In other words, the character of Jules is not defined by her trans identity, but rather as a teenager who also happens to be trans. She does not deny that she is trans nor render her problems invisible, but she is also a girl with a life beyond. The series normalizes and makes the trans character normal-everyday, it depicts Jules as a multidimensional teenager-, Ventura continues. the character exists in spaces that are not violent, controversial or negative, but has a presence in spaces of comfort and freedom.a representation of the trans character as a subject of value and love, a far cry from her reification as an object of fetishistic desire.a narrative that goes beyond the -trans phenomenon-, it is not limited to solely presenting her -coming out- or her -transition-, but also explores other facets of her reality, presenting complex and multidimensional stories.The results, published in the journal Social Inclusion, show that the series Euphoria represents trans characters in a way that is far from traditional. The series normalizes and makes the trans character normal-everyday, it depicts Jules as a multidimensional teenager-įor this, the researchers made several viewings of the series in which they analysed aspects such as the context, aesthetics, narrative, content and its meaning. The interesting thing about Jules is that she is a character that can serve as a role model and an aspiration not only for the trans audience but also for cisgender people. We wanted to analyse Jules to explore the representation of trans characters in fiction-, states Raphael Ventura, a researcher and member of the Critical Communication (CritiCC) research group. Jules is played by trans actress and model Hunter Schafer. The main characters of Euphoria are, among others, Rue Bennett, a teenager with drug addiction problems played by Zendaya Fezco, a drug dealer Nate, an athlete with anger issues and Kat, a young woman who campaigns for body positivity.īut researchers from the UPF Faculty of Communication, Rafael Ventura and Eduard Balleste, together with Maria José Massanet, a researcher at the Faculty of Information and Audiovisual Media at the University of Barcelona (UB), have focused on studying how the character of Jules Vaughn, a trans teenager who has a very intense relationship with the main character, Rue, is represented. The American version is a loose adaptation of the Israeli original with the same name (set in the 1990s), but with which it shares the description of the troubled life of a group of teenagers. The series Euphoria, by the American chain HBO, recounts the daily life of a group of high school students, and portrays, quite realistically, the vicissitudes of the students in matters of love, friendship, drugs, social networks, sex, etc. It has gone from complete invisibility (where there was no representation of these groups, or they were intentionally censored or omitted), to an imperfect representation (where only negative, simplistic or ridiculing stereotypes or representations were shown), until today, when finally it is possible to see narratives with fairer representations that treat LGBTQ+ people more multidimensionally. The narrative of film and television series has represented LGBTQ+ people (lesbians, gays, bisexuals, trans) in various ways. The results show that the series presents trans characters very differently from the traditional manner, with a human approach that moves away from the fetishistic gaze. Researchers from UPF and the UB analysed the representation of LGBTQ+ characters in the television series Euphoria.
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