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- More TV shows are featuring transgender and nonbinary actors and characters.
- Laverne Cox started on "Orange Is the New Black" and has become a superstar and trans activist.
- Michaela Jaé Rodriguez became the first transgender woman to win a Golden Globe in 2022 for "Pose."
According to GLAAD's 2023-2024 report on LGBTQ+ representation on TV, 5% of characters on TV are transgender (24 out of 468 characters).