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minus-squareBlackmist@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Danish_Girl_(film) As long as they don’t go all Little Britain on it, I don’t see it as a problem.
minus-squaredodgy_bagel@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoOkay, so, addendum: if the story is set in a time or place where the character wouldn’t have access to hormones, then it’s fine. There’s also a case to be made that if you have sufficient fuckery with CGI, you could make a story during an ongoing medical transition. What I’m talking about is throwing a wig and some powder on some lantern jawed dude and calling it a day.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Danish_Girl_(film)
As long as they don’t go all Little Britain on it, I don’t see it as a problem.
Okay, so, addendum: if the story is set in a time or place where the character wouldn’t have access to hormones, then it’s fine.
There’s also a case to be made that if you have sufficient fuckery with CGI, you could make a story during an ongoing medical transition.
What I’m talking about is throwing a wig and some powder on some lantern jawed dude and calling it a day.