I don’t think trans issues were at the forefront of anybody’s mind in ‘07, so I don’t think the studio was trying to cause him pain by misgendering him, but there’s still a baseline level of misogyny that lets Michael Cera show up in whatever he wants and dictates to another actor in the film to show up in a dress…

buuuut, the rule is not for everyone. it’s specifically for women.

Except female-identifying celebrities have been wearing tuxes at premieres and fashion shows since about the 80s, and probably before. Look at Diane Keaton. Nobody tells her to wear a dress if she doesn’t want to. Yet someone explicitly told someone who is being open about his trans experience that they had to wear…

Employers asking someone to do something

I’m assuming you don’t have any kind of anxiety or depressive disorder to speak of. Asking somebody to do something that triggers it, especially when its for a stupid reason, is asking somebody to endure pain for no good reason.

that nerdy (or whatever) kid getting to fuck a gorgeous woman is the premise of the entire movie industry. 

Was an odd comment to leave given the subject matter of the article.

This isn’t about the character, this is about what the actor wanted to wear to the premiere and a studio forcing them to conform into a dress because “woman”.

First off, his pronouns are he/his; second, this was part of a large interview and cover story that included his transition as a topic so why *wouldn’t* he talk about it?

Very good point. I think I’m on, or much closer to, your side now

As mentioned in the article, look at how the studio let Michael Cera dress. If nothing else, it’s a shitty double standard.

they’d like you to dress a certain way do something with your body that you find extremely distressing and uncomfortable for the promotional activities.

Yeah, that’s a bizarre take. There was nothing particularly androgynous about the character Juno. 

First off: Fuck Fox Searchlight, Elliot should’ve been allowed to wear whatever the hell he wanted.

Secondly: It’s kind of a fascinating look into the psychology of acting that literally playing a pregnant female teenager didn’t have this same impact on him. The idea that playing a role, when it’s your profession,…

From the article you didn’t read:

You cannot even begin to imagine what it’s like to endure a career constantly seeking to cram you into a box you don’t fit in. I’d sit this one out.

Obviously you have never had gender dysphoria and depression associated with it. 

We’re all works in progress.

Juno didn’t seem androgynous at all, the character basically dressed like most girls I knew at the time

It’s wild to me that there’s still people in this century that see a woman and think “she MUST wear a dress.”