This debate is particularly critical when it comes to the United States Supreme Court, which currently has a6-3 conservative majority On Wednesday, Trump ended his own family separation policy withan executive order So much of what Marsha had to deal with remains a reality for many of us. Marsha’s history has helped me make plain the connections between the historical erasure of trans women of color from the LGBT movement, and contemporary forms of anti-black transphobic violence happening today. Her image and ideas were extracted throughout her life, while she experienced so much violence – from the police, the outside world, and often from lesbian and gay activists and artists. It is this kind of violent extraction — of black life, trans life, queer life, disabled life, poor life — that leads so many of us to hold our ideas close to our chests; to never let the world see how brightly we shine. Until all of our ideas and lives are celebrated and given the resources we need and deserve, so much of our brilliance will remain hidden out of fear of our lives and labor being violated and appropriated. I truly believe this moment invites all of us not just to think about what we want to see represented on screen, but also how we want those images to be made and stories documented in the first place.Related:What the Stonewall Riots Were Like It's interesting that you picked up on that. I had sort of forgotten that. But you're right, there is a complete element of manipulation. Hope totally is playing on that thing, because it's sort of Maeve's weak spot, isn't it? She's obviously so determined and so ambitious and wants things for herself, but I think isn't able to fully express them. Ms. Sands has helped her and has elevated Maeve and given her confidence, [but now] Maeve is in a vulnerable-ish place now, where she understands that she needs to work even harder to get what she wants. And so, like you say, Hope picks up on that and tries to single her out and say, "If you want to be someone… I used to be like you." She uses all these formulations that are quite, like you say, manipulative and reverse psychology sometimes, but not in a healthy way.