“We already exist. We’re already here. We always have been.” Baby Reindeer star Nava Mau opens up about finding hope in the trans community

Nava Mau, who stars in Netflix’s award-winning limited series Baby Reindeer, has opened up about finding hope in the trans community and navigating a dark time for trans people in America.

Speaking at this year’s Golden Globes, the award-winning actor said: “We’re not giving up. We’re banding together.

“Trans people have been presented as a scapegoat. There’s been so much propaganda and false narratives created around who we are. That we’re monsters. That we’re criminals. And that we don’t belong in other people’s homes and people’s families and in communities.

“And the reality is that we do. We already exist. We’re already here. We always have been.”

Baby Reindeer won the coveted Best Limited series gong at this year’s Golden Globes and British actor Jessica Gunning won Best Supporting Actress for her role as stalker Martha in the series.

Last year, Mau received an Emmy nomination for supporting actress in a limited or anthology series or movie, making her the first openly trans woman to be nominated for that category of the Primetime Emmys.