Transgender actor Michaela Jaé Rodriguez says “trans actors playing cis roles isn’t a question anymore.”
The term “cis” refers to a man or woman who does not identify as the opposite sex, and is used among transgenders and trans activists as a way of labeling regular people.
“I think we have definitely grown into a space where that is not a question anymore,” Rodriguez told Pink News. “It’s definitely a topic of discussion, but it’s not in the actors’ space, I’ll tell you that much.”
“I think what we’re working towards now is more agency and more open space for trans voices and trans people — to obviously have more parts and have more space to express different types of characters, just like any other person on
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