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Trans girl in Heartstopper

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HelenaRavenclaw · 12/05/2022 05:33

Loving Heartstopper on Netflix, but the only thing that bothers me, as a gender-critical woman (adult human female), is the fact that the trans girl (male) Elle was allowed to switch from an all-boys school to an all-girls school. If I were a parent at an all-girls school, I would not be happy with this! Are most "girls" schools in these days really mixed sex? I remember hearing something about GDST having some common sense, but I don't know about others.

The person who plays the role of Elle is also a (male) trans girl herself called Yasmin Finney. A look through her social media reveals loads of photos of her in a bra (with a very masculine body structure) and other revealing clothing, or bare chested with the nipples covered by hair, as though they are showing off her "femininity". Instinctively, these photos made me uncomfortable. Not sure if a female actress would pose in such ways on a regular basis. Can't put my finger on it, but these photos make me think of the sexualisation of women's (female) bodies even more and it just doesn't sit right.

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KittyWithoutAName · 12/05/2022 05:42

Their social media is no worse sexualised than any of the social media influencers I have come across on Insta and Twitter. I've seen far, far worse, this doesn't even seem that sexualised to me. You can feel uncomfortable but I do feel that there are famous female people who would pose in these ways. Even non-famous! Got a fair few friends who post pictures like this.

LollyLol · 12/05/2022 05:40

The two girls schools local to me absolutely do NOT accept male-bodied pupils until 6th form when one of the schools is mixed (although very few males join, a trans girl could of course join at that point in time). The head teachers are very clear that it is a girls school for females bodied pupils, in years 7 to 11.

I agree that presenting this as normal is not a depiction of what is happening in society.

If people wish to post weird attempts at sexy photos of themselves online in their social media feeds however, I do kind of think that's their business. Although I reserve the right to judge them for it.