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Current copied article: List of transgender characters in film and television, to be renamed

Transgender in film and television

Transgender in film and television deals with the portrayal of transgender people in film and television shows, including documentaries. Transgender people are people whose gender identity differs from their assigned sex.

Transfeminity
Transfemininity in film and TV - presenting as feminine but not necessarily identifying as female as well as

History - significant shows/trends/themes, GLAAD article about portrayals of transgender https://www.glaad.org/publications/victims-or-villains-examining-ten-years-transgender-images-television

Transmasculinity
Same topics as transfemininity

Documentaries
Documentaries on transgender people and transgender issues

"Transgender look" (Judith Halberstam); Southern Comfort has link to ref

Criticism of cisgender actors cast in transgender roles
Definition of cisgender

Representation, actors' opportunities, transgender actors cast in cisgender roles

Minor roles
A number of films and television shows feature transgender characters in minor roles, both positive and negative.


 * Desperate Living (1977)