Modern Family will feature first openly Transgender child actor
In an upcoming episode in Modern Family's eighth season, "A Stereotypical Day," the ABC sitcom is breaking new ground by featuring television's first openly transgender child actor.
According to Variety, 8-year-old Jackson Millarker is guest starring as "Tom" a trans boy Lily is friends with at school. The episode will center around Mitchell (Jesse Tyler Ferguson) and Cameron (Eric Stonestreet) being proud of their open-minded daughter, only to then hear Lily insult her friend. As this is Modern Family, we assume more misunderstanding will ensue from there.
The episode is set to air Wednesday, September 28th on ABC. Check out the Instagram picture below of the episode's director, Ryan Case, with Millarker.
A post shared by Ryan Case (@film114) on Sep 26, 2016 at 11:00am PDT
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