pronouns when emoting for character who are trans?

[RedQueen.exe]

1. It is unreasonable to think cantrarians have some sort of magic radar to know what is under someone's clothes.

Why not?They seem to have a magic radar that tells them what decade age you are and if you're older than that other guy who's in the same age decade.

Hmm. Good point. I suppose I don't have an argument against that.

This thread is inspiring me to have the character that I was thinking of making trans finally go trans. It's going to be... fabulous!

Please, please, please don't make a stereotypical one, promise? If all I keep seeing are super-feminine trans women, and ultra-masculine trans men, I might... well, complain some more I guess. Real, live trans people are more diverse than that.

I hope I'm not being obnoxious, but the reinforcement of those stereotypes can cause some trans people to struggle longer/more before realizing that they are trans if they don't fit the restrictive model of "what being trans looks like" that they've been exposed to. So off my soapbox for now, yes this is just a game, but having a more diverse representation of trans individuals makes for a better cantr, too.

[Money]

This thread is inspiring me to have the character that I was thinking of making trans finally go trans. It's going to be... fabulous!

Please, please, please don't make a stereotypical one, promise? If all I keep seeing are super-feminine trans women, and ultra-masculine trans men, I might... well, complain some more I guess. Real, live trans people are more diverse than that.

I hope I'm not being obnoxious, but the reinforcement of those stereotypes can cause some trans people to struggle longer/more before realizing that they are trans if they don't fit the restrictive model of "what being trans looks like" that they've been exposed to. So off my soapbox for now, yes this is just a game, but having a more diverse representation of trans individuals makes for a better cantr, too.

Sadly I don't think your gonna make a lot of headway on this one. Cantr is sadly full of stereotypes and the player base isn't really large enough to properly represent RL demographics even for common things like cis-males (all the paternal cis-male characters make me want to scream, being effeminate just isn't common apparently).

[Auryn]

I hope I'm not being obnoxious, but the reinforcement of those stereotypes can cause some trans people to struggle longer/more before realizing that they are trans if they don't fit the restrictive model of "what being trans looks like" that they've been exposed to. So off my soapbox for now, yes this is just a game, but having a more diverse representation of trans individuals makes for a better cantr, too.

This. A thousand times. Please, don't use phrases like "I'm a woman stuck in a man's body" or imply that it's some sort of choice. There's a million misconceptions about the trans* community that it's easy to make one if you don't know. Hell, I've seen plenty of trans* identifying people make certain mistakes.

I highly suggest doing some research and/or asking questions to someone who knows trans* individuals in person. Basically, the only ways the media portrays them is through sterotypes or being the butt of very insensitive jokes, so unless you make some sort of attempt to understand exactly what the emotional process is like, it's very easy to improperly portray it without meaning to.

I'm no expert, but I've done a lot of research and know many people, MtF, FtM, and a few others. Anyone can send me a PM with any questions, and I'll do my best to answer them.