Transgender stories are everywhere ; from news broadcasts, reality television, to Oscar-nominated films about trans people, the media cannot get enough. The trans community has never been under such a glaring spotlight. The attention comes at great risk; but, with the irresistible promise of a better tomorrow.

From this chaos has arisen a disturbing trend. With few exceptions, the transgender people being featured and profiled happen to be, what we reluctantly call, passable ; a term bestowed upon trans people who pass as cisgender. With the medias penchant for casting attractive folks aside, the primary factor at play here is whether or not a person is readily identifiable as transgender.