“As an adopted nonconforming child, who was same-sex attracted, Sheng didn’t see butch lesbians reflected anywhere… not even on The L Word, a show about lesbians.
Instead, Sheng found Max.
The L Word reboot cast-member was 13 at the time…”
“That confusion impacts children…who are statistically more likely to grow up to be [LGB] adults….telling a child that he or she was born in the wrong body pathologizes ‘gender non-conforming’ behavior…”