Talk:Epic Rap Battles of History 57/@comment-5356835-20150725005334/@comment-68.58.69.227-20150725030749

Eh. She's the first high-profile figure to transition in decades (if we exclude Chelsea Manning who was more infamous than anything). She also happened to come out at what was already going to be a major time for transgender rights. And, from what I understand, she's handling her role admirably enough. Is she a great activist? Not really. Is it a bit overplayed? Perhaps. It's not necessarily great that the first major trans coming out was from a reality star since it brings up uncomfortable parallels to the days of Jerry Springer in the community, but it happened. She's got flaws as a person and an actvist that have nothing to do with her gender, but she did have the courage to do what (statistically speaking) many other high profile people haven't been able to do and what most trans* people as a whole can't bring themselves to do... like I'm actually trans and I don't think other people realize how enormously difficult it can be on a personal level to do just what she did.

Her coming out isn't necessarily transformative or world-changing, but it was probably a necessary public step and if it gets people to pay attention to what might be the ugliest stain on modern America's civil rights record, sure. Why not. Let it happen.