Armie Hammer Calls Out Anti-Trans Heckler at Straight White Men

When a heckler shouted at trans activist Kate Bornstein during the Broadway show, Hammer not only tweeted at the woman but vowed to report her to the theater.

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Tracy E. Gilchrist is the VP of Editorial and Special Projects at equalpride. A media veteran, she writes about the intersections of LGBTQ+ equality and pop culture. Previously, she was the editor-in-chief of The Advocate and the first feminism editor for the 55-year-old brand. In 2017, she launched the company's first podcast, The Advocates. She is an experienced broadcast interviewer, panel moderator, and public speaker who has delivered her talk, "Pandora's Box to Pose: Game-changing Visibility in Film and TV," at universities throughout the country.

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Call Me By Your Name star Armie Hammer and current star of Broadway's Straight White Men spoke out when a heckler shouted "You're not welcome here!" at gender non-conforming trans activist and author Kate Bornstein during a performance last week.

The heckler shouted during the show's opening as if it were some sort of invitation when Bornstein appears on stage appears with two-spirit artist Ty Defoe and says, "Good evening, ladies, gentlemen, and the rest of us." The heckler and her husband allegedly also booed loudly while Bornstein was on stage.

Hammer, an LGBTQ ally, tweeted at the anti-trans heckler following the performance.

\u201cTo the woman in our audience who felt it was appropriate to yell, \u201cYou\u2019re not welcome here!\u201d at Kate Bornstein, our beloved friend, co-worker, and now family member..... feel free never to come back.\u201d
— Armie Hammer (@Armie Hammer) 1533776103

Straight White Men costar Josh Charles took Hammer's sentiment a step further in his response to Hammer's tweet.

\u201cAnd also feel free to go fuck yourself lady.\u201d
— Josh Charles (@Josh Charles) 1533785916

Meanwhile, Bornstein posted about the incident on Facebook.

"I'm deeply touched by the outpouring of love and support in response to an attempted shaming of me," Bornstein wrote. "It's true what people are saying: a woman, in response to my opening line of the show, 'Good evening, ladies, gentlemen, and the rest of us,' called out from the audience, 'You're not welcome here.' She could not have been more wrong."

"The cast, crew, and company of Straight White Men have been warm, welcoming, and inclusive of me and the other trans actors in the show, Ty Defoe and T.L. Thompson. The production company, Second Stage Theater, have only expressed delight in welcoming us aboard," Bornstein continued. "And the staff of the Helen Hayes Theater could not be more welcoming--we all of us give and receive nightly hugs. So, I don't know who she thought she was talking about when she claimed that I'm not welcome. I was not shamed by her. I was puzzled. What could have caused this woman's outburst?"