Current Events > Halle Berry apologizes for wanting to play transgender man following outrage

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Lebronwon 07/07/20 9:45:50 AM #1:	https://twitter.com/halleberry/status/1280304782528311296 Here is some of the outrage for those unaware that there was any in the first place https://twitter.com/BecomingElliott/status/1280276059481468928 https://twitter.com/alexa_indy/status/1280274932765806593 --- Not 1, not 2, not 3, not 4, not 5, not 6, not 7 <cite>Lebronwon posted [p:941789549] in Halle Berr... [t:78830356]...</cite> <quote>https://twitter.com/halleberry/status/1280304782528311296 Here is some of the outrage for those unaware that there was any in the first place https://twitter.com/BecomingElliott/status/1280276059481468928 https://twitter.com/alexa_indy/status/1280274932765806593 </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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gunplagirl 07/07/20 9:51:06 AM #3:	shockthemonkey posted... I care much less about making sure a trans person plays a trans person than the fact that every trans man is played by a cis woman. This. As long as it's a man playing a trans man, and a woman playing a trans woman? Well, then we can actually move on to addressing the overall way we're portrayed in the media. Go figure, the best example of a trans woman in media is the one from Sense8. Played by a trans woman, in a series directed by a trans woman. --- tfw no big tiddy goth vampire gf who lactates blood - viewmaster_pi <cite>gunplagirl posted [p:941789727] in Halle Berr... [t:78830356]...</cite> <quote>shockthemonkey posted... </cite> <quote>I care much less about making sure a trans person plays a trans person than the fact that every trans man is played by a cis woman.</quote>This. As long as it's a man playing a trans man, and a woman playing a trans woman? Well, then we can actually move on to addressing the overall way we're portrayed in the media. Go figure, the best example of a trans woman in media is the one from Sense8. Played by a trans woman, in a series directed by a trans woman. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
au_gold 07/07/20 9:53:48 AM #4:	Jared Leto needs his Oscar taken away. --- Let me talk to your mother. Get your mother please. <cite>au_gold posted [p:941789797] in Halle Berr... [t:78830356]...</cite> <quote>Jared Leto needs his Oscar taken away. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
FreezerDoor 07/07/20 9:54:02 AM #5:	This is a Fair Next. Just like white people shouldn't play POC animated characters. Cisgender people can't play transgender people. You are erasing trans people by doing that. --- Edmonton Oilers winning a draft is like giving a homeless person money but knowing they are going to spend it on drugs and alcohol- Xunolix <cite>FreezerDoor posted [p:941789805] in Halle Berr... [t:78830356]...</cite> <quote>This is a Fair Next. Just like white people shouldn't play POC animated characters. Cisgender people can't play transgender people. You are erasing trans people by doing that. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
iPhone_7 07/07/20 9:54:27 AM #6:	Good. Next can we stop allowing actors to portray mentally/physically handicapped people when they themselves arent handicapped. --- Sig User Logic https://imgur.com/lA5fm7w <cite>iPhone_7 posted [p:941789812] in Halle Berr... [t:78830356]...</cite> <quote>Good. Next can we stop allowing actors to portray mentally/physically handicapped people when they themselves arent handicapped. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
The Trent 07/07/20 9:55:55 AM #7:	stop pretending to be things you aren't, ACTORS fucking phonies --- i swear to God most of y'all cats just don't know The Trent you barely know yourself so i guess most of y'all should be offended <cite>The Trent posted [p:941789862] in Halle Berr... [t:78830356]...</cite> <quote>stop pretending to be things you aren't, ACTORS fucking phonies </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Pus_N_Pecans 07/07/20 9:55:57 AM #8:	gunplagirl posted... Go figure, the best example of a trans woman in media is the one from Sense8. Played by a trans woman, in a series directed by a trans woman. I dunno, I'm partial to Daniela Vega in A Fantastic Woman. (But yeah, she's also trans) --- My arts- https://www.deviantart.com/bleakcreep <cite>Pus_N_Pecans posted [p:941789863] in Halle Berr... [t:78830356]...</cite> <quote>gunplagirl posted... </cite> <quote>Go figure, the best example of a trans woman in media is the one from Sense8. Played by a trans woman, in a series directed by a trans woman.</quote>I dunno, I'm partial to Daniela Vega in A Fantastic Woman. (But yeah, she's also trans) </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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ledbowman 07/07/20 9:59:33 AM #10:	now gives us 50 lashes of self flagellation in the town square. this shit is so tedious --- I wish we all waved <cite>ledbowman posted [p:941789957] in Halle Berr... [t:78830356]...</cite> <quote>now gives us 50 lashes of self flagellation in the town square. this shit is so tedious </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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iPhone_7 07/07/20 10:07:15 AM #13:	Artemis86 posted... How about serial killers? Psychopaths? Do sex workers need to spend a few months in a red light district? Do trafficking victims need to sell themselves off? Lets go full Joker with our Method acting here. Those are occupations & hobbies. Not at all like race or transgenderism --- Sig User Logic https://imgur.com/lA5fm7w <cite>iPhone_7 posted [p:941790190] in Halle Berr... [t:78830356]...</cite> <quote><cite>Artemis86 posted... </cite> <quote>How about serial killers? Psychopaths? Do sex workers need to spend a few months in a red light district? Do trafficking victims need to sell themselves off? Lets go full Joker with our Method acting here.</quote>Those are occupations & hobbies. Not at all like race or transgenderism </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
The_Creep_2020 07/07/20 10:08:41 AM #14:	gunplagirl posted... This. As long as it's a man playing a trans man, and a woman playing a trans woman? Well, then we can actually move on to addressing the overall way we're portrayed in the media. Go figure, the best example of a trans woman in media is the one from Sense8. Played by a trans woman, in a series directed by a trans woman. Whats your take on Simone in Dispatched from Elsewhere? (If youve seen it) --- Nothing is true. All is transmitted <cite>The_Creep_2020 posted [p:941790243] in Halle Berr... [t:78830356]...</cite> <quote>gunplagirl posted... </cite> <quote>This. As long as it's a man playing a trans man, and a woman playing a trans woman? Well, then we can actually move on to addressing the overall way we're portrayed in the media. Go figure, the best example of a trans woman in media is the one from Sense8. Played by a trans woman, in a series directed by a trans woman.</quote> Whats your take on Simone in Dispatched from Elsewhere? (If youve seen it) </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
FF_Redux 07/07/20 10:09:53 AM #15:	Are transgendered people allowed to be cast as cis-gendered then? --- https://imgur.com/hRsG4 https://i.imgtc.com/zZQ38Hb.jpg https://imgur.com/Z4cir https://imgur.com/qEyGS https://imgur.com/37KDT <cite>FF_Redux posted [p:941790273] in Halle Berr... [t:78830356]...</cite> <quote>Are transgendered people allowed to be cast as cis-gendered then? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
The_Creep_2020 07/07/20 10:11:16 AM #16:	ledbowman posted... now gives us 50 lashes of self flagellation in the town square. this shit is so tedious Do you actually wake up each morning and look at yourself in the mirror and say you know, Im going to be as obnoxiously regressive as possible on the Internet today! --- Nothing is true. All is transmitted <cite>The_Creep_2020 posted [p:941790322] in Halle Berr... [t:78830356]...</cite> <quote>ledbowman posted... </cite> <quote>now gives us 50 lashes of self flagellation in the town square. this shit is so tedious</quote> Do you actually wake up each morning and look at yourself in the mirror and say you know, Im going to be as obnoxiously regressive as possible on the Internet today! </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ThePusher 07/07/20 10:12:16 AM #17:	FF_Redux posted... Are transgendered people allowed to be cast as cis-gendered then? absolutely not <cite>ThePusher posted [p:941790352] in Halle Berr... [t:78830356]...</cite> <quote>FF_Redux posted... </cite> <quote>Are transgendered people allowed to be cast as cis-gendered then?</quote>absolutely not </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
eston 07/07/20 10:12:47 AM #18:	Her initial statements made it clear that she didn't really get it tbqh. She described it as being a "feminine story" and "the story of a woman" when the character is transgender man --- http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i215/estonc/grizzly_bear_chairs_2.jpg https://imgur.com/8kjZU <cite>eston posted [p:941790365] in Halle Berr... [t:78830356]...</cite> <quote>Her initial statements made it clear that she didn't really get it tbqh. She described it as being a "feminine story" and "the story of a woman" when the character is transgender man </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ohiostate124 07/07/20 10:14:15 AM #19:	FF_Redux posted... Are transgendered people allowed to be cast as cis-gendered then? How many trans actors are there? <cite>ohiostate124 posted [p:941790422] in Halle Berr... [t:78830356]...</cite> <quote>FF_Redux posted... </cite> <quote>Are transgendered people allowed to be cast as cis-gendered then?</quote>How many trans actors are there? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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fusespliff 07/07/20 10:19:10 AM #21:	The Trent posted... stop pretending to be things you aren't, ACTORS fucking phonies This. The issue should be getting accurate and relatable portrayals in terms of writing and acting. Not who portrays them. If a transgender character can only be portrayed by a trans actor, then you're basically pigeon holing them in playing only those characters. --- ... <cite>fusespliff posted [p:941790594] in Halle Berr... [t:78830356]...</cite> <quote>The Trent posted... </cite> <quote>stop pretending to be things you aren't, ACTORS fucking phonies</quote> This. The issue should be getting accurate and relatable portrayals in terms of writing and acting. Not who portrays them. If a transgender character can only be portrayed by a trans actor, then you're basically pigeon holing them in playing only those characters. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ledbowman 07/07/20 10:20:58 AM #22:	i agree with the substance i just hate the dramatic salad of woke "speak their truth" cliches that her pr wrote --- I wish we all waved <cite>ledbowman posted [p:941790659] in Halle Berr... [t:78830356]...</cite> <quote>i agree with the substance i just hate the dramatic salad of woke "speak their truth" cliches that her pr wrote </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
IShall_Run_Amok 07/07/20 11:06:50 AM #23:	eston posted... Her initial statements made it clear that she didn't really get it tbqh. She described it as being a "feminine story" and "the story of a woman" when the character is transgender man Yeah. Big ol fair next. --- I refuse to eat until I am hungry. Well, maybe just a little. <cite>IShall_Run_Amok posted [p:941792349] in Halle Berr... [t:78830356]...</cite> <quote>eston posted... </cite> <quote>Her initial statements made it clear that she didn't really get it tbqh. She described it as being a "feminine story" and "the story of a woman" when the character is transgender man</quote>Yeah. Big ol fair next. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Corrik7 07/07/20 11:10:58 AM #25:	FreezerDoor posted... This is a Fair Next. Just like white people shouldn't play POC animated characters. Cisgender people can't play transgender people. You are erasing trans people by doing that. So you agree that James Bond and Superman should never be black then, right? --- Xbox Live User Name - Corrik Currently playing: Spider-Man (PS4), Quantum Break (X1) <cite>Corrik7 posted [p:941792500] in Halle Berr... [t:78830356]...</cite> <quote>FreezerDoor posted... </cite> <quote>This is a Fair Next. Just like white people shouldn't play POC animated characters. Cisgender people can't play transgender people. You are erasing trans people by doing that.</quote>So you agree that James Bond and Superman should never be black then, right? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Mr_Karate_II 07/07/20 11:16:00 AM #26:	How did she think this would be ok? --- Currently Playing: Resident Evil 4 Mercenaries Mode,Resident Evil 6 Mercenaries Mode & Call of Duty Ghosts <cite>Mr_Karate_II posted [p:941792686] in Halle Berr... [t:78830356]...</cite> <quote>How did she think this would be ok? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
R1masher 07/07/20 11:17:54 AM #27:	Halle berry, sounds Christmasy, she should do Christmas movies --- R1R1R1R1R1R1 <cite>R1masher posted [p:941792758] in Halle Berr... [t:78830356]...</cite> <quote>Halle berry, sounds Christmasy, she should do Christmas movies </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
GodIsImaginary 07/07/20 11:22:31 AM #28:	These celebrity apologies sound as fake as the apologies given to the state by political prisoners in soviet gulags. <cite>GodIsImaginary posted [p:941792943] in Halle Berr... [t:78830356]...</cite> <quote>These celebrity apologies sound as fake as the apologies given to the state by political prisoners in soviet gulags. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
burns112233 07/07/20 11:32:42 AM #29:	This is dumb. <cite>burns112233 posted [p:941793385] in Halle Berr... [t:78830356]...</cite> <quote>This is dumb. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
EndOfDiscOne 07/07/20 11:42:43 AM #30:	Apology declined --- I am the Cheese! I am the best character on the show! I am better than both the salami and the bologna *COMBINED!* <cite>EndOfDiscOne posted [p:941793774] in Halle Berr... [t:78830356]...</cite> <quote>Apology declined </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Artemis86 07/07/20 12:07:50 PM #32:	iPhone_7 posted... Those are occupations & hobbies. Not at all like race or transgenderism Damn didnt erase it fast enough. Lol psychopathy is a mental disorder. You don't choose that. Would you classify psychopathy as a hobby or an occupation? Being a serial killer tends to stem from mental illness. So. again, not a choice. Being a sex worker is a choice, sometimes. So shall only clinical psychopaths play psychopaths then, and serial killers play serial killers? It's literally the logic behind pulling Split . . . <cite>Artemis86 posted [p:941794763] in Halle Berr... [t:78830356]...</cite> <quote>iPhone_7 posted... </cite> <quote>Those are occupations & hobbies. Not at all like race or transgenderism</quote> Damn didnt erase it fast enough. Lol psychopathy is a mental disorder. You don't choose that. Would you classify psychopathy as a hobby or an occupation? Being a serial killer tends to stem from mental illness. So. again, not a choice. Being a sex worker is a choice, sometimes. So shall only clinical psychopaths play psychopaths then, and serial killers play serial killers? It's literally the logic behind pulling Split . . . </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
OffTempo 07/07/20 12:10:21 PM #33:	What did she say exactly that got people mad? --- Interviewer: "You're not even a superhero you're more of a vampire slayer." Blade: "Don't do that" <cite>OffTempo posted [p:941794869] in Halle Berr... [t:78830356]...</cite> <quote>What did she say exactly that got people mad? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
RustyFerret 07/07/20 12:13:49 PM #35:	Stay in your lane, Halle! <cite>RustyFerret posted [p:941795040] in Halle Berr... [t:78830356]...</cite> <quote>Stay in your lane, Halle! </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
RTruthLILJimmy 07/07/20 12:17:23 PM #36:	Everyone whos ever played someone in a wheelchair should be CANCELLED! <cite>RTruthLILJimmy posted [p:941795201] in Halle Berr... [t:78830356]...</cite> <quote>Everyone whos ever played someone in a wheelchair should be CANCELLED!</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Brilliant 07/07/20 12:21:00 PM #37:	This is getting fucking insane. --- Shining like the sun <cite>Brilliant posted [p:941795338] in Halle Berr... [t:78830356]...</cite> <quote>This is getting fucking insane. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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tommybel89 07/07/20 12:29:33 PM #39:	They should burn every copy of the Christopher Reeve Superman movies. There's no way a paralyzed guy could fly. --- Go Leafs Go http://www.last.fm/user/Disposableher0 <cite>tommybel89 posted [p:941795658] in Halle Berr... [t:78830356]...</cite> <quote>They should burn every copy of the Christopher Reeve Superman movies. There's no way a paralyzed guy could fly. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
eston 07/07/20 1:43:41 PM #40:	tommybel89 posted... They should burn every copy of the Christopher Reeve Superman movies. There's no way a paralyzed guy could fly. Imagine posting something like this and thinking it doesn't make you look stupid --- http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i215/estonc/grizzly_bear_chairs_2.jpg https://imgur.com/8kjZU <cite>eston posted [p:941798344] in Halle Berr... [t:78830356]...</cite> <quote>tommybel89 posted... </cite> <quote>They should burn every copy of the Christopher Reeve Superman movies. There's no way a paralyzed guy could fly.</quote>Imagine posting something like this and thinking it doesn't make you look stupid </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
tommybel89 07/07/20 2:42:32 PM #41:	Hey it's a dumb joke, but it's literally no dumber than getting outraged at Halle Berry. --- Go Leafs Go http://www.last.fm/user/Disposableher0 <cite>tommybel89 posted [p:941800806] in Halle Berr... [t:78830356]...</cite> <quote>Hey it's a dumb joke, but it's literally no dumber than getting outraged at Halle Berry. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Romes187 07/07/20 2:44:03 PM #42:	lmao <cite>Romes187 posted [p:941800868] in Halle Berr... [t:78830356]...</cite> <quote>lmao </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Romes187 07/07/20 2:44:25 PM #43:	tommybel89 posted... Hey it's a dumb joke, but it's literally no dumber than getting outraged at Halle Berry. there is no more room for humor in 2020 you bigot <cite>Romes187 posted [p:941800883] in Halle Berr... [t:78830356]...</cite> <quote>tommybel89 posted... </cite> <quote>Hey it's a dumb joke, but it's literally no dumber than getting outraged at Halle Berry.</quote> there is no more room for humor in 2020 you bigot </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
BudDupree48 07/07/20 2:44:33 PM #44:	literally a fucking ACTRESS or ACTOR not being able to ACT a part that doesn't rememble themselves. Its fucking stupid --- BANG BANG STEELER GANG <cite>BudDupree48 posted [p:941800887] in Halle Berr... [t:78830356]...</cite> <quote>literally a fucking ACTRESS or ACTOR not being able to ACT a part that doesn't rememble themselves. Its fucking stupid </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
GameGearFear 07/07/20 2:49:48 PM #45:	FreezerDoor posted... This is a Fair Next. Just like white people shouldn't play POC animated characters. Cisgender people can't play transgender people. You are erasing trans people by doing that. I feel there's a big double standard here though. Especially since black people can play white characters of fiction and none fiction, yet if it happens the other way around people would be mad. Why can't people admit there's just no way to win here? I remember there even being an issue for a topic saying a black person playing barrett(from final fantasy 7 R) is racist. It just shows as a whole that people are just gonna complain either way. --- If you believe in magic and I hope you don't, you always have somebody that will and won't :D. <cite>GameGearFear posted [p:941801104] in Halle Berr... [t:78830356]...</cite> <quote>FreezerDoor posted... </cite> <quote>This is a Fair Next. Just like white people shouldn't play POC animated characters. Cisgender people can't play transgender people. You are erasing trans people by doing that.</quote>I feel there's a big double standard here though. Especially since black people can play white characters of fiction and none fiction, yet if it happens the other way around people would be mad. Why can't people admit there's just no way to win here? I remember there even being an issue for a topic saying a black person playing barrett(from final fantasy 7 R) is racist. It just shows as a whole that people are just gonna complain either way. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ApoorHollow 07/07/20 2:53:22 PM #46:	Actors acting, who would have thought --- 'I hope he dies with 4 pounds of chocolate in his nuts' https://youtu.be/I_qdLp5lfvw <cite>ApoorHollow posted [p:941801277] in Halle Berr... [t:78830356]...</cite> <quote>Actors acting, who would have thought </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
XplodnPnguins92 07/07/20 5:19:29 PM #47:	as long as were all cool with trans people being limited to trans character roles from now on. --- https://imgur.com/Dn9vLMi <cite>XplodnPnguins92 posted [p:941807131] in Halle Berr... [t:78830356]...</cite> <quote>as long as were all cool with trans people being limited to trans character roles from now on. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
RTruthLILJimmy 07/07/20 5:21:51 PM #48:	XplodnPnguins92 posted... as long as were all cool with trans people being limited to trans character roles from now on. BOOM <cite>RTruthLILJimmy posted [p:941807243] in Halle Berr... [t:78830356]...</cite> <quote>XplodnPnguins92 posted...</cite> <quote>as long as were all cool with trans people being limited to trans character roles from now on. </quote> BOOM</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
BudDupree48 07/07/20 5:22:40 PM #49:	XplodnPnguins92 posted... as long as were all cool with trans people being limited to trans character roles from now on. Oh shit --- BANG BANG STEELER GANG <cite>BudDupree48 posted [p:941807276] in Halle Berr... [t:78830356]...</cite> <quote>XplodnPnguins92 posted... </cite> <quote>as long as were all cool with trans people being limited to trans character roles from now on.</quote> Oh shit </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
nemu 07/07/20 5:25:10 PM #50:	If you want to make a high budget film, you need actors who can bring in money. No matter how inclusive we get, I honestly don't think we're going to have that many high profile trans actors. So kinda shooting themselves in the knee if they want to produce something more than an indie festival darling that maybe 1000 people ever see. <cite>nemu posted [p:941807384] in Halle Berr... [t:78830356]...</cite> <quote>If you want to make a high budget film, you need actors who can bring in money. No matter how inclusive we get, I honestly don't think we're going to have that many high profile trans actors. So kinda shooting themselves in the knee if they want to produce something more than an indie festival darling that maybe 1000 people ever see. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
au_gold 07/07/20 5:26:22 PM #51:	XplodnPnguins92 posted... as long as were all cool with trans people being limited to trans character roles from now on. Its only fair. --- Let me talk to your mother. Get your mother please. <cite>au_gold posted [p:941807444] in Halle Berr... [t:78830356]...</cite> <quote>XplodnPnguins92 posted... </cite> <quote>as long as were all cool with trans people being limited to trans character roles from now on.</quote>Its only fair. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Touch 07/07/20 5:29:04 PM #52:	Halle Barry Hallelujah --- https://imgur.com/ZVrHdEl <cite>Touch posted [p:941807555] in Halle Berr... [t:78830356]...</cite> <quote>Halle Barry Hallelujah </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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