I saw the episode of Law and Order SVU that Katherine Moennig was on. She looked cute (as usual), but she certainly wasn't acting all suave like Shane. She plays an MTF. It was my second time seeing it. It is, as one would expect with this genre of television, a very sad episode.
Things do not end well for her character: she gets convicted for murder (when she was really defending herself against a guy who was about to attack her after discovering she's trans). Then the state refused to recognize her as a female, so she's sent to a men's prison where she's attacked. UGH!
It was interesting, however, to see her play a female who is attracted to males. Her character had a boyfriend, and you see them kissing. It wasn't too weird, but it was still odd. She did a bit of her leaning, which was nice. And her boyfriend (who didn't initially know she was an MTF) wasn't exactly the most masculine of men; his voice was kind of high and scratchy.
I kind of had to chuckle when her boyfriend was all shocked when he found out she was trans though; he was like, "But I've seen her breasts!" Umm...she isn't exactly stacked buddy!
Questions:
-How accurate is all this from a legal perspective?
-Was the casting of her not-so-manly boyfriend intentional?
-How often do pre-op trans people try to fool their partners?
-How often are they able to make their relationships work when they reveal the truth?
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