Enter an unlikely hero: An adult cartoon, which, upon first glance, may seem crude and juvenile, rife with the uncouth and shallow humor of 2004. Obviously, to trans people like myself, the lack of positive representation almost all others enjoy in some degree is frustrating.

Whether it’s abject disgust towards trans people, like the characters of Ace Ventura mass vomiting upon finding out the woman villain is trans, trans characters being played for laughs, like Chandler’s father transitioning to a woman on Friends, or the near-complete absence of trans men, both the big and small screen have largely characterized being trans as an unusual, shocking, negative thing. To put it mildly, transgender representation in film and TV, until very recently, has sucked big time.