People just have to take a risk and give us the opportunity." If you're looking for more trans actors to watch, here are a few of the game-changers working right now. "The entertainment industry can help by giving us more opportunities and better parts that don't solely focus on our sexuality," actor Victoria Beltran told Vice. JODIE FOSTER is one of Hollywood’s biggest stars, but the out-and-proud gal still spent decades dodging her sexuality. Having trans people in these roles, in writing rooms and as part of the production team improves visibility and also results in more accurate stories, since nobody knows a community like its members. Not only does the practice keep trans actors from getting work, it also perpetuates the stigma that trans people are just playing dress-up rather than living their truth.
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Strand on FOX's LGBTQ-inclusive TV series 9-1-1: Lone Star, publicly opened up about his bisexuality in an April. One of the persistent problems that occurs in trans representation onscreen is casting cisgender actors to play trans characters. Actor Ronen Rubinstein, best known for playing gay firefighter/paramedic T.K. "We hope that representations of transgender people on television evolve to become as diverse, nuanced and inspiring as the community those images reflect," said GLAAD President Herndon Graddick. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times) Actor Sean Maher came out to Entertainment. An additional 35% of representation ranged from "problematic" to "good," while only 12% was groundbreaking, fair and accurate enough to earn a GLAAD Media Award nomination. Zachary Quinto came out to New York magazine, taking public ownership of his sexuality with the words as a gay man. I doubt anyone read this and had a life changing moment. The 17-year-old followed the video up with a photo on Twitter in which she was wearing a T-shirt that read, 'Best.
In his new book, Andy Cohen apparently outs Kevin Spacey as gay. Amy Sussman/Invision/AP JoJo Siwa the 'Dance Moms' breakout star who turned into a teenage pop star posted a video of herself dancing to Lady Gagas 'Born This Way' on TikTok in late January. GLAAD has tracked trans representation in the media since 2002, and found that 54% of TV shows that featured trans characters showed them in a negative light. 20 Celebrities Who Were Yanked Out Of The Closet.
And thanks to trans actors and actresses who are finally getting noticed, more and more trans people can see themselves in the TV and movies they love. Like many other marginalized groups, trans people are only just beginning to appear onscreen in larger numbers.