Ellen Page comes out as a trans man named Elliot

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[–][deleted] 27 insightful - 1 fun27 insightful - 0 fun28 insightful - 1 fun -  (10 children)

I clicked on this hoping it was a joke and I'm sick to my stomach. I'm so fucking tired of this happening. They better not trans Vanya on umbrella academy over this shit.

[–]HelloMomo 15 insightful - 1 fun15 insightful - 0 fun16 insightful - 1 fun -  (9 children)

They better not trans Vanya on umbrella academy over this shit.

It's so selfish, but that was my first thought too. I love Vanya; protect her!

[–][deleted] 46 insightful - 2 fun46 insightful - 1 fun47 insightful - 2 fun -  (8 children)

If she can be selfish enough to abandon her womanhood, abandon all of her lesbian and bi woman fans, and shit on her current role as a female character in UA then we can be selfish by saying don't trans the character. I'm just so angry. Every single time I find a lesbian/GNC woman to look up to she does this.

It's not even about being a man for her because she says her pronouns are 'he/THEY'. It's about NOT being a woman. ANYTHING but a woman. The motives are so clear and sad and I'm so angry this continues to happen. This right here is why I couldn't continue identifying as trans. I couldn't live with myself knowing I was too much of a coward to stand up to misogyny by choosing to opt out of womanhood. I would much rather try and be an example for other women and girls younger than me. There is nothing brave about this decision. The amount of support she's getting from it makes me sick.

[–]yousaythosethingsFind and Replace "gatekeeping" with "having boundaries" 23 insightful - 1 fun23 insightful - 0 fun24 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I feel all of this pain that you so eloquently expressed. I would go crazy if outlets like this place didn't exist. It's bananas out there.

[–][deleted] 15 insightful - 1 fun15 insightful - 0 fun16 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Same. I'm very lucky in that most of my irl friends are 'terfs'. But none of them are LGB so I'm grateful for this space.

[–]ExecuteHomophobes 13 insightful - 1 fun13 insightful - 0 fun14 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

I heard they're rebooting Punky Brewster; I loved that show when I was a child, but if the T hijacks it and turn it into Wokey Brewster, then all forms of artistic expression are dead to me.

[–][deleted] 12 insightful - 1 fun12 insightful - 0 fun13 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Ugh. Honestly they probably will. It's so hard to escape this crap because it worms its way into almost everything nowadays. Hollywood knows it can cash in on trans representation and it will do so in any way it can. I'm glad Vanya isn't my favorite on UA (Five biased here) but I'm not looking forward to the crap they're gonna pull now that eLliOt is playing her.

[–]ExecuteHomophobes 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

If she's a man then I'm the Reluctant Dragon.

Hollywood knows it can cash in on trans representation and it will do so in any way it can.

Even when it comes at the expense of gay lives?

[–][deleted] 9 insightful - 3 fun9 insightful - 2 fun10 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

Even when it comes at the expense of gay lives?

I would say so, yeah. There's a show called Shameless I think (I've never watched it but I hear it discussed a lot) where there's a gay male character who's painted as the bad guy for not wanting to sleep with a transman. That's the message they're pushing. If you're gay and you won't accept trans with open arms you're the scum of the earth. They will pick trans over gay every time if it means more woke points.

[–]ExecuteHomophobes 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I knew they would from the moment I first read Myra Breckinridge.

[–]GoValidateYourselfuseful lesbian 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I agree. This place is like an anchor in a sea of madness. Sometimes this TRA shit makes me feel like I'm drowning, and then I remember that at least 1600 other people feel the same as me.