• qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    0
    ·
    2 months ago

    Is using an old picture of Elliot Page — and referencing women — considererd poor form? Honest question, I really don’t know the etiquette.

      • qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        0
        ·
        2 months ago

        TV show, not movie, but no, definitely not saying we should ban anything.

        Given that the series handled his transition fairly head on, pretty sure no one wants to destroy the older seasons.

        My only question was that this meme is directly referring to the top character as a woman. Most times I see this meme it doesn’t have any references to gender (“morning shift going to work at 6am / night shift coming home at 6am,” or something like that).

        • Farid@startrek.website
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          0
          ·
          2 months ago

          The photo is of a woman because at the time of taking it the character (and the actor) was a woman. Transition shouldn’t retroactively change reality.

          • 0laura@lemmy.dbzer0.com
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            0
            ·
            edit-2
            2 months ago

            trans people are trans from birth. he was always trans, he just didn’t know it at that point. transitioning does not retroactively change reality, reality was always like that we just didn’t know. I think they handled his transition amazingly in the show, but your take is bad.

            • magic_smoke@links.hackliberty.org
              link
              fedilink
              arrow-up
              0
              arrow-down
              1
              ·
              2 months ago

              I think this depends how you perceive your pre-transition self. That advice is a good default though.

              Personally I find myself switching between both perceptions of my past self, which is even more fucky since I’m closeted.

              Gender is a fuck.