Despite Progress, Hollywood’s Most Famous Trans Actors Are Still Struggling to Find Work - IndieWire
Despite Progress, Hollywood’s Most Famous Trans Actors Are Still Struggling to Find Work - IndieWire Despite Progress, Hollywood’s Most Famous Trans Actors Are Still Struggling to Find Work - IndieWire Posted: 24 Oct 2019 10:30 AM PDT In 2018, Trace Lysette had become one of the most recognizable transgender actresses in Hollywood. That same year, she also lost her health insurance. After multiple seasons on Amazon's Emmy-winning "Transparent," a stint on Caitlyn Jenner's E! reality show "I Am Cait," and one as a guest judge on "RuPaul's Drag Race," Lysette's career was on fire. She recently appeared opposite Jennifer Lopez in the fall hit "Hustlers," in a role many viewers may not have realized was played by a trans woman. (She's the one telling her boyfriend she'll give him some pussy after her shift.) With more trans roles being written than ever before, it's reasonab...