Transgender inclusion on screen is progressing, but is it only for white actors?
A look at the psychological repurcussions of leaving out Blackness.
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She wasnt wrong, but it wasnt the full picture.
There is a gap, though, I added.
Unprecedented casting aside,Posestill centered its characters stories at the intersection of being transandBlack.
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Meanwhile, white actors are granted opportunities to tell stories that go beyond their gender.
Although Naomis transness is acknowledged and honored, it is not the center of her story.
Both Naomi and Theo are white.
So, what does it mean to say things are better now for trans actors?
It means disregarding the fact that white trans stories have profited from Black trans womens struggle to be seen.
He indicates, on the other hand, how theacknowledgment of race is a tightrope balance in itself.
And if you do acknowledge their trauma, then in some ways the character becomes a monolith.
No trauma ever begets or justifies another trauma.
And the art of acting in itself plays a role in peoples personal hunger to be seen.
There is something satisfying and gratifying to the egoperhaps necessarily so.
So, I want to ask trans actors who are not Black: Whats in it for you?
Can you agree you have been benefiting from the path Black actors paved?
This is not to say trans representation on-screenisntimproving.
It is crucial for non-Black trans actors to acknowledge the racial gaps in the progress.
To fight for our Black trans kin and expect nothing in return.
To acknowledge what it has taken to get to where we are in the industry.
And, at the very least, to responsibly pay forward what is owed.
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