I died a lot.
They kept killing me.
Some, as they reveal in the Netflix documentaryDisclosure, were prostitutes murdered by men in a panic.
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And then Black trans lives are so intensely vulnerable."
In close proximity,J.K.
Rowlingused Twitter to spout transphobic remarks, which she then expounded upon ina written response online.
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Undoubtedly, there’s more work to be done.
Feder has long felt an urgency to get a film likeDisclosurein front of the public.
“Society is saying we’re at ‘a tipping point.’
We hit a certain level of success because of this visibility,” he says of that moment.
It’s just a means to an end."
That was a big switch for me," Feder explains.
“I loved that movie,” Feder says.
“I saw it in theaters and I remember the build up around it.
All the branding, all the promotion was arounddon’t tell the secret.
I was completely caught up in that.”
“It was such a bizarre reaction,” Feder remembers of that scene.
“There was no way to not internalize that.
It was burned into my brain.
It’s still something I think about when I have a romantic interest.”
Around this time, Cox saw Feder host a presentation on the same topic during an event at Outfest.
A week later, they were in their first meeting aboutDisclosure.
“I have a lot to say about our history, about trans representation.
There was a sense of trust,” Cox says of Feder.
“I always felt like he trusted and continues to trust my instincts, my integrity.
And I trust him implicitly.
It was this give and take.”
Fletcheractress Jen Richards,PosestarsAngelica RossandMj Rodriguez,Hustlersactress Trace Lysette, andShamelessactor Elliot Fletcher.
Together, they unpack the history of trans representation and unravel the paradox that comes with it.
“I think the paradox of visibility is fed by the history,” Feder tells EW.
“It’s not just that we’re more visible so we’re more vulnerable.
Cox’s hopes forDisclosureare three-fold, including how it can become a resource for Hollywood.
Explaining why those things are problematic becomes a really tricky thing to do.”
moment, a process of decolonizing our minds," she says.
“I feel at this historical moment there’s still so much education that needs to happen.”
There’s such a lack of trans history chronicled in the media.
There’s a huge lack.
There really is."
“And Laverne and I have been talking about working on some scripted projects together.”
It’s clear that, from all the history told inDisclosure, there’s still more to tell.
