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by Vesta Bernhard 7 min read

Who plays transgender in Dallas Buyers Club?

This adds to a long line of casting misnomers where otherwise cis-men are cast in films to play trans women—Jared Leto in Dallas Buyers Club, Eddie Redmayne in The Danish Girl, and Matt Bomer in Anything are a few examples that come to mind.

Where does Danny go to college?

His conservative parents disapprove of his homosexuality and refuse to sign his scholarship application to Columbia University. Danny flees to New York City hoping to make it on his own. When he arrives, he discovers Christopher Street, an LGBTQ wonderland.

Is LGBTQ representation getting better?

While LGBTQ representation in media is (slowly) getting better, it’s important to reminisce on the awful films that came before to remind ourselves what not to do when writing stories about people who exist along the sexual spectrum.

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