Ask Matt: Writing a Trans Character in Fiction

[Natasha]

Ask Matt: Writing a Trans Character in Fiction

http://tranifesto.com/2012/05/03/ask-matt-writing-a-trans-character-in-fiction/
5/3/12
Matt Kailey

A reader writes: "I'm an author who wishes to include a trans person in her fictional writings. I fear I know little to nothing about trans people as a whole, however.

"And while I believe trans people should be treated as people, I also don't want to write a woman as cis and then claim later that she was actually trans.  I'd like to portray this character and what she might be going through in a way that doesn't insult or demean her as a trans woman.