Having somewhat recently accepted the fact that I’m transgender (after struggling with it for pretty much my entire life), gender is (obviously) something that’s been on my mind a lot. This coupled with my love for horror cinema has lead a certain question to persistently nag at me-
“Is The Silence of the Lambs transphobic?”
Now, before I get into my thoughts on the answer to this question, I would like to make it clear that I am 100% a…