It is hypocritical and ideologically inconsistent to criticize a movie for its lack of trans people

"You mention trans actors and actresses, which I find to be irrelevant to the topic. This is not about the representation of trans actors, this is about the representation of trans characters." Okay, I am sorry I misunderstood your argument but now that I do, it"s actually quite a silly, kind of offensive argument. I feel like you are trying to show you are progressive but you don"t seem to realize how rude what you are saying is. The whole "did you just assume his gender" thing is a joke used by cisgender people to make fun of transgender people. And come ON, what"s wrong with wanting representation. When someone is a minority, having representation on TV or in the movies is HUGE. The reason people complained is because the creators of these characters have never come out and said anything about them being LGBTQ. As I have already said, you can"t make an impact if you aren"t open about it. That"s the truth. It doesn"t mean going around and saying "I"M TRANSGENDER! I"M TRANSGENDER!" It means not hiding it. And I totally understand that some people are not in a good position to do this, that"s fine but it doesn"t make an impact for the LGBTQ community. Being a closeted gay actor is not going to do much for the LGBTQ community unless somehow you"re working from the inside but I don"t know how you would do that" Also, I misunderstood your argument. I thought you were talking about transgender actors not representation. I am not saying only transgender actors should play transgender characters though that would probably make for a better movie if someone who actually has experience is playing the character. But, I am not invalidating gay people who play straight characters or vice versa. I don"t care if actors play characters that don"t match their sexual preferences or gender identity as long as no one is using stereotypes or offending anyone. You seem to misunderstand my argument though. When I said open, I never said they have to look like man. Not all transgender people get surgery, you know that right? When I say openly transgender, I mean not hiding it. If you are hiding it, nothing against you but that means you aren"t open about it. And to show that the LGBTQ is just as talented as straight people, we have to know you"re LGBTQ! Listen dude, being open doesn"t mean saying: "Hi I'm Jessica. By the way I have a penis" What the heck is up with that? I NEVER said being open means advertising such information and I don"t see how that is even relevant. I feel like that"s offensive. What the heck. "Does this not invalidate all trans people who do not openly advertise the fact that they are trans?" NO, of course not! Think about it like this. Let"s say I am 16 years old. I want to prove that teenagers are also talented actors. But I can"t do this is if tell everyone I"m 25! It doesn"t mean I"m not a talented actor nor does it mean that I"m a fraud. Maybe I lied about my age to protect myself. All I am saying is that since I am currently hiding my age, I cannot make an impact for my community through acting since no one knows that I am 16 years old in the first place. "Essentially the only way I person can come out as openly trans is to somehow indicate that "I am a woman with a penis". That isn"t true. Many people come out through social media or interviews. What this reveals to me is that you only see transgender people as women with penises. Which is unfortunate because that diminishes what it means to be transgender completely. Here is a hypothetical transgender person who has decided to be openly transgender: Sarah was born a boy but identifies as a woman. She is also an actress. At first, she was afraid that coming out to the world would ruin her career but she realizes that she isn"t afraid of that anymore. She has a large social media following and reveals that she was born a boy. Never once does she ever say "I am a woman with a penis". She doesn"t necessarily look like a man. Maybe she dresses like a woman, maybe she doesn"t but that doesn"t matter. What matters is that she is happy. There is nothing wrong with saying you are transgender. It is not as undignified as you seem to believe.