An Oral History of Transgender Representation on Scripted TV

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An Oral History of Transgender Representation on Scripted TV

http://www.out.com/television/2015/12/16/transgender-representation-scripted-tv-oral-history

OUT/By Stacy Lambe December 16 2015 8:30 AM EST

"In our current golden era of TV, storytelling is the most progressive that audiences have seen with almost all members of the LGBT community finding representation on screen—most recently, the "T." Yet, with shows like Transparent and Orange Is the New Black receiving mainstream accolades—the Amazon series taking home five Primetime Emmys and OITNB's Laverne Cox earning the first Emmy nomination for a transgender actor—it's easy to ignore the decades of negative transgender portrayals that came before it."