I mean, Neil Patrick Harris and many other Gay men were playing the roles of Straight men for a long time.
What needs to be done is having writers write in more characters who are gay. That way, gay actors won't have to necessarily act, just like straight men don't have to act straight when playing their roles.
A great show I saw is with Neil Patrick Harris, it's a Rom-Com that means more to the comedic side. It represents the gay lifestyle in a comedic light, and it's hilarious.
Theres others i have seen that were really good story wise and weren't being forced the Group Mentality into the movie. Single All The Way, is a christmas show that deals with a gay man struggling to find a date to bring home for his Christmas family gathering (since they always ask), so he brings his friend and then that's where the heartfelt situation occurs.
I wish there were more LGBTQ+ movies in this vein rather than just shoving all of the Group Mentality ideology in our faces.
This is correct. I just googled trans actors who have played cis characters and couldn't find anything, while you can easily find a lengthy list of cis actors who have played trans characters. The most I can think (off the top of my head) is Elliot Page playing a female character after coming out as trans in Umbrella Academy who then turns out to be trans in the end.
So if we had a lot of examples of trans people playing non-trans roles, we wouldn't be having this conversation. Instead you have trans characters played by non-trans actors, and trans-actors either only being cast as trans characters or not being cast at all. So the idea of letting trans people play trans characters isn't an end goal, it's to help give them work in general.
What about the many comedians who did act in "Men in Drag" roles such as...Juwanna Man, Madea, Big Mommas House, The Nutty Professor, Norbit, Ms. Doubtfire, Jack and Jill?
Are these movies involved in Trans-People not getting roles in movies? If a Trans-Person does play a straight role, which sex would they portray? Would it be based on which they most can pass off as, that will make the audience/the viewer be able to see the character as a women or man.
This is why I suggested writers need to incorporate more diverse people within their stories, if they want more diversity. But there are some stories that are only meant for the people of that culture. It's why I say, it's a lot more than just this sort of issue, and it all comes down to culture and how that culture perceives and wants it's society to be.
If the writers are not doing it, then shouldn't it be up to the one least represented to take it upon themselves to write their own. Maybe they have, but the executives in charge of producing these TV programs and Movies did not see it as something that would sell. An example taking upon yourself to represent your people is the show "Reservation Dogs", it's a show written by an Indigenous person that stars Indigenous people, mainly Native Americans, and is filmed in a Reservation in Oklahoma.
RuPaul's Drag Race is such a show that has done as much for the Trans community as Reservation Dogs has done for the Native American community.