(loved trope) Trans characters who do not/cannot pass but everyone still respects their identity

[u/altrightobserver]

• Lev from The Last of Us Part II: Lev is a trans boy who cannot medically transition due to being in a zombie apocalypse with a fascist government, yet the main cast in the story supports and affirms him as male.
• Denise Bryson from Twin Peaks: A trans woman DEA and FBI agent. She does not pass in the series, which is an integral part of her character; her boss simply tells people who don't like it to "fix their hearts or die."
• Cordelia from Vinland Saga: As a trans woman living in Northern Europe during the Viking age, it is impossible for Cordelia, who has a hulking, muscular figure, to transition to female. But despite not looking the part physically, everyone is cool with it and refers to her as female.
• Ladiva from Granblue Fantasy: A pro wrestler who makes no attempts to pass (save for hair) and is still beloved by the cast as a maternal figure, serving as a stark contrast to her species' women who are petite.

Edit: typos and incorrect lore fixes

[u/PerceptionStock7437]

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Walton Goggins in SoA. Been a while since I saw it, so there’s still probably trans jokes, but I remember her being portrayed as competent and the main character Jax showing respect.

[u/Impossible_Eggies → u/PerceptionStock7437]

My wife watched this one recently. She starts off as a joke character, but as the series progresses, she gets extremely fleshed out, including the fact that she's seen as a joke and how damaging that was for her, and how she just had to learn to live with it, and has always lived with it.

[u/AceInTheHole3273 → u/Impossible_Eggies]

Holy shit. And this is Sons of Anarchy? I never realized the show got this woke. How did my parents watch this?

[u/BadBalloons → u/AceInTheHole3273]

It's largely not "woke", as you're using the term. It's still full of regressive machismo, violence, sexism, etc. Venus won the men over by being insanely charming, likeable, and smart. Kind of the exception to the rule, none of the other women got the same treatment. Jax respected her but a lot of the other men didn't, at least behind her back. Also Tig had a thing for her and got teased about it a lot iirc.

Edit: also she rolled with a lot of the trans jokes and gently put the guys in their place enough that the jokes stopped.

[u/jp_1896 → u/BadBalloons]

IIRC, it was Walton Goggins that pushed for the character to be taken seriously. He’s such an class act

[u/Dudewhocares3 → u/jp_1896]

I love him as Cecil in invincible.

And just in general he seems pretty awesome

[u/HilariousMax → u/BadBalloons]

omg Tig was down BAD

[u/Utah-Briggs → u/HilariousMax]

You dem tiddies? You wouldn’t? Tig and Venus were the best

[u/Zykium → u/BadBalloons]

Jax respected her but a lot of the other men didn't

I've watched the show numerous times and I can't recall any of the Sons being disrespectful to Venus beyond her first appearance and even then it was more playful banter.

Any joke they make are directed and Tig and more jabs at his insecurity.

They even backed up Tig shooting one of the Aryans for being disrespectful.

I think the only side character people love more than Venus is Chucky.