EastEnders Casts Trans Actor to Play Trans Character in First for British Soaps

The British soap EastEnders has cast 21-year-old Riley Carter Millington, a trans man, to play Kyle, a young transgender man. The trans casting is a first for British soaps, according to The Guardian. EastEnders executive producer Dominic Treadwell-Collins revealed in March the BBC1 show would be introducing a transgender character, and said he was determined the part would be … Continue reading EastEnders Casts Trans Actor to Play Trans Character in First for British Soaps