ihaveneverbeennothing:

punkfae:

ihaveneverbeennothing: paigeabendroth: If you are cis and you watch a movie or TV show where a cis male plays a trans woman character and you think they did a “great job” then you need to pull your head out of your ass. Um, excuse me, what the hell does this even mean?? Since when can a cis actor not be able to pull off a trans character - you guys are all out of your fucking minds. It’s not a matter of if the person can act well, it’s the fact that by having a cis person play a trans person you are not accurately representing trans people, it’s the equivalent of a white person playing a black person. It’s widely accepted black face is wrong yet it’s fine for lgbtqia+ people to be played by cishets constantly? Check your privilege before you speak

But to clarify, because I never want to come off as a bigoted asshole, and I completely sympathize with the lgbtqia+ community but Neil Patrick Harris plays the biggest fucking womanizer on a tv show that has run successfully for years and he is gay. Don’t tell me that a cis man can’t play a trans woman when this gay man beautifully plays an extremely stereotypical cis male.

Henceforth, while trans actors are seriously underrepresented in social media, THAT DOES NOT MITIGATE THE ABILITY OF CIS ACTORS TO PLAY TRANS ACTORS.

Therefore, the original post is invalid…