Silence of the Lambs star Ted Levine says he regrets film’s trans depictions: “Having gotten aware and worked with trans folks, and understanding a bit more about the culture & the meaning of gender… It’s unfortunate that the film vilified that, and it’s fucking wrong. And you can quote me on that.”
I just finished the book last week and the part where Lecture and Clarice discuss Bufaalo Bill being trans, they basically say “He isn’t trans, he’s just crazy and real trans people are not violent usually and keep to themselves”. I’m not defending the passage, it is still not great when reading it today, but for being from the 80s it was pretty dang respectful, mostly.