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The following is a transcript of [[Maddy Thorson]]'s [https://maddymakesgames.com/articles/is_maddy_trans/ article], published on ''[https://maddythorson.medium.com/is-madeline-canonically-trans-4277ece02e40 Medium]'' and subsequently on [https://maddymakesgames.com/ her website], on Madeline being trans. This article is being included here in order to contextualize Madeline being trans. It is being included solely in order to spread trans positivity, and as such, should not be redistributed under the terms of CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
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Well, yeah, of course she is. This feels painfully obvious to a lot of (mostly trans) people, and likewise it feels painfully obvious to me too, in retrospect. It has also become painfully obvious to me that I, myself, am trans. But these are things that I was not aware of during the development of Celeste, where I was writing Madeline and speaking from her perspective. Creating Celeste with my friends helped me reach the point where I could realize this truth about myself. During Celeste’s development, I did not know that Madeline or myself were trans. During the Farewell DLC’s development, I began to form a hunch. Post-development, I now know that we both are.
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== Was Madeline’s transness left intentionally vague in order to make her story more relatable to cis people?
▲== Was Madeline’s transness left intentionally vague in order to make her story more relatable to cis people? ==
This wasn’t our intention. Thinking about it though, it begs the question: Why couldn’t a cis person relate to a trans person? Modern trans struggle might be unique in its details, but it is definitely not alien to the human condition. We are people.
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[[File:Maddy trans heart.png|500px|thumb|link=CW:TR|alt=|Art drawn by [[Amora Bettany]]]]
== So… why isn’t her transness explicitly confirmed in the text of the game?
There is, as they say, a lot to unpack here. I don’t know that I have a satisfactory reply to this question that will tie it all up with a bow. The best that I can do is be transparent, and help you understand where we were coming from. I don’t believe that this is a simple question, and there isn’t a straightforward answer.
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