Daytime soap to feature transgendered character


Okay, I’ll admit it. I frigging love All My Children. I started watching it when I was a toddler and my Nana took care of me—we had to watch her stories all afternoon long. For some reason, AMC stuck.
It was fab enough when the soap featured the first-ever lesbian smooch on a daytime drama, now they’re going to introduce a transgendered character. Nice.

The character, a flamboyant rock star known as Zarf, kisses the lesbian character Bianca and much drama ensues. The storyline begins with Thursday’s episode of the daytime drama.
…The show wasn’t interested in doing something just to be sensational, she said. GLAAD and some transgenders were brought in as consultants in shaping the character, teaching the producers when it is appropriate to call a character “she” even before surgery, she said.
Damon Romine, a spokesman for GLAAD, said he hasn’t seen the show yet but feels people involved were genuinely interested in telling the story with dignity.
…”I think it’s groundbreaking and breakthrough television for daytime to put a spotlight on transgender people and tell their story,” he said.

It’s just too bad that my beloved soap is slipping ratings-wise. Boo.

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