Nope, Transgender Folk Are Not Serial Killers (And Those Serial Killers Weren’t Trans)

The Ugly Portrayal of Transgender Folks in the Media

Buffalo Bill — The Archetypical Negative Stereotype

Perhaps the most horrible stereotype about transgender people to ever appear on the silver screen, Buffalo Bill was the crazed serial killer in the movie Silence of the Lambs. He embodied (or created!) a lot of the fears people have about trans folk — that we’re mentally unhinged, that we…