The BBC have announced a new trans storyline for EastEnders and the part will be played by a trans actor. 21-year-old Riley Carter Millington will become the first trans actor to play a trans role in a UK soap.
The BBC have announced a new trans storyline for EastEnders and the part will be played by a trans actor. 21-year-old Riley Carter Millington will become the first trans actor to play a trans role in a UK soap.
Dominic Treadwell-Collins, executive producer of EastEnders, revealed this afternoon during National Student Pride that he is set to create a trans* storyline for the iconic British soap. He told a packed audience at the University of Westminster, which was hosting the event: “I am planning to write a trans storyline. Pen hasn’t hit paper yet but research is in the planning.”
