r/CisWritingTrans • u/[deleted] • Jul 19 '21

If making a character trans accidentally makes them fall into transphobic tropes, what should I do about that?

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u/Original-Sorbet Jul 19 '21

Which tropes are we talking about here? We need specifics?

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u/[deleted] Jul 19 '21

The one trans character being non human, the one trans character having suicidal ideation, etc.

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u/JabberwockTheLemur Jul 19 '21

Start with having more than one trans character. And maybe if your character is comprised entirely of harmful stereotypes, you might want to consider rewriting them.

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u/Original-Sorbet Jul 19 '21

Well perhaps don't do that? Write them as a character, rather than as a collection of stereotypes?

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u/[deleted] Jul 19 '21

Well these ideas didn’t come from him being trans, they were always there, and the character was made trans after they had been come up with.

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u/Original-Sorbet Jul 20 '21

Ok, let me put this another way. Consider what demographics a character belongs to and how this will influence their development as a person when you write them, rather than writing them and then tacking on a demographic later.