{"id":446830,"date":"2021-04-23T18:21:04","date_gmt":"2021-04-23T22:21:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=446830"},"modified":"2021-04-23T18:21:08","modified_gmt":"2021-04-23T22:21:08","slug":"pixar-releases-casting-call-for-transgender-teen-character","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pixar-releases-casting-call-for-transgender-teen-character\/","title":{"rendered":"Pixar Releases Casting Call For Transgender Teen Character"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpixar-releases-casting-call-for-transgender-teen-character%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=446830&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-3519.jpeg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">Pixar Animation Studios, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Studios, recently sent out a casting call for an actress to play a character that is a 14 year-old transgender female in an upcoming animation movie.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">SF Trans March <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/transmarch\/status\/1384582383089840133?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1384582383089840133%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&#038;ref_url=https:\/\/thehill.com\/changing-america\/enrichment\/arts-culture\/549983-pixar-is-casting-for-a-trans-teenage-character-in-an\"><span class=\"s1\">posted<\/span><\/a> a photo of the casting call on Twitter, with the caption, \u201cWe have confirmed this is legit, so share away!\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"5.9491525423729\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We have confirmed this is legit, so share away! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oKLFzyjXIL\">pic.twitter.com\/oKLFzyjXIL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Trans March (@transmarch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/transmarch\/status\/1384582383089840133?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 20, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\">The photo was of a document complete with the Pixar logo and office information. It said:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"14\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><em>Pixar is casting a youth voice-over role for an upcoming animated project.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><em>The character, Jess, is a 14-year-old transgender girl. She\u2019s compassionate, funny, and always has your back.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><em>We\u2019re looking for actresses 12-17 years old who:<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li1\" readability=\"-0.5\">\n<blockquote readability=\"8\">\n<p><em>Are enthusiastic, outgoing, funny, and energetic<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\" readability=\"-2\">\n<blockquote readability=\"5\">\n<p><em>Feel comfortable acting in front of a microphone<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\" readability=\"-2\">\n<blockquote readability=\"5\">\n<p><em><span class=\"s1\">Can authentically portray a 14-year-old transgender girl<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\">It ends with contact information for the legal guardian of the child to contact the casting department at the film company.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">After posting the picture, SF Trans March followed up with clarifying tweets, writing, \u201cSorry folks, we should have been more specific with how we know this is real. We talked to the casting director and they sent us this flyer. They\u2019re reaching out to other orgs as well, but we got the sense we\u2019re the first to post about it.\u201d As more people seemingly began to comment on the news, the group tweeted, \u201cHey folks, notifications are getting overwhelming so we\u2019re muting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Pixar has made similar moves in the past and created animated features and short films that include characters who are more diverse or support Hollywood\u2019s chosen narratives.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/streaming\/article\/2021-04-pixar-casting-transgender-role-16116122.php\">SF Gate<\/a> <\/span>reported on past Pixar films:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"9.17225950783\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>The short film\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/movies\/slideshow\/The-story-behind-Pixar-s-first-LGBTQ-film-202893.php\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>\u201cOut<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u201d showed the company\u2019s first openly gay protagonist as he struggled to share his sexual identity with his parents.\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/movies\/article\/pixar-short-loop-disney-plus-autism-berkeley-14962705.php\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>\u201cLoop\u201d<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0follows an autistic teen as she takes a canoe trip out on a lake inspired by Berkeley\u2019s Aquatic Park, developing a heartwarming friendship in the process.\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/movies\/article\/pixar-float-disney-plus-short-14850535.php\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>\u201cFloat\u201d<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0features Filipino American characters, and\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/movies\/article\/pixar-spark-shorts-wind-disney-plus-14902730.php\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>\u201cWind\u201d<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0is an allegory for the director\u2019s family\u2019s\u00a0immigration story.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\">The Gay &#038; Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), a media watchdog group that tracks representation of LGBTQ people, reported its insights on how LGBTQ characters are depicted in films.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.glaad.org\/sri\/2020\/observations-recommendations\">GLAAD<\/a><\/span> reported that in 2019, a repeated issue found in several films was that \u201cLGBTQ characters are too often featured in major blockbuster films in moments so small many audiences could have easily missed them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The group also discussed the lack of diversity of LGBTQ characters in films in 2019. \u201cFor the second year in a row, the racial diversity of LGBTQ characters decreased considerably with only 34 percent (17) of LGBTQ characters being people of color (POC) in 2019,\u201d the group said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">As for transgender characters, GLAAD found there were no \u201ctransgender characters in the 118 major studio films released in 2019, a finding consistent with the previous two years.\u201d Among animated and family films, the group reported that two were \u201cinclusive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The group added, \u201cLGBTQ families and parents are part of the world experienced by kids, and should be part of the movies they see with their families. And LGBTQ youth, who are coming out at younger ages as cultural acceptance grows, deserve to see age-appropriate, positive and truthful representations of themselves in film. These small moments seen these past few years need to progress to more significant characters and stories appearing more regularly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">A 2016 report by the <a href=\"https:\/\/williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/Trans-Adults-US-Aug-2016.pdf\"><span class=\"s1\">Williams Institute<\/span><\/a> found that 0.6% of U.S. adults identified as transgender. A <a href=\"https:\/\/news.gallup.com\/poll\/329708\/lgbt-identification-rises-latest-estimate.aspx\"><span class=\"s1\">Gallup<\/span><\/a> report released in February of this year said that 5.6% of U.S. adults identify as LGBT, with 0.6% of all U.S. adults identifying as transgender, the same as the 2016 report.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Hollywood has actively sought to diversify its films in recent years, going so far as to impose certain diversity requirements in order for films to be eligible for awards. A poll conducted by The Daily Wire showed that the majority of Americans do not believe diversity requirements should be a main factor in a film receiving a nomination for an Oscar.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/exclusive-daily-wire-poll-most-americans-oppose-oscars-diversity-requirements\">The Daily Wire<\/a> reported:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"8\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Sixty-three percent of respondents agreed that \u201cfilms should solely be judged on their artistic merits,\u201d while only 24% of respondents said \u201cdiversity should be a significant factor\u201d in a film\u2019s nomination. The other respondents indicated they were unsure.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/span><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><span><i>member<\/i><\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pixar Animation Studios, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Studios, recently sent out a casting call for an actress to play a character that is a 14 year-old transgender female &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2276597,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-3519.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Pixar Releases Casting Call For Transgender Teen Character","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-446830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-3519.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Pixar Releases Casting Call For Transgender Teen Character","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446830","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=446830"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446830\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2276597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=446830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=446830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=446830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}