First Transgender Child TV Actor to Appear on ABC's 'Modern Family'

BY STOYAN ZAIMOV , CHRISTIAN POST REPORTER
September 27, 2016|12:10 pm

The first openly transgender child actor is set to feature in an upcoming episode for ABC's "Modern Family," according to reports.

Variety said that 8-year-old transgender actor Jackson Millarker was cast to play a transgendered child in the "A Stereotypical Day" episode, which will air on Wednesday.

"In the upcoming episode — entitled 'A Stereotypical Day' — parents Cameron 'Cam' (Eric Stonestreet) and Mitchell (Jesse Tyler Ferguson) permit their daughter Lily (Aubrey Anderson-Emmons) to have her transgender friend Tom over for a play-date," a description of the episode reads.

"Both parents are filled with pride that they have done well in raising an accepting and open-minded child. But that pride quickly diminishes when Lily insults her friend, which they use as a teachable moment."

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