Michelle Rodiguez has a message for those within the LGBT community criticizing her controversial new film, Tomboy – which sees Rodgriguez playing a male assassin who is forced to have gender reassignment surgery as a punishment from their former boss – ZIP IT.

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GLAAD is speaking out with words of disproval, calling the plotline “disappointing” for its “sensationalistic” depiction of gender-confirmation surgeries.

“We haven't read the script, but it's disappointing to see filmmakers turning what is a lifesaving medical procedure for transgender people into a sensationalistic plot device,” Nick Adams, GLAAD's director of programs for transgender media, said in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter. “We are at a crucial moment in the public's understanding of transgender issues, and stories like these have the potential to undermine the progress we've worked so hard to achieve.”

Asked by a paparazzo how she feels about GLAAD's statement, Rodriguez replied, "What's a... you mean the LGBT community?"

Sure, Michelle.

“If anything, it’s freaking promoting [trans rights],You know what I mean? No press is bad press, baby. I remember a day when white people were playing black people. So, it’s just about the evolution. Thank [Caitlyn] Jenner for becoming who he became and now you have a popular subject matter that nobody wanted to make a movie about and now everybody’s on it.”

Rodriguez, who identifies as bisexual, should know that matters as nuanced and complex as gender identity should not be trivialized for shock value and Hollywood mediocrity.

If anyone is looking to watch Tomboy and learn anything about the trans experience, might we suggest the 2011 film of the same name, about a 10-year old transgender boy's move to a new neighborhood.

As for Rodriguez...