Progressive 'Modern Family' to Feature First Transgender Child Actor

"8-year-old transgender actor"

9.27.2016

Following actor Jeffrey Tambor's plea that transgender actors be given more roles, the ABC hit comedy Modern Family will now become the first television show to feature a transgender child actor.

Set to air this Wednesday, September 28, the eighth-season's episode "A Stereotypical Day" will feature this storyline:

"Gay parents Cam (Eric Stonestreet) and Mitchell (Jesse Tyler Ferguson) invite their daughter Lily’s transgender friend Tom over for a playdate. Both parents are filled with pride that they have done well in raising an accepting and open-minded child," reports Variety. "But that pride quickly diminishes when Lily insults her friend, which they use as a teachable moment."

From Breitbart:

Transgender characters have increasingly appeared on television in recent years, though none has been played by a transgender child actor.

Perhaps the most famous transgender character on television is Transparent‘s Maura Pfefferman, played by male actor Jeffrey Tambor (who has won two Emmys and a Golden Globe for the role). Transgender actress Laverne Cox has played Sophia Burset in Netflix’s Orange is the New Blackand is set to become the first transgender actress to play a transgender lead role in a television series when the CBS legal drama Doubt debuts this year.

Remember, ABC is the same network that featured actress Kerry Washington's character aborting her unborn child to the tune of "Silent Night" in a Christmas episode of Scandal.

The transgender actor in the Modern Family episode will be played by 8-year-old Jackson Millarker. So now we can add child abuse to ABC's growing list of progressive envelope-pushing.