ZeniMax is doing their part for social justice:
<Saddam> beerdo: There's a quest in TESO about trans people
<Saddam> I thought you might like to know that
<Saddam> Okay, not literally trans people
<Snupes> Is there really
<Snupes> wow
<Saddam> But it's a pretty obvious parallel to trans people
<Saddam> It's about an Argonian who says that she's really a crocodile
<Saddam> Stop laughing
<Saddam>
http://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/discussion/119428/a-predators-heart<Saddam> There's someone going into more detail about it
<Snupes> Is it mocking
<Saddam> No
<Saddam> It works out in the end, in fact
<Blanko>
<Saddam> You give her the heart of this old crocodile you kill, and then she magically reincarnates as a crocodile or something
<Saddam> something something lore, I guess
<Blanko> mffw
<Snupes> wh
<Saddam> The writers confirmed in their recent AMA session that they're quite socially progressive
<beerdo> All my life, I have harbored a secret. I am not a man. I am a Batman!
<Saddam> There's a number of gay relationships portrayed too
<Snupes> Was it actually a trans parallel or just one of those old sorts of joke stories like that?
<Snupes> "I may look like a human but I'm actually a(n) [insert animal/inanimate object here]" is a staple of everything ever.
<Snupes> Though usually the person is just cray cray.
<Saddam> It seemed sincere to me
<Saddam> Seriously
<Snupes> Hm.
<Snupes> I guess it just sounds really ridiculous, maybe it'd be different had I played it
<Snupes> Just seems hard to make that sincere and not "lol"
<Saddam> The character certainly isn't crazy
<Saddam> She just comes across as genuinely sad
<Saddam> And like I said, it does work out in the end
You can see the quest for yourself here, beginning at about 12:24:
Draw your own conclusions, I guess.