Taika Waititi has a new film titled Next Goal Wins. It tells the story of the American Samoa soccer team that just can’t win with a comedic stance. A team member is a trans woman. Streaming video has gone OTT, Over the Top, in India and one show that opened things up for trans actors was Sacred Games. The British series Sex Education adds a transgender character. Frankie Grande plays Frank-N-Furter. Check out the showbiz transgender news!
Just a short time ago there was very little representation of trans women in television shows and films. When there was a trans character the role was often played by either a cisgender male actor or a cisgender woman. Casting people said there weren’t any trans actresses so they had to cast cisgender actors. All that has been changing and now there are many trans actresses, some very well known, who can take these roles. Here is a photo gallery of just a few of them.
Male Singers All Dolled Up Music stars have made the news by dressing up. One such singer is former One Direction member Harry Styles. Styles is featured on the cover and in a fashion spread for Vogue. The singer, who said he has always liked dressing up is depicted wearing a designer couture gown and […]
It’s our column on transgender people in the arts! TransTainment! Today there’s news about a new scripted show starring RuPaul that’s coming to NetFlix in January. Andreja Pejic has decided to make an effort to do more acting. Here experience in The Girl in The Spider’s Web gave her a taste for it. Y: The Last Man Standing is coming to FX as a series. They are casting a trans man for a new role. Jen Richards was getting good reviews for her performance in Mrs. Fletcher but the series has been canceled after one season. Singer Ryan Cassada talks about his problems caused by alcohol and drugs and why sober is better. There’s all that and a bit more in TransTainment!
