alright here’s some suggestions/reminders for the inevitable trans vanya content that is to come (if you missed it, vanya’s actor just came out as trans on his instagram!)
as of right now, vanya is not canonically trans, and if you choose not to think of the character as trans, that’s okay
only time will tell what will become of vanya, it comes down to what elliot is comfortable with and what the writers decide to work out with him
even if elliot decides they don’t want to play vanya anymore, we WILL respect that. there will be no bitching from any of you if it is his wish to no longer play the role of a woman
if you’re cis, put REAL EFFORT into your depiction of trans people. listen to us and our experiences
keep in mind that our response to this will have a very real effect on elliot’s life. don’t say or do anything involving him or his work that you wouldn’t to someone who wasn’t famous
do not. DO NOT. write a fic or create content about vanya binding in unsafe ways. i don’t care how angsty you think it is. that harms real trans people. don’t do it.
trans people can be gay, bi, straight, just like cis people can
trans people also do not always consider themselves binary! a lot of us are non-binary men/women
the whole “trans people pick names that are phonetically similar to their deadnames” is not a hard and fast rule. if you’re choosing a new name for vanya, feel free to branch out!
that being said, i do think it would be very cute if he went by “van” as a shortened version of his given name when he was younger, then when he came out chose “vaughn” as his name. i also think it would be a nice nod to elliot’s chosen name being similar to his deadname.
(i still want to make it absolutely clear that not every trans person does this)
if you’re cis, i would love to see trans vanya content from you. however.
much like a white person shouldn’t write stories about the personal trauma of racism, cis people really should not go in depth into the effects transphobia in their art. im not saying it can’t ever play any role in your content, but transphobia and the experience of being trans is something that you will never truly understand
i cannot stress this enough: when cis people write about trans experiences, it shows. we can tell
don’t exclude trans vanya from content for this reason, but keep it in mind as you create
there are plenty of trans creators. we will do our part to tell those stories. please let us
‼️trans tua creators, feel free to sound off in the comments/reblogs and self promote yourself. cis people reblog this so it reaches more people ‼️
tldr: listen to trans people, be respectful, and stay in your lane
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