As Lexi Haddad-DeFabrizio, Josie Totah rules the school. Lexi is the most popular girl at Bayside High, and her take-no-prisoners wit means she often delivers the kind of biting punchlines that mak…
She’s a character that has depth — but she’s still a Bayside kid.
One of the best parts about our show is that we’re able to touch on class. Having this clash of culture and class is really interesting when it comes to talking about people who are from marginalized communities. Lexi is a trans person, but she has been afforded this insane socioeconomic status where she hasn’t had to face a lot of the things that other people from different communities have to face.
We had multiple conversations about this role. I didn’t really feel inclined to play a trans character that had her story told on the reboot of a fun ’90s sitcom. I didn’t feel like it would be an authentic platform to tell that sort of story. So, although it was important to us to recognize her gender identity, I didn’t want her entire storyline to be about that. I was very frank with Tracey.
The first season features a scene where a brewing love triangle culminates in a kiss. How did you feel about that storyline? I think we never get to see ourselves in those positions. Trans characters [are] always the best friend or the wingman, or the butt of every joke, so normalizing that is so important. I have to deal with my own qualms about that. As a person who is trans, I think I wasn’t fully, and I’m still not … I think we’re all not fully accepting of ourselves a hundred percent until we are literally dead. But I had to come to terms with the fact that, “Oh, this is normal for me, too.
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