Arts & Entertainment
Matt Bomer’s role as transgender sex worker causing controversy
actor stars in new movie ‘Anything’
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Matt Bomer will star in the upcoming film “Anything” as a transgender female sex worker, but issues are arising over the cisgender actor portraying the character.
Variety reports Bomer will star alongside fellow “American Horror Story” cast member John Carroll Lynch. Lynch will play a suicidal man who moves to Los Angeles following the death of his wife. While there he begins a friendship with Bomer’s character. The movie is based on the play of the same name by Timothy McNeil who will make his feature directorial debut.
Maura Tierney, Micah Hauptman, Margot Bingham and Melora Hardin will also be part of the cast. Mark Ruffalo will serve as executive producer.
However, not everyone was on board with the decision to cast Bomer as a transgender character and took to social media to express their outrage.
Cis actor Matt Bomer will play trans sex worker in a new film bc cis people need awards https://t.co/APUz16d1C2 pic.twitter.com/VK2yq1jQlT
— Mathew Rodriguez (@mathewrodriguez) August 30, 2016
i love Matt Bomer, but WHY is he playing a trans woman? if you want a trans character, hire a trans actor!!!!
— Dean J. Smith (@deanjksmith) August 31, 2016
Here are roles Matt Bomer lost out on because he’s gay. Hope he remembers these before he takes another trans role. pic.twitter.com/G8CYSSsjnU
— Mathew Rodriguez (@mathewrodriguez) August 30, 2016
Matt Bomer could learn from Adam Lambert pic.twitter.com/dp3aehmkv6
— Closeted Teenager (@TeenageCloseted) August 31, 2016
“Sense8” star Jamie Clayton tweeted Bomer and actress Michelle Rodriguez, who stars as a transgender hit woman in the thriller “(Re)Assignment,” her concerns over cisgender actors portraying transgender characters.
I really hope you both choose to do some actual good for the trans community one day. @MRodOfficial @MattBomer https://t.co/9WHwNu7HFm
— Jamie Clayton (@MsJamieClayton) August 30, 2016
Clayton went on to tweet a screenshot that appears to show Bomer blocked the actress on Twitter. Shortly after she tweeted to say Bomer had unblocked her.
It’s sad that this happens instead of wanting to have a conversation about how to help. #transisbeautiful @MattBomer pic.twitter.com/k4Qpap5dLW
— Jamie Clayton (@MsJamieClayton) August 30, 2016
Tweeps! @MattBomer unblocked me. That’s rad & Twitter is rad for creating a space for our thoughts. I loved reading yours. #transisbeautiful
— Jamie Clayton (@MsJamieClayton) August 30, 2016
Bomer has not yet commented.
Celebrity News
Madonna announces release date for new album
‘Confessions II’ marks return to the dance floor
Pop icon Madonna on Wednesday announced that her 15th studio album will be released on July 3.
Titled “Confessions II,” the new album is a sequel to 2005’s “Confessions on a Dance Floor,” an Abba and disco-infused hit.
The new album reunites Madonna with producer Stuart Price, who also helmed the original “Confessions” album. It’s her first album of new material since 2019’s “Madame X.”
“We must dance, celebrate, and pray with our bodies,” Madonna said in a press release. “These are things that we’ve been doing for thousands of years — they really are spiritual practices. After all, the dance floor is a ritualistic space. It’s a place where you connect — with your wounds, with your fragility. To rave is an art. It’s about pushing your limits and connecting to a community of like-minded people,” continued the statement. “Sound, light, and vibration reshape our perceptions. Pulling us into a trance-like state. The repetition of the bass, we don’t just hear it but we feel it. Altering our consciousness and dissolving ego and time.”
Denali (@denalifoxx) of “RuPaul’s Drag Race” performed at Pitchers DC on April 9 for the Thirst Trap Thursday drag show. Other performers included Cake Pop!, Brooke N Hymen, Stacy Monique-Max and Silver Ware Sidora.
(Washington Blade photos by Michael Key)
Arts & Entertainment
In an act of artistic defiance, Baltimore Center Stage stays focused on DEI
‘Maybe it’s a triple-down’
By LESLIE GRAY STREETER | I’m always tickled when people complain about artists “going political.” The inherent nature of art, of creation and free expression, is political. This becomes obvious when entire governments try to threaten it out of existence, like in 2025, when the brand-new presidential administration demanded organizations halt so-called diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programming or risk federal funding.
Baltimore Center Stage’s response? A resounding and hearty “Nah.” A year later, they’re still doubling down on diversity.
“Maybe it’s a triple-down,” said Ken-Matt Martin, the theater’s producing director, chuckling.
The rest of this article can be found on the Baltimore Banner’s website.
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