I don’t have the energy to start a back and forth so I hope you’ll understand why I’m saying this. I really don’t want to see trans people depicted as conventionally unattractive on television right now. We still have to convince the world that we’re capable of being attractive in the first place. There’s a strong presumption that trans = ugly and I really struggle with that as someone who places a high degree of personal importance on achieving beauty.

I know that’s a toxic standard but could some other group please challenge it first? We’ve got enough on our plate.