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The transgender community has gone through a history of being underrepresented on-screen until the past several years. Today, there’s a variety of trans stories that add to a catalog of movies that have evidently improved over time. With the success of television shows like
Pose, that shows unique and exciting stories of trans people, and
Euphoria, that includes a coming-of-age story featuring a transgender character, there is growth in positive and accurate representation. I think for a very long time, the ways in which trans people have been represented on-screen have suggested that we re not real, have suggested that we re mentally ill, that we don t exist, Laverne Cox said in the groundbreaking documentary