There are just 11 transgender actors in all of television. And three of them are on one show, Amazon’s Transparent.
GLAAD, the LGBTQ media advocacy organization, that tracks inclusion in media, would obviously like to see more and better characters. The group’s goals this season include stories that move beyond the transition narrative, casting transgender roles more authentically, and casting transgender actors in more diverse roles.
“There’s still a lot of misconceptions about who trans people are,” Orange is the New Black’s Laverne Cox told the Television Critics Association Friday. “There are so many representations of us being victims or predators,” and “they influence the way in which policies are made, so it’s so crucial that we have representations on television that are diverse, that represent the full humanity of trans people. We have to tell these stories better, because lives are on the line.”
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