Britain To Have Its First Transgender Soap Character Played By A Trans Actor

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Britain To Have Its First Transgender Soap Character Played By A Trans Actor

http://www.buzzfeed.com/patrickstrudwick/britain-to-have-its-first-transgender-soap-character-played#.naWD89lm0k

Buzzfeed/Originally posted on Oct. 8, 2015, at 3:31 p.m. Updated on Oct. 8, 2015, at 5:11 p.m.Patrick Strudwick BuzzFeed LGBT Editor, UK

"Riley-Carter Millington, 21, an unknown actor and a trans man, will take the part of Kyle in the BBC's flagship soap opera later this year, after making a brief appearance in the show later this month. EastEnders' executive producer Dominic Treadwell-Collins said Millington's character will be "thrown into one of the biggest stories for the end of the year" and will be a "fresh and relatable" part that "comes with his own stock of secrets"."