as a trans girl myself, i LOVED seeing stories about underdog girlies succeeding in life. wether its getting the guy, becoming a popstar, winning a contest, getting/finding out that they have super powers or even just standing up for themselves. however it always bothered me how alot of them tended to be so cishet centric, internally misogynistic and even sometimes problematic. im glad awareness around their problematic y/n stories are more popular, but im also glad that theres a smaller discussion about how society tends to dunk on girls interests and stuff targeted towards them. another thing that bothers me is the lack of good and interesting trans representation in stories and media. and dumb and selfish as this sounds, i feel sad that i never got to see myself in any of the protagonists from the fanfics, books and shojo mangas i found interest in. i wanna see stories about trans girls living the lives we saw in stories like dork diaries, maid sama, ouran highschool host club, sailor moon, w.i.t.c.h and even the rainbow magic series. i wanna see the exitement on a dolls face when she finds out she too can be a sailor guardian, i wanna see cis guy 4 trans girl relationships that look like the relationship between brandon roberts and nikki maxwell, i wanna see a story about a transfem fairy, a doll who goes to a prestegious private academy for princes and princesses and than meets a takumi usui type guy who becomes her boyfriend, a scene where the cis guy love interest stands up to his transphobic upper class parents and tells them that his love for the trans girl MC means everything to him, a diary style story that tepicts the ups and downs of being a trans girl, etc etc. i genuinely believe that stories like these are super important ESPECIALLY NOW. now more than ever, young trans girls need stories that they not only can relate too, but also ones that make them feel seen, loved, appreciated, relatable, worth protecting and supporting. and before you come at me with the "well why dont you write those stories than???", i am doing just that. but it should not be up to the person addressing the need for representation to fulfill it. i just wish there were more stories of girls like me that other girls like me can look up to. thank you for taking the time to read this! points, comments and criticisms are always welcome.
we need more lovable trans girl protagonists!
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celeste is trans
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whos celeste?
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celeste from celeste
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oh yeah, i was kinda talking about books n stuff in here but thanks.
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