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[edit] Alexis is a girl

Alexis is a girl!! It just seen it! 75.153.204.116 04:56, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

Im confused, it this woman pretending to be related to Daniel? Please explain!
Apparently, Daniel's brother Alex (who everyone assumed had died during a skiing accident) had faked his death and got a sex-change. Hence why Wilhelmina refers to her as Alex and she corrects her, saying "It's Alexis now." --DrBat 02:23, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Gender identity

Can we please pick a label and stick with it? This gets changed on a fairly regular basis. I'm not married to any one alternative but I would like for there to be one label selected and stuck with. Currently it's listed as Transwoman and I'm fine with that. Can we agree on Transwoman? Otto4711 03:46, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

Alexis' gender is clearly female -- there's no such gender as "transwoman". If she's had SRS (as the article suggests), her sex would be female. The article clearly establishes that she's transsexual. That should be enough.
Alexis is clearly now a female, not a "transwoman" 78.144.231.69 04:11, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Sexuality

Can someone make a note of Alexis' sexuality. In "Petra-Gate" and "Secretaries' Day" she is sleeping with a man (Rodrigo) but in "A Tree Grows in Guadalajara" it says she used to date Jordan (when she was a man). So is she bi-sexual?--82.39.105.140 08:17, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

Transgender people often enter into romantic relationships with people of the other physical sex before transitioning. The series has not specified on-screen that Alexis identifies as bisexual so we shouldn't identify her as such at this point. Otto4711 15:47, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Alexmeade.PNG

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BetacommandBot 14:27, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Alex?

Who is the actor who plays Alex Meade in the photos and flashbacks? Was he ever credited?--Irishboi 18:35, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Tranesiac

On the 28 November 2007 Jimmy Kimmel Live Rebecca referred to her character as a "tranesiac", (trans combined with amnesiac). They cited another actress who is also playing a tranesiac is prime time television (in the US) but I didn't note who it was. If someone wants please add it to te article. Benjiboi 17:04, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

Update. It's Christina Applegate. Benjiboi 01:25, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] portrayal

I have heard that there was some disapproval (I only assume by transgender and transsexual individuals) of this role's portrayal of a male to female transsexual, I'd be interested to know what the issues are (I have not seen the show, perhaps she is clearly depicted negatively). I'd also be interested in knowing if there was support of her depiction. -- 76.195.77.208 20:06, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

I believe most in the LGBT communities saw this as a generally positive thing, often such roles are criticized for not using actual LGBT actors much in the same way actors were criticized for portraying people of other races, cultures thereby "taking away" a job from someone who is by nature a minority and more likely to be able to genuinely relate to the issues and address problematic content from an insider's perspective. Benjiboi 01:24, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] transwoman

"A transwoman...is transgender person who was naturally born or physically assigned as male at birth but feels that this is not an accurate or complete description of themselves and identifies as a woman." -- Wikipedia: Transwoman. Note that this does not state that the person in undergoing transition, so it is a valid term. It may now be the best term, however, because it is very inclusive, even includes people who are born physically male, feel female, but never undergo reassignment. As for "female" being clear enough according to the article: that's not unnecessarily the case. Many people get confused by transsexualism, or at least do not know the correct words to use. They may think of someone born female as always female; on the other hand, some people think of gender entirely as the gender people mentally associate with. The only clear way is to say something like "male to female", and link to another page for further explanation. -- 76.195.77.208 20:06, 1 December 2007 (UTC)