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Celebrating DC's non binary actors

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  Image description: Actors clockwise from top left, Ezra Miller, Quintessa Swindell, Chella Man, Ruby Rose. Celebrating DC's non binary actors With the news of DC/HBO Max casting trans actress Ivory Aquino to play the first trans character in a DC feature film, I also wanted to do a post celebrating all the non binary and genderqueer DC actors. Listing is done by their first appearances in DC live action, both movies and TV shows.  - Ezra Miller : Ezra Miller , who plays Barry Allen/The Flash. First appearances: cameos in Batman vs. Superman (2016), Justice League (2017). Upcoming movie: The Flash (November 2022). Miller came out as queer in 2012 and has since spoken about their identity and pronouns in interviews (such as the GQ interview in 2018 ), also stating they do not use the label 'queer' other than to reject gendered labels. "Queer just means no, I don't do that. I don't identify as a man. I don't identify as a woman." Miller uses they...

There's Nothing Wrong with Ruby Rose's Acting...

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  There's Nothing Wrong With Ruby Rose's Acting...  (You're Just Homophobic) Let's be real honest here: There is NOTHING WRONG with Ruby Rose's acting, you're just NOT USED TO SEEING an openly queer and gender fluid actor playing queer roles. That's why Ruby has haters from all sides, and it's nothing to do with her acting. Let's break that down a bit. Since breaking into movies, former model Ruby Rose has been seen the most in the action movie genre. She's played roles opposite lead actors such as Jason Statham (The Meg), Vin Diesel (XXX: The Return of Xander Cage), and Keanu Reeves (John Wick: Chapter 2), to name a few. Now you look me in the eye and tell me that any of those lead male actors I just listed can ACT. Because they can't, not very well.  In fact, it's somewhat of a joke that they can't act. How many times has it been mentioned that Keanu can't act but mentioned in a loving, affectionate way. Like, 'aw, he tri...