Calling all trans people!
You wanna see some good fucking representation?
American Horror Story Hotel. Iâm fucking serious.
This Gal ainât like the other galsâ˘. Sheâs trans.
Even tho itâs portrayed by a cis male actor, a.) itâs in keeping with the recycling of cast with different stories each series b.) they already use two transgender actors to play either cis/ trans characters c.) itâs SO respectfully done it feels like a fucking gift from cis people straight to the hearts of its trans fans.
None of this âIâm trans so I have to present as stereotypically as possible to conform to societal expectationsâ BULLSHIT.Â
This girl is who she is, her gender identity is female and her gender expression is fucking FABULOUS. She has her own style and interpretation of what it means to be a woman and itâs fucking FANTASTIC.
âAnd I have a floppy appendage between my legs which means I canât wear pencil skirtsâ
She is not afraid of who she is. She is not ashamed of who she is. She knows sheâs trans. She knows other people can âtellâ. She dgAF.
And YEAH she has a âcoming outâ backstory.Â
HAND FUCKING WRITEN LIKE AÂ âHOW-TO-DEAL WITH THE TRANSâ FOR CIS PEOPLE.\
This incredibly sympathetic (and currently upset) character getâs comforted by the Goddess we have seen above. (Note the word âGoddessâ).
She apologises for not having spoken to Liz for the last 20 years bc âall she sees is questionsâ and she doesnât want to offend. SOUND LIKE ANY CIS PEOPLE YOU KNOW??? (Tell them to watch this itâll explain everything)
âIâm not homophobic.â
Liz:Â âIâm not gay.â (She likes dudes.)
So they show her backstory- trying on dresses for the first time and your heart will break for her to see her so happy prancing around her room. But this isnât your average Trans Backstoryâ˘, you know why?
They wheel her in- snooping on our girl, scaring the shit ouster her and Liz, sheâs terrified. Sheâs been caught. Sheâs expecting transphobia to Tear Her Ass Apart.. Then this happens.
SUPERNATURAL VAMPIRE LADY GAGA CONFIRMS TRANS PEOPLE ARE LEGIT.
She repeatedly tells Liz (Also names her- âMY BBâ you will cry) that sheâs a Goddess repeatedly, and helps our home girl get lit, get fabulous and go get what she deserves.
Is there the classic âtransphobic men being crude and homophobic and transphobic and abusiveâ trope?
SYKE! Itâs only for ten seconds and then you know what happens to those douchebags????
LADY GAGA STRAIGHT UP CUTS THEIR CRUSTY DICK-CHEESE SCENTED THROATS!
âYeah I guess thatâs cool lmao but does she get a healthy relationshipâ
Now- OK that boy is a DICKKKKKK. But not to her. Never to her. He head over heels in puppy love with our gal.
And sheâs in love with him. And they are adorable and happy and⌠well, no spoilers.
âYâknow, âcos Iâm not gay or anythingâŚ.â (I wondered why this character kept affirming that he was straight earlier in the series)
Liz:Â âYouâre not gay when youâre with me. Iâm a girl. A hetero girlâ
YES AHS spoon-feed the cis audience members! Fucking acknowledge the struggles of trans folk and have happy endings for them! Fuckign DO IT.
No spoilers for later in the series, and this only touches on HALF the things that are awesome about this character (the trans thing is a plot line maybe twice? The rest of it is all her)
But do you need more reasons?
No Iâm not, trans folk. Go check it out.
