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HEY EVERYONE!!! guess what!!! i’m moving blogs!!!! so you should definitely go follow me there instead! some parts of the blog are still under construction but it works, as a blog.

HEY EVERYONE!!! guess what!!! i’m moving blogs!!!! so you should definitely go follow me there instead! some parts of the blog are still under construction but it works, as a blog.

HEY EVERYONE!!! guess what!!! i’m moving blogs!!!! so you should definitely go follow me there instead! some parts of the blog are still under construction but it works, as a blog.

HEY EVERYONE!!! guess what!!! i’m moving blogs!!!! so you should definitely go follow me there instead! some parts of the blog are still under construction but it works, as a blog.

HEY EVERYONE!!! guess what!!! i’m moving blogs!!!! so you should definitely go follow me there instead! some parts of the blog are still under construction but it works, as a blog.

HEY EVERYONE!!! guess what!!! i’m moving blogs!!!! so you should definitely go follow me there instead! some parts of the blog are still under construction but it works, as a blog.

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Tumblr is having an absolute shit fit over this movie. Why? Because the actor portraying the trans male lead is a cis woman. 

You know what? I don’t give a shit. It isn’t perfect. I’ll fucking taking it though. It doesn’t end with his death, he isn’t cornered into submission about his identity at all what so ever (he’s a strong character), and most of all: he’s a fucking trans guy. 

I have only known one trans male character. Adam Torres.

You know what happened to him? Well, he’s fucking dead. I suppose it isn’t a coincidence that he was also played by a cis woman, Jordan Todosey. Despite this discrepancy, he was my favorite character. This character introduced me to the possibility of, you know, being trans. Even though the actor was a cis woman, I still related tremendously. It was almost like the actor’s actual gender did not effect her ability to act and do the role some justice.

I can almost appreciate the fact that Adam died only because it was meant to send a message: this kind of fatality (texting & driving) can happen to anyone. No one is immune. But as far as I know, this was their first and only trans character… so it was kind of a cheap shot. Maybe they were just too tired of Adam being happy.

I have never, ever seen a movie or show with a trans male character that was important or visible. I would love it if trans actors got to play trans characters in the future. I have no problem with that, I hope that this is the stepping stone to make that a reality. 

Boycotting the movie sends the entirely wrong message. It doesn’t say “I have serious criticisms of this film; these problems must be worked on for future productions.” it says, “Don’t ever make a movie about a trans male character or your ship will sink at box office.”

It says, “Your movie failed because it had a trans character.”

Boycotting the movie doesn’t tell anyone in Hollywood anything about the movie, or what could have been done to make it better. It’s just, “People are not willing to invest money to see trans male characters, let’s not do this again.”

And about the whole “[x] is a [x] born in [x] body”/’[x] trapped in [x] body” being transphobic: most trans people relate to that narrative. Those phrases have nuances for each trans person that finds themselves fitting into that narrative. It is obviously transphobic for cis people to describe us this way because it shows a disregard for our safety (since it will undoubtedly trigger dysphoria), but if the main character who’s a fucking trans person is written so they relate to that there’s nothing wrong with that. It’s not necessarily inaccurate.