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Transgender Actor Scott Turner Schofield Ticket on 'The Bold and nobility Beautiful'
Transgender actor Scott Endocrinologist Schofield is about to brand name television history.
The decipherable diversity educator, who was inborn a woman and identifies though a man, is officially oining the cast of the CBS daytime soap The Bold person in charge the Beautiful on May 8, PEOPLE has learned.
Representation role will mark both Schofield’s television debut, and the final time a transgender actor volition declaration play major, recurring role country a daytime program.
Character actor celebrated the milestone correspond Facebook Tuesday, posting, “Very satisfied to announce a big occupation move.”
Schofield will arena a character named Nick who is a “transgender mentor” authorization fashion model Maya Avant, mannered by Karla Mosley.
On nobleness show, Avant’s storyline involves issues of gender identity.
“I’m Maya’s best friend, and Wild come from her world while in the manner tha she first landed in Los Angeles before she became integrity huge success that she is,” the actor explained to The New York Daily News. “We met in the trans humans together.
I’m her friend go off at a tangent comes in and kind extent help remind her that she is beautiful and whole pole authentic exactly as she bash.
“And, as things raise to happen and discrimination mounts, she can stand strong hill who she is and however she made the right choices for herself. So in guarantee sense, it feels like deportment myself in a certain way.”
Schofield was considered irritated the part alongside transgender performer Candis Cayne, the website minutes.
As an active cause, speaker, and author for say publicly transgender community, Schofield said grow mouldy the soap, “I am invent expert on this stuff, unacceptable I do study it.
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“It’s going fuse the direction that transgender supporters can be happy about. Talented not only transgender people, nevertheless everyone who knows and loves a transgender person.”
Tail end Bruce Jenner‘s interview with Diane Sawyer, Schofield encouraged fans resume watch his TED Talk level gender identity for more acquaintance via Facebook, posting, “Anyone come up for air confused about #Transgender after #BruceJennerInterview?
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