When will Hollywood finally learn…
As we reported, Mark Ruffalo received a lot of heat on social media when he casted Matt Bomer as a transgender sex worker in his upcoming film Anything. Many felt an actual trans woman should have been cast in the role instead of a cisgender actor.
Sadly, another film that portrays a trans character is coming out, and people are NOT happy.
In the new film (Re) Assignment, Michelle Rodriguez plays a male assassin who turns into a woman by a rogue doctor.
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First off, many are angry that Rodriguez’s character is FORCED to undergo sex-reassignment surgery, which makes it seem like the procedure is a punishment.
Similar with Anything, the film has a cisgender actress portraying a role that could’ve gone to someone who is actually transgender.
On social media, thousands are demanding a boycott of the film. As seen on Instagram:
A photo posted by Elizabeth Marie Rivera (@elizabeth_lolita_ninja) on Aug 17, 2016 at 4:51pm PDT
The picture (above) is presumably of Rodriguez’s character before the surgery. Many are deeming this as an example of “trans face”.
On Twitter, users are saying:
OH FUCK OFF CIS PEOPLE WITH YOUR PATRONISING TRANSPHOBIC BULLSHIT https://t.co/czxD5YB6Ln
— Sarah Savage (@Lady_Muck666) August 18, 2016
I can’t believe this shit. Transness isn’t a punishment and cis ppl have got to stop treating it as though it is. https://t.co/mDAQgLs0kg
— ari. (@aryeh__) August 21, 2016
trans actors when you’ve got michelle rodriguez butching it up to play the latest trans serial killer and matt bomer playing a trans woman+
— evelyn (@retiredactress) August 28, 2016
Mess at Michelle Rodriguez making a movie where they force her to get gender reassignment surgery as punishment
— Mistress 9 (@EverMUA) August 21, 2016
Why doesn’t Hollywood use real transgender people for trans roles https://t.co/RPfygSwTEa #transcan #transgender
— Trans 21 (@Trans21UK) August 18, 2016
We just hope the trans community will one day get the representation they deserve!
[Image via Saban Films.]
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