“It's no longer a problem for transgender actors to play cis roles,” said transgender actor Michaela Haye Rodriguez.
The term “cis” refers to a man or woman who does not identify as the opposite sex, and is used among transgender and trans activists as a way to label the public.
“I think we've definitely grown into a space where that's no longer an issue,” Rodriguez said. said pink news. “It's definitely a topic of discussion, but it's not an actor's domain. We'll talk about that.”
“I think what we're aiming for right now is more agency and more open spaces for transgender voices and transgender people, obviously just like any other person on the planet. “It's about having more parts and having more space to express different types of characters,” Rodriguez added.
Pink News suggested that “there will be a lot of discussion surrounding transgender and cis women over the next four years,” and that the station's interview with Rodriguez comes “less than a week after President Trump's disastrous reelection.” He pointed out that this was done “before anyone knew it.”
Later, the same media pointed out that she is transgender. baby reindeer Star Nava Mau's Emmy nomination in September comes “just three years after Rodriguez became the first trans actress to be nominated for a major acting award at the ceremony.”
Rodriguez responded, saying, “There are still big changes happening. That definitely gives me hope.”
“This time, I realized that whether I say anything out loud or not, my mere presence is creating utter discord,” the transgender actor continued.
“That's why I keep living. That's why I keep creating. That's why I keep fighting for women's rights,” Rodriguez added. “So alone, knowing that my presence is creating genuine discussion, that encourages me not to stop.”
Rodriguez first asked Hollywood to allow trans actors to play non-trans characters in 2018. tell MTV, “If this is how we challenge ourselves as actors, I think they should let us try and play some Sith roles.''
“We've been asking for it for a long time. It's something we've always been able to do,” Rodriguez says, before going on to explain what it's like to be a woman, even though she's not. He made a strange claim that he understood.
“We understand what women go through,” Rodriguez declared.
The transgender actor even revealed that he was given the opportunity to play a non-transgender character, but hinted that it wasn't enough and he wanted more.
“I've played Sith roles before, but never that many. I wanted to play more,” Rodriguez said.
Meanwhile, transgender and “non-binary” actor Indya Moore said these demands aren't a two-way street, insisting it's okay for non-trans actors to play transgender characters.
“Gender is a social construct, but so is race. That doesn't mean it's still acceptable for a white woman to play an Asian woman. It's still not acceptable for a cis person to play a trans person. It’s not allowed,” Moore said in a 2018 MTV interview.
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