Batwoman Star Ruby Rose on Criticism She Has Received for Being a Gender-Fluid Actress Playing a Lesbian

The age of social media has made getting your voice heard easier than it was before, leading to some positive results. However, it can also breed negativity and hatred, which can often lead to people being obnoxious, spoiled, and petulant. Case in point, fans complaining about Ruby Rose being the lead star in CW's Batwoman because she is gender-fluid and identifies as a lesbian.

Apparently, because she is gender-fluid, some fans don't think she is "lesbian enough." Ugh.

Rose spoke with Entertainment Weekly, which will soon be Entertainment Monthly, as she discusses the difficulties and criticism she has faced in her acting career. The actress does admit that she needs to be more familiar with the terminology because, apparently, you can't be gender-fluid and a lesbian.

Here is her full response:

"Yeah. I came to the States to get into acting, and I couldn't even get a manager or agent, so I made a short film based on my life because I had the time to do it. I put it online, just to say, ‘This is something I wanted to do,' and it went viral, which I didn't ever expect. And then I got an opportunity to audition for Orange Is the New Black because they wanted to have a gender-neutral character. But I've also gotten backlash. And that's when you realize you have to keep up with the terminology. When I got cast as a lesbian in Batwoman, I didn't know that being a gender-fluid woman meant that I couldn't be a lesbian because I'm not a woman — not considered lesbian enough."

"My initial response was ‘Pfft!' And then I was like, ‘Wait. Let me just figure this one out. How do I right this wrong, because if someone out there is upset by this, I need to know why and how to fix it.' That's when I sort of said, ‘I'm a woman that identifies as a woman. I'm not trans. But if being gender-fluid means that I can't identify as a woman at any point, then I guess I can't be that.' Maybe I need to make up another term, one that doesn't step on any toes. One where I can be fluid in my gender, but also a lesbian, because otherwise I'm not sure what I am."

Batwoman does not have a release date.

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