Wait…The Little Mermaid Was Trans? (The Full Collection)

It won’t cost you much…JUST YOUR VOICE

Graphics by Stephenie, photos from The Little Mermaid (Disney)

Originally published in four parts, now available as a single story with updated commentary at the end.

The Transgender Little Mermaid

Look at this face
Isn’t it neat?
Wouldn’t you say my transition’s complete?
Wouldn’t you say I’m a girl?
A girl who has…almost everything?

Part 1: “I will make you a girl, but you will give me your voice.”

Nothing filled Ariel’s soul like singing. Every pitch, every resonance, every inflection, each sound her voice box made filled her with a feeling like she’d just come home.

So long as she stayed under the sea.

Still from The Little Mermaid: Ariel’s Beginning

“When the sardine begin the beguine, it’s music to me.”