Beyond the “Trans Fact”?: trans representation in the teen series Euphoria: complexity, recognition, and comfort

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• dc.contributor.author Masanet, Maria-Jose
• dc.contributor.author Ventura, Rafael
• dc.contributor.author Ballesté, Eduard, 1988-
• dc.date.accessioned 2022-03-01T07:07:05Z
• dc.date.available 2022-03-01T07:07:05Z
• dc.date.issued 2022
• dc.description.abstract Recent anti‐LGBTQ+ discourse has increased the threat of violence against people who do not follow the cisheteronormative mandates. To face these dialectics, the media can offer alternative discourses, in particular by providing realistic and non‐stereotyped LGBTQ+ representations. Media portrayals can be seen as both positive and negative. On one hand, they may offer stereotypical and narrow representations, but on the other, they can include representations that can become aspirational models and improve visibility. The objective of this article is to explore this second perspective by analyzing the representation of Jules, a trans female character from the American series Euphoria (Levinson et al., 2019–present). To this end, we conducted a close reading analysis (Castelló, 2008) of the first season of the series. The results show three axes of representation that move away from the traditional portrayal of trans characters: (a) a narrative that moves beyond the “trans fact” and presents complex and plural stories, (b) a representation of the trans individual as an element of value and love, away from fetishism, and (c) a link between the trans realm and specific spaces of comfort and freedom.
• dc.description.sponsorship This study is part of the projects Transmedia Gender & LGBTI+ Literacy (PID2020‐115579RA‐I00/AEI/10.13039/ 501100011033) and Representación LGBTIQ+ en la Ficción Seriada Española y Eficacia en la Reducción de Prejuicios por Orientación Sexual e Identidad de Género (PID2019‐110351RB‐I00/AEI/10.13039/501100011033), both funded by the Ministry of Science & Innovation of Spain.
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• dc.identifier.citation Masanet MJ, Ventura R, Ballesté E. Beyond the “Trans Fact”?: trans representation in the teen series Euphoria: complexity, recognition, and comfort. Soc Incl. 2022;10(2): 13 p. DOI: 10.17645/si.v10i2.4926
• dc.identifier.issn 2183-2803
• dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/52594
• dc.language.iso eng
• dc.publisher Cogitatio Press
• dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/2PE/PID2020-115579RA-I00
• dc.rights © 2022 by the author(s); licensee Cogitatio (Lisbon, Portugal). This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribu‐ tion 4.0 International License (CC BY).
• dc.rights.accessRights info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
• dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
• dc.subject.keyword Euphoria
• dc.subject.keyword inclusion
• dc.subject.keyword LGBTQ+
• dc.subject.keyword media
• dc.subject.keyword protagonist
• dc.subject.keyword queerness
• dc.subject.keyword teen series
• dc.subject.keyword trans representations
• dc.title Beyond the “Trans Fact”?: trans representation in the teen series Euphoria: complexity, recognition, and comfort
• dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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