Representation as a mirror

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ability to see yourself

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represented means a lot and people need

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to see themselves as a mirror

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in the work that they consume

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when people see us dress as kings

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a lot of times they're like oh they're

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hollow it's materialism but

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you know people don't see the work that

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goes into it the idea of us being

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materialistic as a culture is just

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insufficient

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most people report that they do not know

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a trans person or they're not aware they

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know a trans person so

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most of their information about who

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trans people are comes from what they

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watch from television

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and on film and if those representations

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are showing us as

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victims as devious people cisgender

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people playing dress-up

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then they're going to get

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misinterpretations of who we actually

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are

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when you have real trans people playing

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real fully fleshed out

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characters it shows the humanity of who

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we truly are

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i think for me that's my goal in terms

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of how to look

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ahead at the types of stories that we're

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telling

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and i think giving other people the

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opportunity to

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share their world view and their

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perspective is going to be so important

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in leveling that

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i think what's really exciting about

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making work for