Pose on FX and the recent hit series Veneno on HBO Max — an entire series based on the life of the Spanish trans icon Cristina “La Veneno” Ortiz Rodríguez — there are just as many examples that feature inauthentic, even dangerous depictions of trans people (see the recent documentary Disclosure for more examples).Still, with this new blossoming of trans lives on-screen, the vast majority of those depictions are of trans women.
In 1999, Brandon Teena, a real-life trans man who became the victim of a brutal murder, was portrayed in Boys Don’t Cry by Hilary Swank, who won the Academy Award for Best Actress.