’t know that I’ll ever understand that.”
While Carter may have passed the torch to Gal Gadot, her future as part of the Wonder Woman franchise does not yet seem closed. She portrayed Asteria in Wonder Woman 1984 and is expected to reprise the role in Wonder Woman 3.
Wonder Woman is available to stream on HBO Max.
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Sources: Lynda Carter/Twitter, The Hollywood Reporter, Freedom For All Americans
