Apex Legends introduces its first trans woman legend Catalyst in new trailer

APEX Legends has revealed a new hero in a cinematic trailer, and she’s the first transgender woman on the roster.

Named Catalyst, her backstory was revealed in the trailer as she tells her past to other Legend Rampart. 

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Catalyst speaking about her transition to her friend.[/caption]

Her story briefly touches on her transition to a woman, but mostly follows her the story in which she lost her friend.

Catalyst, real name Tressa, took on a mission with a close friend to save another character Cleo.

Tressa’s friend got in an accident, and she hasn’t heard from her since, not knowing whether she is still alive.

Catalyst’s skill and abilities are still unknown, as we don’t see her use a weapon in the trailer.

This is the first time a transgender woman has been featured as a Legend in Apex.

Bloodhound is the first transgender Legend, introduced when the game released.

They identify as non-binary, and so this is the first time that a trans-binary Legend has been introduced to the game.

Catalyst is voiced by Meli Grant, a transgender woman and voice actor.

There were also transgender women brought onto the game’s development team to help bring authentic representation to the new character.

Despite the announcement and trailer, the official list of Legends has not been updated, so we do not know when Catalyst will be introduced into the game.

Vantage was the last Legend added to the game in Season 14, with Season 15 starting November 1.

She is a sniper, with multiple options for fast movement around the arena.

Vantage was introduced into the game with a number of map changes to help improve her usability as a Legend.

Season 14 encouraged more close combat fighting, so Catalyst’s abilities could favour up-close battles.

We’ll have to wait for more news before we know just how strong the new Legend is.

Written by Georgina Young on behalf of GLHF.