I remember Hannibal saying Billy isn't a real transexual, but he thinks he is and tries to be. As if there is such a thing as a "real" transexual that isn't a demented freak.
It was all a bunch of hand-wringing meant to show that Buffalo Bill was not meant to be a reflection on the fillmakers' views of the "poor and oppressed" transexual community. It didn't work; they and their enablers hated it back then and they still hate it to this day.
But-but real transexuals aren't violent! The movie said so!
I remember Hannibal saying Billy isn't a real transexual, but he thinks he is and tries to be. As if there is such a thing as a "real" transexual that isn't a demented freak.
It was all a bunch of hand-wringing meant to show that Buffalo Bill was not meant to be a reflection on the fillmakers' views of the "poor and oppressed" transexual community. It didn't work; they and their enablers hated it back then and they still hate it to this day.