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# Annette Bening shows support for trans community
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/annette-bening-shows-support-for-trans-community/
- Published: 2020-12-31T12:12:34.000Z
- Updated: 2020-12-30T15:06:39.000Z
- Description: Four-time Oscar nominee Annette Bening, known for her roles in The Kids Are Alright and American Beauty, has shown her solidarity with the trans community.
- Author: Rachel Badham
- Tags: News, Queer Corner, Annette Bening, Eddie Izzard, Elliot Page, Human Rights Campaign, JK Rowling, LGBTQ, Trans Rights, Transgender

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Four-time Oscar nominee **Annette Bening**, known for her roles in *The Kids Are Alright* and *American Beauty*, has shown her solidarity with the trans community by praising stars **Eddie Izzard** and **Elliot Page** for embracing their identities. In an interview with the [**Daily Beast**](https://www.thedailybeast.com/annette-bening-on-jk-rowlings-transphobia-corrupt-republicans-and-covid-anti-maskers?ref=home), Bening said: *“I think what Eddie Izzard* \[who [recently](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/comedian-eddie-izzard-publicly-uses-she-her-pronouns/) said she wants to be referred to by she/her pronouns\] *did recently has been really important—the fact that she has claimed her pronouns and the way that she is.”*

She also said Elliot Page’s recent coming out was a *“a beautiful thing”*, and that she ‘doesn’t understand at all’ the need for high profile figures, such as **JK Rowling**, to spread transphobic narratives. Bening’s son is transgender, and she said he taught her *“a lot about what it means to be a human being, and be responsive to your own development, and your own notions of self.”*

![](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/trans-pride-london.png)

She continued: *“These are evolving issues for a lot of people, and that’s why some people don’t come out until they’re older – or they come out and as they come out, they might shift and change the way they express their sexuality or their gender. I think seeing this close-up as well as having friends who are trans – this is a great boon, because it emphasises how important it is that we tolerate, and love, and understand other people in the way they choose to represent themselves.”*

Bening is a long time advocate for LGBTQ+ rights. She partnered with the **Human Rights Campaign** earlier this year to share a message of support for the LGBTQ+ community where she referred to herself as *“the proud mum of a trans son”*, and added: *“We as a society need to listen to the trans community.”*