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THE LITTLE HOUSE THAT COULD (2013) dir. Mars Roberge A group of young lost rebellious outsiders are given a home in New York City by Emmy Award-winning fashion stylist, Patricia Field, and together take on the world, changing it forever. Field, has done a lot more than Sex and the City. She has spent several decades saving lives and giving hope to lost outsiders who society frowned upon – trans people, club kids, drag queens, gay teenagers, butch-dykes, people who needed to escape from their hometowns because they were never understood. (link in title)

a segment from Disclosure: Trans Lives on Screen (2020) with Candis Cayne — currently the voice of Maevaris Tilani in Dragon Age: The Veilguard

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Note: First transgender actress to play a recurring transgender character on primetime TV

I recently started watching the American Sherlock show “Elementary” because I really needed to satisfy my murder mystery craving and this seemed a good fit and I knew going in that it puts twists on characters so it wouldn’t feel like I was re-watching BBC’s version, something else I was expecting was terrible lgbt jokes. I knew the show started in 2011/2 so I was expecting a lot of uncomfortable dialogue, but so far I am presently surprised, now there isn’t much representation, but there is hardly any making fun of the community at all. And then I watch the blizzard episode and then we get the young Ms Hudson played by trans actress Candis Cayne, I thought that alone was great, but then they out loud confirm her character is trans as well but then treat her like a normal human being for the rest of the episode because being trans is only the tiniest part of her identity, her main identity being in a bad relationship and is a skilled and observant cleaner. I checked IMDb and I know she only appear 2 more times, but it was heart warming to see rep like this in the show.

I Hate New Year’s (2020) Directed by Christin Baker Written by Kathryn Trammell Story by Christin Baker; Ashley Arnold; Danielle Jablonski; Kathryn Trammell

Featuring Candis Cayne, Gigi Gorgeous, Sasha Colby & Kerri Colby