Euphoria breakout Hunter Schafer is distancing herself from being labeled a transgender activist, arguing that she just happens to be “a tranny who’s famous.” The 25-year-old actor, best known for playing Jules in HBO’s hit teen drama , addressed her trans identity in a new interview. “I just happen to be a person who’s part of a marginalized community in the public eye, and people love to call me an activist,” she told Rolling Stone .
“It’s like, ‘No. I’m just a tranny who’s famous,’ you know?” Schafer, who transitioned at age 14, has previously called the constant conversations about her being trans “demeaning” and “reductive.” “Especially after high school, I was sick of talking about it.
I worked so hard to get to where I am, past these really hard points in my transition,” she said in an April interview with GQ , “and now I just want to be a girl and finally move on.” Schafer expressed her hopes that someday she and other queer and trans people won’t be defined by their gender or sexual identity. She admitted that she’s strategically tried to prevent her transness from being brought up in interviews at all.
“It has not just happened naturally by any means. If I let it happen, it would still be giving ‘Transsexual Actress’ before every article ever,” she said at the time. “It’s a privilege, but it’s been very intentional,” she acknowledged.
“I’ve gotten offered tons of trans roles, and I just don’t want.