Who's 'allowed' to tell a black trans woman's story?

[vindicatorx]

Sorry Adam, your thread qualifies for lockdown

Mods here follow what rules they want to. Weed thread has been open for ages now and it's definitely against the rules.

[Deleted]

I'm never going to get used to it and I'm always going to complain about it, it's retarded.

So a random poster on the internet is complaining about what random posters on the internet say. I think you lack self-awareness.

[Deleted]

Realistically, anyone can.

Just because someone is a black trans woman doesn't mean they have had the same "experience" as Marsha P Johnson.

Ofcourse, there will always be the vocal minority (who ironically probably aren't from minorities) who would rather theses stories not be told at all, because the people involved in making it aren't like them.

To me that sounds like discrimination, but hey, i'm just a cis white male, what do I know?

[Ooid]

Someone equal to or under them on the progressive stack.

Actors are playing pretend. So are trans people.

lol

[kasuke06]

I would imagine whoever gets the rights to the story is the one who tells it.

[Moralgy]

Actors are playing pretend. So are trans people.

Much edge, such wow.

[The Penguin]

I remember asylums... those were good times...

"Those were happier times." -Gimli, son of Gloin

[Narveid]

Is anyone surprised by this? Anyone at all? At this point, you can't even parody them anymore as the real version is more extreme.

[Kraenen]

Any article with "However, some on social media" anywhere in it should be immediately dismissed.

Imagine if the BBC wrote an article because some random posters on this forum were pissy about something... Yeah, that's basically what they did.

It's basically a lazy way of adding the illusion of credibility these days. "We found some on social media so this is an issue you should care about"

[Moralgy]

The truth ain't edge.

This statement is true, but how does it relate to your previous shitpost?

[Moralgy]

Explain to me how being "trans" ain't playing pretend first. You can't change what sex you were born as. No amount if surgery will change your chromosomes. They won't have ovaries and a uterus. Or in the case of Chastity Bono a prostate.

So it is your opinion that trans people are playing pretend? It seemed like you were stating it was absolute fact given your second post.

[gaymer77]

Being a member of the LGBT community I have seen so much hate and backlash from the trans community if you don't come to fully support them no matter what they do. If you don't share the same beliefs as them, you're part of the bad guys out to get them. I know about this because I've been the target of such attacks from the trans community for not supporting some of their beliefs as well as my boyfriend being the target. This story about Marsha P Johnson is a story about the start of the gay rights movement not just a story about a transgender/drag queen. David France has just as much "right" to tell the story as Reina Gossett does. Truth be told, there is nothing stopping either of these people from making their respective films. They are different types of films and will tell different stories in them. Gossett is making a SHORT film that didn't even necessarily happen while France is making a feature length documentary about actual events in Johnson's life.

[Hey There Guys its Metro]

I am, I've been doing it for a while.

[shadowmouse]

Really, preference should be given to someone from Transylvania.

[Cosmic Janitor]

Any article with "However, some on social media" anywhere in it should be immediately dismissed.

Imagine if the BBC wrote an article because some random posters on this forum were pissy about something... Yeah, that's basically what they did.

We live in a time where we have news coverage that cites random angry twitter poster with a one liner, and I'm not talking about the orange ape in in the white looney bin in washington with the dome-shaped roof. We are long past the point where a random forum post is basis for something, the media has steeped already way lower.

Edit: @Topic, the one that should by all means be closed since it violates the forum rules: I don't care who plays the character in a drama I have no intention of ever watching, because the basic premise has so little going for it already, it makes something like a rom-com about 4 dudes (make them black, white, yellow and red for diversity as well) planning a gay orgy for their porn debut look like oscar bait.You can have that one for free hollywood .

Edit2: Poor Topic guy, but sorry I won't change my style now because someone thought it would be funny to use a known way to adress things for another way to get peoples attention without actually quoting them.

[Deleted]

Can I get a tl : dr if it isn't a case of people wanting trans actors to portray trans individuals?

It's a very short article

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Any article with "However, some on social media" anywhere in it should be immediately dismissed.

Imagine if the BBC wrote an article because some random posters on this forum were pissy about something... Yeah, that's basically what they did.

Err it's BBC Trending, they're for stories trending on social media it isn't their main news

[Tierbook]

I swear i saw an article on the Stonewall Inn being a mafia front at some point..... or something along those lines.

[primalmatter]

In time the snowflake storm will pass.

[zebreck]

Pretty sure she is. /shrug. The "You can't say/think/feel/do that!!" part of the left makes me mildly embarrassed to be part of the "maybe the capitalists shouldn't have literally everything?" part of the left.

[Crissi]

Sorry this stayed open when it should have been closed ASAP. Gender and race threads arent allowed