Personally I really hope it's true. I know it's not because it would be leaked at least a year before anything came out about it. Remember the Will coming out storyline being known by Spring of 2011? In fact I think we knew before that as Soap Opera Digest talked about it in a interview around that time as if it was common knowledge. With a trans storyline that is even more so. Being a trans man or trans woman especially a trans man or trans woman of color is very difficult. For all of the work it is taken for LGB people to be accepted, that is still obviously a work in progress, it is ten times worse for someone who is transgender. It's a tragedy to think about the discrimination they have to face just for being who they are. If Days were to do this storyline then I would be very happy but I doubt it because transphobia is a very real thing.
If it were to happen and they are keeping it seriously under wraps then here are four clues that they have put out there about Jordan being a trans woman.
4. Her name is androgynous.
Jordan can be both a male or female name. If this is her birth name then there would be no worry about name changes. If not then it might be a subconscious decision on her part. Maybe a defense mechanism?
3. She knows a lot about football.
I've thought about this a lot. Just imagine growing up in a body that didn't fit who you were. Just imagine that Jordan as a child wore dresses and was caught by her father. Imagine that this father decided that the best way to deal with this is to make her watch football, a "manly" sport. She had to watch it a lot. Maybe even she was forced to play on the football team. Football became part of her so she knew about plays and other stuff. I think it would make a lot of sense especially as it would probably be drilled into her head so much that she remembers that stuff to this day. If I remembered it correctly then she was quite evasive about why that is so. For me that puts up red flags as to why. It's obvious that the reason why is something that she doesn't want to think about.
2. She has different identities.
That scene with the different licenses was obviously a big moment in showing that there is more to Jordan than meets the eye. She is hiding something. Having different identities could in fact be a fear about talking about her former life. Telling someone your are trans is certainly a very difficult thing to do in a transphobic world. If someone were to betray your trust and expose the truth then there is the fear of being attacked both physically and mentally for being who you are. Jordan might in fact do just that. She could live her life but when there is the fear that her past is going to be exposed then she runs away.
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1. She's very closed off about her past.
There is a very obvious reason why. I believe that it's up to the person whether they want to come out or not. You cannot out them or think that they need to be out about themselves. After all should a straight non trans person have to divulge personal information about themselves. Are they obligated to discuss personal sexual information? Why should Jordan have to talk about being trans? I do feel that the show is being judgmental about this. Then about soap operas do have this theme that someone should be honest about every single facet of their lives. A character is punished if they are not. While some things shouldn't be a secret such as having an affair with a married man or making someone believe they are the father of your baby, some do not need to. If she is trans then this is even more so.
Jordan is secretive about her past and it would make sense if she's trans and doesn't want to think of a time of her life when she was forced to be male.
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