'Disclosure' is a new documentary on Netflix celebrating the long and complicated history of transgender people in cinema — looking as far back as 1914. It takes a deep look into how some of that troubled past has shaped biases against trans people today.
I think it does matter. And this this is not to suggest — I worked on a show for seven seasons where there was never a trans writer, on. And I think there were a lot of beautifully human story lines that were written for my character.
, and that most of what folks learn about trans folks, they learn from the media. And Jen Richards indoes such a beautiful job of outlining how she feels, particularly the portrayals of trans women done by cisgender male actors, she believes, leads to violence against trans folks. So I would invite artists to think about the lived experiences and the potential consequences of their artistic choices, but always have the freedom to make whatever artistic choices that they want to make.
This story was edited for radio by Lilly Quiroz and Mohamad ElBardicy, and adapted for the Web by Petra Mayer.
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