Fifteen years ago, Hilary Swank won an Oscar for portraying murdered transgender youth Brandon Teena in Boys Don't Cry. Today, Swank says society has "taken strides since that movie" but still has "a long way to go."
"It's astonishing to me that we are here in 2015 and there are so many issues that need to be looked at and handled," she said Thursday on the Meredith Veira Show. "We shouldn't dictate who people should love. Let people love people."
On Wednesday, President Obama called for an end to conversion therapy, which, if enacted into law, could count as another significant step toward trans acceptance.
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