Actress Dot-Marie Jones
Glee‘s Dot-Marie Jones hesitated when she was first told her character Coach Beiste was going to come out as transgendered. Jones tells People about her character transitioning from female to male on the show’s final season:
“I just didn’t want to let down the girls who are straight and tomboys that my character represented the last four seasons. But I got the script and I was, like, ‘Oh my God. This is amazing.’ “
Coach Beiste will reveal his new look on next week’s show. Orange Is the New Black‘s Laverne Cox, Transparent‘s Alexandra Billings, and lately Bruce Jenner – all have the term “transgender” in the news more than ever, and Jones says she is “honored” to be trusted with portraying the first series-regular character to come out as transgender and transition on TV. After her character announced on Glee…
“I had thousands of Tweets from people. I was crying. Members of the transgender community were saying, ‘I never thought I’d see myself on TV. You have no idea what this means to me. Now, maybe people will get it.'”
We’ll be watching, and American will be learning and hopefully, starting to “get it.” (via People)
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