None of this is to say that I May Destroy You is hateful towards queer people. It's definitely important to have a trans character, particularly a Black trans character, presented as desirable in a non-fetishistic way вЂ“ but we wish he could have been given more agency outside of teaching cis people about trans identity. The ensuing scene feels more centred around teaching her (and the cis audience by proxy) not to be transphobic than actually giving him his own agency вЂ“ even with the life Cunningham puts into the performance.

I May Destroy You season 2 would spoil the show This is especially true with Kai (Tyler Luke Cunningham), a trans man who Terry flirts with and goes on a date with in the penultimate episode before realising he's trans. Outside of Kwame, you can feel how queer people are instrumentalised and basically become teachable moments. This seems to ignore the way that so many queer people break out of that mould, creating bonds that move past this prescriptive model and break the binary thinking that one type of relationship must be more meaningful than another. In this, a hierarchy of relationships is created the romantic supersedes the carnal, and relationships that form (or at least mirror) the heterosexual family unit are prized above all. Beyond Kwame, Damon (Fehinti Balogun) the closeted guy that he tried to hook up with on the night he was assaulted, has also found happiness in a relationship, and this almost feels the only way by which queer people in I May Destroy You are allowed to be happy/at peace. Essentially, Kwame has moved out of the 'sleeping around' phase and into a more 'serious' part of his life, with dinner dates and no more random hookups.

I may destroy you episode 10