In the last several years, popular culture in both Hollywood and publishing has begun to elevate and even celebrate trans characters. That's a welcome change. And yet while we can finally, at least on occasion, see or read accurate stories of our lives, this rise of visibility has coincided with, and perhaps even precipitated, a widespread political assault on trans people across the country.
Films like Will & Harper allow cisgender people to see trans people's full humanity, and they give trans people a welcome chance to see ourselves onscreen. Visibility is a gift, no doubt. But visibility is also a weapon, especially when wielded by people who want to render our lives unrecognizable.
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