Joelle Ruby Ryan Points Toward Growing Cultural Acceptance for Transgender

Joelle Ruby Ryan points toward growing cultural acceptance for transgender identity, as illustrated by examples such as Caitlyn Jenner and Aydian Dowling. What is Ryan's critique of this trend?

A) Media coverage of Jenner and Dowling reinforces the idea that sociocultural acceptance depends upon conformity to mainstream, binary narratives of transgender identity.
B) Ryan is critical of the particular hyper-feminine and hyper-masculine gender identities chosen by Jenner and Dowling.
C) Ryan does not regard Jenner and Dowling as "true" transgender individuals, because she sees their transitions as media stunts carried out just to get personal attention.
D) Ryan does not wish to see such widespread publicity about transgender identity because she regards it as a personal matter than should be kept private.

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