7 TV characters that are redefining trans identity on-screen.
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00:00I felt like, oh my gosh, there I am.
00:02There I am, there Asia is.
00:04♪♪
00:10The fact that labels are sort of left out of the story
00:15is one of my favorite elements.
00:17♪♪
00:33We love them together and we want them to finally be together.
00:38♪♪
00:54You're a trans woman of color working in a hospital.
00:57I'm just trying to stay afloat.
00:59♪♪
01:13My pronouns are they, theirs, and them.
01:15What makes you think I'm a vegan?
01:16You're not?
01:17I felt like, oh my gosh, there I am.
01:20There I am, there Asia is.
01:22Here is language to describe something about me
01:25that I've actually never quite been able to put together.
01:28It feels good to be playing a character
01:29that might mean something to someone else who's like me.
01:32♪♪
01:45So you really want to go there?
01:46Go where, P?
01:47First of all, my name ain't P.
01:49It's Paul.
01:50You can't even say my damn name.
01:52♪♪
01:58We want to see ourselves.
01:59Everybody wants to see themselves in what they engage in.
02:02♪♪
02:23Yay, it's a boy.
02:27Mom.
02:35So am I.
02:37♪♪
03:00Keep booing me.
03:03That's me eating your booze.
03:04Feeds me, you basic.
03:06♪♪