The transsexual in the film is like me, in that we are both not naturally feminine but have a sexual fetish for being like women. The vast majority of transsexuals like me don't want to harm anyone, and please don't hold it against us that a few really do. (For some reason, sexually sadistic serial killers are more likely than chance to be autogynephilic.) The author of the book (and the screenwriter of the movie) really stretched, and did it well.