Hollywood’s bible, Variety, broke the news this week of a new “transgender drama” that’s just wrapped production, a film starring award-winning out actor Matt Bomer. He will appear alongside John Carroll Lynch, Mark Ruffalo and Maura Tierney, among others, in Anything. The movie is based on the play of the same name, written by and starring Timothy McNeil, who is making his feature film directorial debut.

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Bomer plays Freda Von Rhenberg, the trans prostitute next door. And that detail triggered an eruption on Twitter and in the LGBTQ media.

Cis actor Matt Bomer will play trans sex worker in a new film bc cis people need awards https://t.co/APUz16d1C2 pic.twitter.com/VK2yq1jQlT — 𝔥𝔦𝔰𝔭𝔞𝔫𝔦𝔠 𝔭𝔦𝔵𝔦𝔢 𝔡𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔪 𝔤𝔦𝔯𝔩 (@mathewrodriguez) August 30, 2016

I really hope you both choose to do some actual good for the trans community one day. @MRodOfficial @MattBomer https://t.co/9WHwNu7HFm — Jamie Clayton (@MsJamieClayton) August 30, 2016

Yes, once again, a trans woman in a Hollywood production will be played by a cisgender (which means, not transgender) actor. The all-too common industry practice has been dubbed “transface,” following award-winning performances by Jared Leto, Jeffrey Tambor, Hillary Swank, John Lithgow and so many more. What makes it especially hurtful, in the words of Jen Richards, one of the stars of the Emmy-nominated web series, Her Story, is the kind of trans woman he’s playing.

When @MattBomer plays a trans sex worker, he is telling the world that underneath it all, trans women like me are still really just men. — Jen Richards (@SmartAssJen) August 28, 2016

Again & again cis men play trans women in media with the furthest reach, are rewarded for it, & tell the world trans women are "really" men. — Jen Richards (@SmartAssJen) August 28, 2016

Richards, the out trans writer, actress, producer and activist who cofounded the Trans100, revealed she had tried out for a part in the film.

I auditioned for this. I told them they shouldn't have a cis man play a trans woman. They didn't care. https://t.co/T7YFe6OeX9 — Jen Richards (@SmartAssJen) August 28, 2016

Make no mistake, many producers WANT someone audience will read as a man performing femininity, so many trans women don't fit their vision. — Jen Richards (@SmartAssJen) August 31, 2016

While agreeing with the Hollywood concept that “anyone can play anyone,” Richards tweeted what she believes a trans actor would bring to the role that a cis actor cannot fake.