Dania ramirez and kerry washington

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Keep calm and Kerry on! Before hosting Saturday Night Live this weekend, the Scandal star talks lesbian rumors, homophobia in Hollywood, and her fierce commitment to fighting for equality.

Did you learn any valuable lesbian lessons? Well, I definitely had a leg up — no pun intended — over most of the other women in the movie. Because of my experience with NiteStar, I went into it with a lot more information.

The best part for me was when we would just go hang out together in lesbian clubs. I always approach a role like an anthropologist, so I like to lose myself in a culture and an identity.

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It was amazing to spend time in that world. Did you see them as lesbians, or was that just a codependent relationship rooted in loneliness and desperation? Brittany and I talked about that.

We felt that neither one of them were politicized enough to identify as lesbians, but they did have a deep commitment and love for each other. You also played Marybeth, a heroin-addicted transgender prostitute, in Life is Hot in Cracktown.

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Did you receive positive feedback from the trans community? Yeah, I did.

I had an amazing coach on that film, a phenomenal trans woman named Valerie Spencer. I spent a lot of time with her at home, at work, just hanging out.

We also had a lot of trans women in the film, so we really wanted the community to feel present both on set and on screen. Now there are rumors of another Dusty biopic starring Adele. Could you see yourself opposite Adele?

Oh, gosh! How do you even begin to choose?

Can you choose a leading lady? They're more beautiful to me every day.

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