Glee introduces transgendered female character: Unique

[innocentbychoice]

As the title says, Glee introduced this past Tuesday a new character, a transgendered girl called Unique. Now Unique still lives as a boy (Wade) but she finally got the guts to put on a dress and a pair of heels for the first time, here's her performance:

http://youtu.be/xRFLOGOvSWg

Thoughts?

[SunshyneMonroe]

not a transgendered a drag queen but he can sing VERY well..

[innocentbychoice]

No Sunshyne, the character IS transgendered (the actor is a gay man). But she's still in high school, so she lives as a boy. But she explained in another scene that she felt like a woman inside and that's why she wanted to perform as a woman on stage, that's who she truly was.

[SunshyneMonroe]

ok sorry I tho u meant the actor

[TSMichelleAustin]

Yea the kid is from the show Glee Project!

[Willie Escalade]

That's pretty damn good...!

[Lexilittle]

I think it is nice to get the message out to people. Entertainment is a great way to educate!

[giovanni_hotel]

If she was transgendered they should have NOT made the character a CD initially. Let the character go through HRT at least.
The Glee producers are almost ALL gay men, so IMO this character is a DQ more than transgendered.

It's great for the topic to get more publicity on mainstream TV, but most Ts that I know of started living fulltime early on.
It's television, so what's the harm in having that character be T 24/7??

IMO this is a gay man's interpretation of a transgendered.

[BellaBellucci]

Glee is hard to watch begin with, but this? Such a stereotype and another lame, cliched jump the shark moment at our expense. Awesome.

~BB~

[MrsKellyPierce]

Rofl I thought that was the Blackgirl on Glee till I saw her off stage lol

I think the character looks more transgender than drag queen..

And most girls in high school when they transition don't have hormones etc..

I know I didn't when I was in high school..I went through two years of counseling since I was so young...

I didn't start hormones till 18 cause my mom was scared what it would to do to me so young..

I did used to take estroven from the pharmacy and my sisters birth control pills..

I think it's sad so many girls are getting up in arms..

We all started off like this..dressing...then hormones...then sometimes surgeries

[MrsKellyPierce]

P.S. I didn't see anyone getting up in arms over William Belli portray a transgender woman quite a few times..Cherry on Nip/Tuck and other places..when he is a drag queen

[BellaBellucci]

P.S. I didn't see anyone getting up in arms over William Belli portray a transgender woman quite a few times..Cherry on Nip/Tuck and other places..when he is a drag queen

That character and the situations into which she got were accurate and sympathetic, which was a breath of fresh air after Famke Jannsen played a TS in an earlier season in wholly unbelievable scenario. She wasn't a flamboyant, dramatic gayboy on a campy (read: gay) show like Glee.

Just sayin'.

~BB~

[MrsKellyPierce]

That character and the situations into which she got were accurate and sympathetic, which was a breath of fresh air after Famke Jannsen played a TS in an earlier season in wholly unbelievable scenario. She wasn't a flamboyant, dramatic gayboy on a campy (read: gay) show like Glee.

Just sayin'.

~BB~According to Tracy and many others the actor is actually Transgender if you watched the Glee Project..she is just now coming to terms with it..and that's why they did the episode

[BellaBellucci]

According to Tracy and many others the actor is actually Transgender if you watched the Glee Project..she is just now coming to terms with it..and that's why they did the episode

That may be so, but the portrayal of gay drama geek turned femme is still cliched IMO. I'd like to see more varied types of transwomen on TV.

~BB~

[dante]

fucking faggots

[alpha2117]

I cant believe people in here of all places are being critical .... a positive portrayal of someone who says they are transgender is presented on Network TV and people are complaining because she's a boy ... What the????

Every tg girl started life as a boy and they choose the time to start transitioning depending on a lot of factors. Frankly showing a boy in High School who comes out and says that he feels like a woman inside is probably one of the high watermarks for the presentation of transgender people.

Sure it's Glee so it's camp ... Glee is camp personified. That's probably why it's a show that can get away with presenting the story and not make it something tragic (in a cop show he's be murdered in the first part of the show). If they work the Unique storyline right you might actually influence a whole generation of kids to not see Transgender people as creepy freaks (although kids who watch Glee are probably fine with gay people anyway).

Look back in history and up until 10 years ago or so tg's were usually used as a joke, a victim or in things like Sleepaway Camp insane freaks. Yasmin Lee looked fantastic is Hangover 2 but it was still as part of a joke. I'll take this Glee role over the portrayal historically presented every day of the week.

[Richctdude]

thumbs up to glee

[onmyknees]

well I saw that clip.....I actually don't watch the show, but I'll reserve judgement until the ultimate arbiter of these black TS/CD issues weighs in. Paging Freddie

[YasminLee]

i loved the episode. they were letting them have it. he's such and amazing talent with that perfect in between diva voice...I was tuned to the show have these new character compete to be on glee. though he didn't win in the show, i'm glad the producer decided to put him in some episodes anyways... and this week..whitney...

[MdR Dave]

"Unique"? LMAO!

[APD2]

"Unique"? LMAO!
:rolleyes:



OK.No desire or plans to watch the show.But this is him or her. :)





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[amberskyi]

If she was transgendered they should have NOT made the character a CD initially. Let the character go through HRT at least.
The Glee producers are almost ALL gay men, so IMO this character is a DQ more than transgendered.

It's great for the topic to get more publicity on mainstream TV, but most Ts that I know of started living fulltime early on.
It's television, so what's the harm in having that character be T 24/7??

IMO this is a gay man's interpretation of a transgendered.

coming to terms with being transgendered and starting transition is a bit of a legthy process.
my whole life i was very feminine and confused as to why god didnt make me a girl.i started dressing up at 16.i wasnt on hormones (had no clue about them) but i would spend months at a time dressed as a girl and then eventually go back to guy mode.this was a very confusing time for me because i didnt really have any exposure to gay or trans people.i had no idea what was going on with me.i knew i was attracted to men but i also knew that most gay men didnt have a desire to be a girl like i did.i continued to live this way (half the year as a girl and the other half as a boy) until around 18/19 when male puberty really started to hit and i knew that i couldnt get away with dressing as a girl anymore.
it wasnt until i moved to new york that i met my first trans girl and finally had a name for what was going on in me.i was like...huh theres a word for how i feel and you mean i can actually do something about it?!?! i was ecstatic :). started taking hormones and havent looked back since....
the point is,its a process.no of us just popped up with tits, looking lovely.for most of us its a long,confusing and often painful road that started as soon as we became aware of gender as children.

[innocentbychoice]

I cant believe people in here of all places are being critical .... a positive portrayal of someone who says they are transgender is presented on Network TV and people are complaining because she's a boy ... What the????

Every tg girl started life as a boy and they choose the time to start transitioning depending on a lot of factors. Frankly showing a boy in High School who comes out and says that he feels like a woman inside is probably one of the high watermarks for the presentation of transgender people.


Exactly. Some girls here love to complain about EVERYTHING.

[innocentbychoice]

coming to terms with being transgendered and starting transition is a bit of a legthy process.
my whole life i was very feminine and confused as to why god didnt make me a girl.i started dressing up at 16.i wasnt on hormones (had no clue about them) but i would spend months at a time dressed as a girl and then eventually go back to guy mode.this was a very confusing time for me because i didnt really have any exposure to gay or trans people.i had no idea what was going on with me.i knew i was attracted to men but i also knew that most gay men didnt have a desire to be a girl like i did.i continued to live this way (half the year as a girl and the other half as a boy) until around 18/19 when male puberty really started to hit and i knew that i couldnt get away with dressing as a girl anymore.
it wasnt until i moved to new york that i met my first trans girl and finally had a name for what was going on in me.i was like...huh theres a word for how i feel and you mean i can actually do something about it?!?! i was ecstatic :). started taking hormones and havent looked back since....
the point is,its a process.no of us just popped up with tits, looking lovely.for most of us its a long,confusing and often painful road that started as soon as we became aware of gender as children.

Well said Amber.

[Wendy Summers]

That may be so, but the portrayal of gay drama geek turned femme is still cliched IMO. I'd like to see more varied types of transwomen on TV.

~BB~

You say it's cliched, but hey - everyone thought I was gay when I worked in theatre. :geek:

[alyssaluxor]

when i watched this episode I taught she(unique) is a cisgender girl I didnt know shes a transgender girl. shes passable for me