揭开面纱：好莱坞的跨性别人生

We always have to be really skeptical when a few people are elevated and the majority of people are still struggling.

I think that makes it especially important for us to be pushing for actual material redistribution. Otherwise, all we’re doing is elevating some people into the sphere of the powerful and not in any way working to disrupt the systems that exclude most trans peole from material survival.

There is a still a lot of work to do, and we can’t think that just because you see trans representation that the revolution is over. You know, it’s not. Things can spin on a dime.

Having positive representation can only succeed in changing the conditions of life for trans people when it is part of a much broader movement for social change. Changing representation is not the goal. It’s just the means to an end.

I wonder if people who watch and love these shows, I wonder if they will reach out to trans people in need and work to defeat policies that scapego at us, policies that discriminate against us, policies that dehumanize us. Because until that happens, all that energy from the silver screen won’t be enough to better the lives of trans people off the screen.