VIDEO : Actors, Directors, Writers and Transgender Advocacy Groups Urge Hollywood To Do Better

Transgender advocacy groups, backed by more than 40 television and movie production companies, on Tuesday urged Hollywood to do a better job of telling their stories. In an open letter, published in Variety, the group asked Hollywood to ?use its power to improve the lives of trans people". According to a study, none of the 109 movies released by Hollywood?s seven biggest studios in 2017 included a transgender character. Reuters reports that the ?Dear Hollywood? letter was signed by LGBT advocacy groups GLAAD and Outfest, as well as actors union SAG, casting agents and production companies headed by the likes of Judd Apatow and Ryan Murphy.