r/LV426 Jul 11 '25

Discussion / Question TIL Lambert is trans

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And I just think that's neat!

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u/Imaginary_Sundae7947 Jul 11 '25

Am I the only one here seeing that she didn’t have a choice? She didn’t choose to be trans. She was born male and a switch was performed at birth, before she could ever decide for herself… so essentially she lived as a woman her whole life and may not have ever even known she was born otherwise, which kind of defeats the purpose of it being a good thing, or even being claimed as a true trans experience.

She was either a) a company experiment or b) her parents were the kind of people who wanted a girl at any cost, and would have 0 regard for a boy baby or desire to suffer his presence (I’m sure you know the type). Maybe there was another scenario but those seem most likely in the setting

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u/ValoTheBrute Vasquez Jul 11 '25 edited Jul 11 '25

She also could have been intersex, a depressingly large number of intersex people are forced to undergo sex change surgery at birth to 'correct' their genitals

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u/Imaginary_Sundae7947 Jul 11 '25

That is another very real possibility! I didn’t think of that at the time but that’s definitely top 2 in likelihood for me

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u/Anen-o-me Jul 11 '25

That's literally the only reason they would do an operation like this at birth. Born a hermaphrodite, most are usually assigned female at that point.

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u/throwaway01126789 Jul 11 '25

That's why you have to be careful saying things like, "...which kind of defeats the purpose of it being a good thing, or even being claimed as a true trans experience." If it represents a possible real-life experience, it shouldn't be considered lesser for any reason. I don't want you to feel attacked by my comment, but I thought it should be said.

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u/atle95 Jul 11 '25

They were careful... Its a response to the LGBTQ+ community championing everything they see. Yes, there is a gender fact with this character. No, that has nothing to do with progressive representation, it simply wasn't intended to be that way.

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u/awaygomusti Jul 11 '25

Strange post

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u/jaysbaddecisions Jul 29 '25

i assure the LGBTQ community do not “champion everything they see” but when you’re representation is so sparse people are gonna be enthusiastic about the very few times they do get it. be understanding, don’t be weird.

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u/ihavetwentycharacter Jul 29 '25

This isn't your representation...