Talk to Me star Zoe Terakes is responding to Kuwait banning the horror film, calling the decision "targeted and dehumanizing."

On Friday, The Hollywood Reporter revealed that Talk to Me had been blocked from release in the country because the film's cast includes Terakes, who identifies as nonbinary and trans masculine. It is seemingly the first time Kuwait has banned a film not because of the film's themes or characters but because of the sexual or gender identity of a cast member.