Will Hansen answers “Is this book transphobic?”

A Goodreads user asked this question about Frankissstein: A Love Story:

Is this book transphobic?

Will Hansen Absolutely. Leigh's comments hit the nail on the head exactly. I am so tired of cis writers using trans characters to make their work feel cutting edg…moreAbsolutely. Leigh's comments hit the nail on the head exactly. I am so tired of cis writers using trans characters to make their work feel cutting edge or modern, and hoping to get away with it by writing shit like 'but this is just ONE experience not all trans experience :)'. Yes, all trans people experience gender differently, and yes, there are lots of people who I'm sure feel similarly about their gender as Ry does. But Ry's gender is never honoured - Ry is continually misgendered, assaulted, made to feel freakish, and is never given any autonomy whatsoever by Winterson. As a trans person, it made me feel beyond uncomfortable, angry and actually kinda sick - something I don't say lightly. It is clear that she knows very little about trans people beyond what she reads in tabloids, and sees being trans as some new freaky human progress. (less)

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