ABC Family is being criticized after calling Pretty Little Liars’ trans character ‘it’.

In its final episode of the summer, the teen drama revealed the identity of its mysterious villain that has tortured the show’s four protagonist.

A turned out to be a trans woman.

PLL creator I. Marlene King said the villain, who renamed herself Charlotte, was not crazy because she’s transgender.

‘Actually, we tried to be very clear that Charles comes from a very crazy family,’ King said.

‘Crazy runs in the family, I say, and it just so happens that this person, I think, suffered some tragic consequences of a crazy family, but having nothing to do with [being] transgender.’

But despite continuing to refer to a trans character using their birth name is troubling in itself, a tweet posted this afternoon to ABC Family’s official Pretty Little Liars account has given a lot of people pause.

The tweet was swiftly deleted after people sent the following responses:

@ABCFpll ‘It’ is probably the most offensive term to call a transgender person. This post is rude af. — han ॐ (@Hannah_ADTR) August 24, 2015

@ABCFpll pls don’t refer to trans people as it anymore thanks — Addie Patterson (@survivorqueen) August 24, 2015

@ABCFpll I hate whoever runs this account. I sincerely do. Calling a trans character it? You are an abomination. — Phaedra (@vrayisgod) August 24, 2015



King said she was also offended by the ABC Family tweet.