That makes some sense in the beginning stages of transition. It’s harder to say that this casting would be appropriate after someone has been on estrogen for two years, has electrolysis etc.
That early transitioning is a very short time of our lives. But it seems to be the only thing focused on - it’s as if every story with a gay person in it was about coming out or every story with a cis person was about their first sexual experience. It really limits our view to the public and ourselves to what for us ends up being a small fraction of our lives.
That this is the only way artists who aren’t trans can seem to perceive us is a very real distortion and a very real failure of imagination coming from ignorance. That ignorance leads many to fill in the blanks with stereotype and projection. Or using us to make some statement about others.
It doesn’t do us any favors. And of course if Tambor could play this period with make up and prosthesis - a cis woman or trans woman could just as well with breast binding and faux beard stubble.
