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The Trans Characters That Changed TV and Film
During this Transgender Awareness Week, the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation looks back at some of the characters who have helped push the boundaries of acceptance in film and television.
November 19, 2012
'Friends' Co-Creator Apologizes for Misgendering Trans Character
Marta Kauffman said on an upcoming BBC segment that she regrets misgendering Chandler's transgender parent, Helena Handbasket, on the popular sitcom.
July 6, 2022
Marvel’s ‘Ironheart’ Series Is Set to Introduce a Trans Character
The Disney+ show is casting a "Black, Latina, or Afro-Latina transgender woman."
April 6, 2022
Jen Richards Is Bound for Nashville as CMT's First Trans Actress
The actress, activist, writer and producer behind the Emmy-nominated Her Story is joining the cast of Country Music Television's Nashville, a series picked up from ABC.
September 13, 2016
Good Trouble's Hailie Sahar's Trans Character Challenges the LGB
The actress who plays Lulu Abundance on Pose spoke with The Advocate about anti-trans discrimination in that period piece and in the modern Good Trouble.
January 18, 2019
'Batgirl' Star Leslie Grace Teases the DCEU’s First Trans Character
It sure looks like trans character Alysia Yeoh will be making her live-action debut in the highly anticipated HBO Max movie.
January 19, 2022
Harry Potter Video Game to Have Trans-Inclusive Character Creation
Developers of Hogwarts Legacy reportedly incorporated the changes after J.K. Rowling's transphobic remarks.
March 2, 2021
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Elon Musk leads campaign to force Netflix to remove shows with trans characters
Musk's posts have been seen by tens of millions of users, and many conservatives are now attempting to force Netflix into a removal of LGBTQ+ content.
October 2, 2025
Sims' Trans Characters Have Christian Zealots Seeing End of Days
The video game represents "modern-day manifestations of Ahab and Jezebel."
February 7, 2023
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WATCH: Jared Leto on Avoiding Trans Character 'Cliche'
Jared Leto talked with Jon Stewart on Tuesday about his dedication to presenting a trans charter on screen who wasn't a cliche.
December 4, 2013
How Trans Actor Brian Michael Smith Shaped His Historic TV Character
9-1-1: Lone Star's Brian Michael Smith is the first Black transmasculine series regular in television history.
February 16, 2021
Op-ed: Two and a Half Men's Respectful Job With Trans Character
The CBS comedy managed to introduce a transgender character without making her the butt of transphobic jokes.
December 10, 2013
WATCH: The Trans Actress Cast in a Cisgender Role
In this exclusive video, transgender actress Rebecca Root (above, right) talks about working with Eddie Redmayne (left) in The Danish Girl.
December 22, 2015
Sarah McBride says she won’t let Republicans make her the main character in their anti-trans crusade
“They want to employ the strategies of a Bravo TV show to get attention...and the way to do that is to pick a fight with someone and throw wine in their face," the transgender congresswoman said.
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