‘Queen Sugar’ Actor Brian Michael Smith Comes Out As Transgender

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'Queen Sugar' Actor Brian Michael Smith Comes Out As Transgender

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NBCNews, Tiq Milan, July 16th 2017

On Wednesday, viewers of the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) show got to watch the debut of Toine Wilkins, a transgender police officer and high school friend of the show's principle character, Ralph Angel. Actor Brian Michael Smith, who used this character as his vehicle to come out as transgender, has been acting professionally for the last five years and hadn't disclosed his gender identity until this moment.