Sadly, that’s not enough, just as Jaws did damage to shark conservation and The Silence of the Lambs did damage to Trans acceptance, even though it’s super clear Buffalo Bill is not conventionally trans but his own special kind of crazy.

Then again, our love for police procedurals and serial killer mysteries does damage to mental health awareness and police brutality awareness. Also judicial overreach. (Lots of false convictions.)

He’s messed up. And that’s all he is and all he’s supposed to be. At least that’s my take-away from the show.

This in and of itself is part of the problem: It’s a common terf talking point. Trans people don’t exist they just have a mental health problem.