Identity: WLW, implied
Notes: At one point described as becoming aroused by Media (a woman), and their relationship is consistently framed with romantic comparisons, being referred to as “like a married couple”.
Propaganda: "i feel like she's vaguely Extremely Closeted Trans Man coded but that might just be me seeing things since i can relate to her? gives up on a girly persona to be taken seriously, wishes she could still present that way but again wants to be taken seriously, freaks out whenever someone says she looks like a boy [doesn't really read as dysphoria to me and instead like, They've Found Out], even uses vaguely masculine speech patterns? another character even says "if Beho becomes a boy" 🤔 in the spinoff she's given a male character to use as a disguise, and feels upset since she thinks it would make her look like a villain.. feels very akin to my own experience feeling like if i transition ill be evil 🤔 don't know if this is suffice but 👍 i think testosterone and support could save him"
Identity: Trans woman, explicit
Notes: Has her gender identity directly stated on-screen and explored in flashbacks.
Propaganda: 1. "Her flashback scenes with her love interest literally made me tear up. Just seeing this powerful, mysterious character young and insecure, the way she was trembling when she showed him her true self and her dressed up in her feminine clothing and her hair and makeup, and then his immediate acceptance of her despite their conservative culture and families... I SOB. I also love a villain whose motivation is explicitly Love. She's doing all of this because she loves the world and she loves people. You so often see heroes motivated by love and villains motivated by ambition and greed and revenge or whatever else, but she is doing it because she wants to make the world better. Also: she literally pissed on a CEO's grave."
2. "love that she’s allowed to be monstrous without the show turning it into “trans people are scary” nonsense. the horror is not “she’s trans,” the horror is “she’s rich, powerful, and completely convinced the universe owes her what she wants.” she’s elegant. she’s ruthless. she’s delusional in a way that still feels grounded because she has the resources to keep chasing it. every scene with her feels like you’re watching someone who thinks she’s destiny, not a person. and that is SUCH a specific flavour of villain."
3. "she feels absolutely enormous every time she’s on screen. she’s controlled, brilliant, terrifying, elegant, and completely convinced of her own vision in a way that makes her impossible to ignore. mr. robot is full of memorable people and she still manages to feel like she exists on this whole other level. and what makes her especially interesting is that she isn’t reduced down to “representation.” she gets to be powerful, frightening, tragic, obsessive, vulnerable, and deeply human all at once. she’s one of those rare trans characters who is allowed to be a full, complicated force in the story rather than a side note, and that alone makes her incredibly memorable. also i'm delightfully surprised that not one single character that i can recall, even those against her, ever derogatorily comment on her gender identity or use it against her."
4. "Thinking about the scene where Elliot meets her face-to-face for the first time, and the entire show his mental narration has been referring to Whiterose as "he" because he just assumed this infamous hacker would be a guy, and then he walks in and sees her and his narration SEAMLESSLY switches to "she" with absolutely zero acknowledgment. It's that easy, folks!"