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    TURNING TRAUMA INTO SONG

    Oct 06, 2020 2 minutes
    —DANIEL REYNOLDS

    hen Transparent debuted in 2014, there were no television shows that centered on the trans experience. Even in 2020, there’s only one currently airing, FX’s Pose. At the time, Amazon’s marketing department did not want to advertise a depiction of Maura, the out transgender woman originated by Jeffrey Tambor. Instead, it wanted to depict her closeted persona, Mort.

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