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Male actor comes out as trans, now referred to as an actress…

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EastWestWhosBest · 23/07/2021 16:07

when I thought the word actress was quietly being dropped.

The BBC has been referring to female actors as, well, actors but now Tommy here is female the word actress is used again.

13 Reasons Why star Tommy Dorfman comes out as transgender www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-57940888

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FloralBunting · 23/07/2021 17:06

Like all gendered terms, the trans movement is at the forefront of keeping the ones that women have been arguing against, while simultaneously erasing the sexed terms which are useful to us.

So we can't have women and girls and mothers.

But we must keep gendered endings for jobs which are exactly the same whether men or women do them, for the personal validation of people like this.

It's the same bullshit as the people whining that women should be wearing make up and men shouldn't wear it because otherwise how will the world know that the obvious male person is performing their lady gender when they wear make up?

Trans ideology requires the oppressive parts of gender to stay exactly as they, which is precisely why feminists see it for the regressive shite it is.

OneEpisode · 23/07/2021 17:02

Actor is more widely used. “Star” has been somewhat generously used here for a formed supporting cast member of a Netflix series?

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EastWestWhosBest · 23/07/2021 16:43

Here we go. First example I could find “actor Tuppence Middleton”.

Male actor comes out as trans, now referred to as an actress…
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EastWestWhosBest · 23/07/2021 16:41

They seem to use actress when it suits them I think. Certainly they use actor for men and women on radio 4.

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Tibtom · 23/07/2021 16:41

What roles will they now play?

Beamur · 23/07/2021 16:24

Interesting comment in the interview about the change of relationship with Tommy's husband. All very positive and cheerleading but then dropped in that they're no longer together - they are now 'friends'
Does this mean Tommy wants to date straight men?
Almost all of the celebrity trans men/women seperate from their partners when they transition it seems.

ScreamingMeMe · 23/07/2021 16:13

@transdimensional

I wonder whether people might have preferred nouns as well as preferred pronouns. But to be fair, OP, the BBC certainly haven't abandoned the word "actress" in any consistent way ( www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-56951794 - Game of Thrones actress sues Marilyn Manson alleging abuse - 30 April 2021 ; www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-57488454 - Gone Girl actress Lisa Banes dies aged 65 following accident - 15 June 2021).
Ah. I thought it was the BBC being extra affirming.
transdimensional · 23/07/2021 16:11

I wonder whether people might have preferred nouns as well as preferred pronouns. But to be fair, OP, the BBC certainly haven't abandoned the word "actress" in any consistent way ( www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-56951794 - Game of Thrones actress sues Marilyn Manson alleging abuse - 30 April 2021 ; www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-57488454 - Gone Girl actress Lisa Banes dies aged 65 following accident - 15 June 2021).