Originally Posted by
Assam
DC's had a number of transgender characters pop up...but naturally most of them have some combination of either having single digit a appearance count, not being created by DC proper (Milestone and Vertigo characters), aren't in the present of the DCU meaning they have fewer chances to be used, are supporting characters that weren't heroes, villains or anything in-between or were quickly killed off.
The lack of representation is most definitely a problem. The only characters that don't fall into any of the above categories are Porcelain and Doctor October. I really like both of those characters, but we still need a LOT more and it's doubtful either of the two characters we do have will ever be used by writers other than their creators.
As far as introducing more goes, screw the bigoted fans out there. They don't deserve s**t in life in general. If a writer has an idea for a trans character, they should just use them.