Amazon original TV series Transparent, which focuses on the relationship between a trans woman and her adult children as she transitions to female, plans on making some changes in its second season, according to creator Jill Soloway. Among these will be recruiting a transgender writer – especially after the criticism the series has faced for having its trans character played by a man. Via PinkNews:
[Soloway] has announced that she is committed to improving representation in the upcoming second season, and is accepting open applications from aspiring transgender writers who want to join the show.
Soloway and the show’s other writers will give the five best applicants a crash course on writing for TV – with one gaining the opportunity to work full time on the show.
She said: “No matter what we did, we were always going to be otherising Maura in some way.
“And in the same way where I wouldn’t want a man to say, ‘I can have a writers room full of men and we can write women just fine.’ I can’t say that I can create a show about a trans woman and not have a trans woman writing for me.
“We’re actually going to be helping make trans women TV writers by teaching them how to write.
“It’s absolutely necessary, and it’s gonna change the show.â€
