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http://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/2015/02/25/transface-problem-hollywood
The accusation is rooted in what some in the LGBT community refer to as "transface" — a term that conjures the culturally taboo practice of "blackface" — in which a cisgender actor will "take" a role from a transgender actor.
March 6, 2015