‘Silence of the Lambs’ star Ted Levine apologizes for Buffalo Bill’s portrayal and transgender vilification: 'It’s f***ing wrong'

Black transgender woman Hannah Nokes captured headlines in 1930s

As Amy Bertsch read about a historic Virginia trial accusing a Black man of double-murder, it wasn’t the highly documented all-Black defense that caught her attention — it was the Black transgender woman who testified. Her name was Hannah Nokes. She was born in 1898. “Her father was a member of the Nokes family, and they were very well known...

‘Silence of the Lambs’ star Ted Levine apologizes for Buffalo Bill’s portrayal and transgender vilification: 'It’s f***ing wrong'

Ted Levine says parts of ‘Silence of the Lambs’ have not aged well and acknowledges criticism over its portrayal of gender identity. He regrets that some elements of the film are now seen as harmful.