in honor of trans day of remembrance, id like to take the time to talk about my fav trans actress that not a lot of people know about: maddie blaustein!!
she was a voice actress for various anime and video games, but she was mostly known for her work as meowth from pokemon!!
she voiced him for eight seasons until the VAs were replaced, and she considered him her favorite role!! she wrote some episodes of the show and said that the episode that revealed meowths backstory (how he learned to talk and was rejected by his kind until eventually finding a home in team rocket) inspired her to come out as trans!!
she also wrote and edited several comics!! she worked for both marvel and dc for a while and created a trans woman protagonist named marissa rahm for a mini series called deathwish!!
she was also known for being a very active player of the game “second life” back when it was popular and became a respected member of the community. her character was named kendra bancroft
unfortunately she died in december 2008 of a stomach virus, but she will always be remembered as a passionate activist for lgbt rights!! after coming out as trans, it was very difficult for her to find more voice acting roles due to the transphobic industry, but she was supported by her friends on the pokemon staff and online. she was a very sociable person who wasnt afraid to speak her mind and stand up for what she believed in
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