Didn’t expect more comments! Going to reply because I don’t want anybody leaving with that as last words.

Yes I did show it to many other trans people, including others who are in the sex worker world.

I guess I coulda went more in depth and talked exactly about the stereotype but.. more than likely people here are going to tl;dr that in a second. I guess I could have said “portraying us negatively” instead of prostitutes? (but hindsight’s always 20/20 isn’t it…)

To keep it short, negative stereotypes persists whether they are sex-workers or not.

Also, I had to google normative since I never got called that.

I could give a long explanation, but here is something I said on my personal Facebook recently:
“I always thought I wanted to be “normal.” I eventually found out being comfortable being “weird” is way better.”

Seriously, I am not normative. Neither do I strive to be.

In hindsight, after what you said, I could have changed “prostitute” to more “negative stereotype” issues since the stereotypes consistently persists whether they are sex workers or not… but obviously too late now. I’m obviously not good at this advocating stuff. I try though.

I had a looooooong reply but… I started snoring at my own responses and tl;dr’d my own post. Still yet, if you want to talk about it, email me or GChat me? It seems like it’s coming from a more personal perspective so I think that’d probably be better? Would love to go back and forth with ya on Gchat.

No, I don’t want to come on. Thanks for the offer. (Yay for my standard lame response to “Come on!”)

“Live in love for the world needs it.” – Andy South

Secondly, some trans* folks are sex workers. I don’t need to tell you that. Although I am curious did you ask trans* sex workers how they felt about the depiction of blueberry in the film? Or did you just legitimize the normative conception that all sex workers are deficient therefore you don’t want trans* folks associated with them? I think you did. Do you understand how that legitimizes trans* sex workers stigma? The reality is you aren’t interested in trans* sex workers. You just don’t want trans* people depicted as sex workers because you are normative. And because you are normative you don’t give a fuck about trans* sex workers.

The fact that you are normative is further displayed by the photos of “attractive” trans folks at the end of your post. Which by the way cause me great alarm. Can we get some bodily appreciation for non-normative folks? I mean shit you want to have a conversation about stereotypes of trans* folks as sex workers and then on the very same page uphold the standard of beauty which oppresses most trans* folks. Come on!

I think the responsibility differs depending on what you are doing. Obviously, most people who write, direct, or produce should be aware of what stereotypes are controversial. So in other words, I think it’s more important when it is professional responsibilities.

I usually hate processing all that information too since we all just want to live our lives. I find it easiest to process all that information by befriending people with backgrounds or life experiences you don’t know much about.

Also, just a random thing… but your post reminded me of that moment from the film, Up in the Air (2009) where George Clooney’s character says, “I’m like my mother. I stereotype. It’s faster,” when his character was accused of being racist.