Candis Cayne is a transgendered woman who plays Billy Baldwin's transgender mistress Carmelita on ABC's primetime soap Dirty Sexy Money making her the first MtF playing a MtF in prime time. Candis was on The View last week and said she is thrilled that '07 is "the year of the tranny." Check out Dirty Sexy Money Wednesday nights at 10 on ABC
And if you want to see the very first transgender lead character on a primetime show. Check out Rebecca Romijn play Alexis Meade on ABC's Ugly Betty Thursday nights at 8. Romijn does an amazing job playing Alexis. It's great to see a strong, confident Transgender character on network television. Kudos to ABC for starting to break down those walls.