There will always be those who say that a trans woman has been miscast no matter what role she is in. I am not one of those people.

Frank N Furter’s “not much of a man by the light of day,” so, as you say, he is not a trans woman and has never been a trans woman. He’s a transvestite. Cox and Ortega are incorrect. They’re right about the historical and contemporary uses of “transsexual,” however.

Transvestite and transsexual are different things. Lyrics and context make is clear that writer MEANT transvestite. They were two different things back then. They are still two different things. They both were shortneed to Trans or tranny. At some point transsexuals decided Trans/tranny ONLY meant them.

Laverne Cox is very convincing to me as a woman. But even if she were someone who had transitioned that didn’t present as especially feminine looking, I’d still have a problem with her in this role. Part of the fun and vamp and sex appeal of Tim Curry in the role was that he was a masculine man owning it, owning his…

Yeah, exactly. Which is why having a transgender woman play a transvestite man is a terrible mistake that hits far too close to home to very real and very hurtful stereotypes people have about trans people.

I think she might have mixed up her PR-issued interview talking points...

Um, I’ll be the asshole: that was terrible. Are we listening to the same thing? It was so blah— totally the antithesis of the original (or even a good local production).  

Isn’t “transvestite” entirely about episodically dressing in traditionally women’s clothes, rather than anything to do with personal gender identity? As in a Saturday night drag performer is likely a transvestite, but only possibly transgender (ie a transvestite is very much an adopted persona, rather than an…

This case brings something up that I’ve been curious for a long time, maybe someone can help me. i will stipulate right away that I’m completely ignorant on the matter, and I’m looking for answers or an explanation that i can understand. I am not homophobic or transphobic, and I am very happy to let everyone just be…

FDR was HATED in his day. My dad still speaks of him with venom. He wasn’t universally adored as some would have you believe and many of his programs were despised as well. This isn’t as odd as you would think.

Oh come on, faux-innocent Canadian person. Trump is a wealthy lunatic who speaks word salad to people on both sides of the border. Please don’t act like you don’t know that there are huge divisions in US society that don’t parallel anything in Canadian demographics, and that even though there are Americans supporting…

Well you see her main problem is that she isn’t the proud owner of a penis.

I truly think it’s her gender. There is no other possible explanation.

Am I going insane? I’m trying to figure out the whole Clinton hatred thing. I just don’t understand how her missteps aren’t in line with EVERY OTHER POLITICIAN EVER. Like I get that people aren’t thrilled, or that she’s obviously power hungry and that is a turn off. But oh my God, think of every other election. And…

Al Jazeera is news like Fox is news. It’s “Newstertainment”

“Both her parents were allegedly killed in the Holocaust.”

She’s made it explicitly her choice because of her religious beliefs. If she was Muslim and making those same arguments, you wouldn’t say a damn thing.

Glad to hear there are no Muslim feminists.

Is it their choice, though? As much as I disagree with the French government on a civil liberties basis, I have a problem couching this discussion with words that evoke feminism or empowerment. The idea that Muslim women must be as covered up as we now see is a pretty modern concept... 40 years ago women in Islamic…

I know i’m in the minority but I don’t think it’s that far off base to suggest that a system of belief that says women need to be completely covered up is radical and dangerous.