Annette Bening on What Her Transgender Son Taught Her and the ‘Ghastly’ GOP
Annette Bening has found ways to pass the time during the ongoing pandemic.
The four-time Oscar nominee (who should be a two-time winner) has been binging on books, documentaries, and The Queen’s Gambit. But she’s also dedicated much of her energy to a number of causes, from speaking up for transgender rights at a recent Human Rights Campaign gala (Bening and her husband, Warren Beatty, have a trans son); bringing down the house during Stars in the House’s 10-hour Election Day Vote-a-Thon; and raising money for The Actors Fund, an organization that’s distributed more than $18 million to nearly 15,000 people in the entertainment industry who’ve fallen on hard times during the COVID crisis.
“The idea that there are so many people out there economically struggling, as well as going hungry, is so heartbreaking,” she says. “Every community sees it, and I certainly see it in Los Angeles, this extreme amount of suffering.”
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