“Kuwait has banned this film due to my identity alone,” the actor said on Instagram.
“It is targeted and dehumanizing and means to harm us.”
“Whether it deserves the dignity of a response.
Zoe Terakes.Jerod Harris/Getty Images
This isn’t the first film Kuwait has banned.
Which is devastating and terrifying in its own right.
But our film doesn’t have queer themes.
Zoe Terakes in ‘Talk to Me’.Everett Collection
Our film doesn’t actually ever mention my transness, or my queerness.
I am a trans actor who happened to get the role.
I’m not a theme.
I’m a person.
Kuwait has banned this film due to my identity alone.
Reportedly, this is a first.
This is a new precedent.
It is targeted and dehumanising and means to harm us.”
“Representation is hope.
And hope is such a large part of how we live as marginalised people.”
Terakes will next appear on the Marvel TV showIronheart.
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