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Trans rights activist Living Smile Vidya has demanded for trans/queer representation in the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC), commonly known as the Censor Board), after noting that
trans and queer people were shown in bad light in the recently released Tamil film _Mark Antony_. _Mark Antony_, directed by Adhik Ravichandran, was criticised for sexualising trans women,
misrepresenting gay men and for using homophobic slurs such as the ‘avana nee’ comment, meant to mock gay men. Living Smile Vidya said, “From _Onayum Aatukuttiyum_ to _Natchathiram
Nagargirathu_, things have changed a lot and better (in between there were films like Ai). Very recently I watched the film _Mark Antony_, I am stunned. Even now, still they have to do this?
Why?” “Is there no end to such films? Films are not only for cis-hetroes. We all watch films, our families watch films,” she said. She further criticised film reviewers and critics who had
not condemned the film for what she called an “ugly” portrayal of trans and queer people.