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CBS soap character is transgender
http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/t...soap/24819779/
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On soap operas everybody has secrets, but The Bold and the Beautiful's popular Maya Avant has a new one. Turns out, she was born a man.
Transgender characters (and sometimes actors who play them) are suddenly everywhere in pop culture — they're so mainstream they can even turn up on CBS' long-running daytime drama with a blast of proud network publicity.
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The network says B&B is the only current show on broadcast or cable TV to include a transgender character as part of the regular cast
Non-trans actress and soap veteran Karla Mosley, 33, who's played Maya for more than two years, is thrilled with the development. When she was told after Christmas that Maya had a secret, this wasn't the first thing that popped into her head.
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Actress Karla Mosley on playing a trasgender character:
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"My first reaction was surprise, because 10 or 20 years ago, this is not a story we would be telling, and not in a way that's truthful and not sensational," Mosley says.
"My second reaction was, 'Thank you.' It's a gift it's a privilege," she says. "It's a real opportunity to educate our viewers here and all over the world."
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Which is why GLAAD, the leading advocate for lesbians, gays, bisexual and transgender people in the media, is happy about Maya.
"Scripted gay, lesbian, and bisexual characters have become more common on television, but transgender characters continue to lag behind," says spokesman Nick Adams.
GLAAD says as many as 90% of Americans know someone who is gay, but only 8% know someone who's transgender. Now more trans people are revealing themselves in real life, not just in pretend life on TV.
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The 28-year-old soap revealed in Wednesday's episode that Maya, a model now dating Rick Forrester, transitioned from male to female at a young age, after her sister confronted her with her birth certificate.
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Supposedly, Rick doesn't know his girlfriend Maya was once a man...
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Although it doesn't seem like an organic decision.
