Tee Franklin
Capital City Pride Speaker Series
Performance Information
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Please note: everyone requires a ticket to attend this free event.
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Tee Franklin is a DC Comics writer of the GLAAD nominated Harley Quinn series that are a massive #1 hit on Amazon. She is the first Black woman to write Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy, and she is also the first Black woman writer with multiple series by Image Comics. She hopes to pave the way for more marginalized comiccreators. Tee is a Black, Queer, mom of adult children, disabled, autistic, and a wheelchair user just bursting with personality!
Franklin’s goals are to change the ugly and harmful narrative the media has created about disabled people. She wants to show that you can create works of art without offending disabled people. Franklin has proven if given accommodations and accessibility, disabled people can accomplish anything. There’s so much talent that lies within disabled people, all you need to do is open your mind and see us as more than our disabilities.
Franklin has created trending and viral hashtags throughout her time on social media, from #BlackComicsMonth, #TeensThatLookLikeTeens, #NoRampNoPanel, #MakeAbleistsUncomfortable, and several more. Franklin does not consider herself an activist nor an advocate for disabled people, however she still uses her platform to discuss topics that affects her daily life as a Black, queer, disabled woman, and speaks up for those who don’t have a large platform.
When she’s not writing — or tweeting — Franklin is watching anime, Asian horror movies, or reliving the joy from rewatching the Justice League and Justice League Unlimited shows — especially the episodes featuring Vixen!
