The Ariel character in Shakespeare’s play The Tempest echoes the experience of many trans people, according to UBC English professor Mary Ann Saunders. Saunders told CBC News that some of Ariel’s experiences speak to the anxiety of many trans people that they wouldn’t be loved for who they are.
Saunders is a giving a talk at the Moving Trans History Forward conference at the University of Victoria, which opens March 17.
