Can a cisgendered actor play a trans character?

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So a straight actor has been cast in a film portraying a trans character, and as you can guess the response from the trans community is what you'd expect.

So, uhm I can't help but feel if those Twitter comments were directed to a black guy playing a white role there would be a whole heep of trouble about the comments.

This whole gender thing is just so toxic, you speak up about it and get labelled as whatever derogatory term they please.

 

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Oh I recognise this urban dictionary definition of the word:

A derogatory term used by members of the trans community to refer to all the disgusting people in this world who don't hate their genitalia.

Yes Craig, a straight person.

 

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In a society where we should be trying to remove segregation and break down walls it seems silly that people want to segregate themselves off from the rest.