Was The World Ready For The First Trans Supervillain?

How Mr. Robot pressed up against the limits of representation.

Photo by Fatima Akram on Unsplash

Trans representation is so sparse in media that, for some, you can squint and pretend like it doesn’t exist at all. There have been a few noteworthy standouts in recent years (e.g., Pose, Orange Is The New Black, Grey’s Anatomy, arguably Steven Universe, etc.). Yet for most of cinematic history, the few visible…