Hunter Schafer – the 25-year-old transgender star who found fame playing a trans character in hit teen drama Euphoria – has said she no longer wants to play transgender roles.
Schafer, who played the character Jules Vaughn in the HBO series, said she felt she could go further as an actress by “not making it the centrepiece to what I’m doing”.
She said: “I worked so hard to get to where I am, past these really hard points in my transition, and now I just want to be a girl and finally move on.”
Schafer said being known simply as a “trans actress” was “ultimately demeaning to me and what I want to do”.
She continued: “I’ve been offered tons of trans roles, and I just don’t want to do it. I don’t want to talk about it.
“I know for a fact that I’m one of the most famous trans people in media right now, and I do feel a sense of responsibility, and maybe a little bit of guilt, for not being more of a spokesperson.
“But ultimately, I really do believe that not making it the centrepiece to what I’m doing will allow me to get further.
“And I think getting further and doing awesome [work], in the interest of ‘the movement,’ will be way more helpful than talking about it all the time.”
