Thu 29 Sep 2016 In: International News View at Wayback View at NDHA
A transgender child actor is to feature in the US sitcom Modern Family, playing the transgender friend of one of the regular characters. In an episode due to air tonight NZ time, eight-year old Jackson Millarker, from Atlanta, will play Tom, a transgender friend of gay couple Cam and Mitchell’s adopted daughter Lily. The director of the episode has said of Millarker "he’s wonderful... one of the many reasons I love being a part of this show." Millarker's appearance is the first time a transgender child has featured on an American TV show, but there have been a number of transgender characters in shows such as Nashville, Orange is the new Black and Transparent, all of which have been available in New Zealand.
Credit: gayNZ.com Daily News staff
First published: Thursday, 29th September 2016 - 8:20am