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'Real Housewives' Hires First Transgender Cast Member: Reports
Bravo has hired its first transgender “Real Housewives” cast member, TMZ reports.
Sources told TMZ that Amiyah Scott will replace Atlanta housewife NeNe Leakes, who announced in June that she wouldn’t be returning for the popular reality TV show’s eighth season.
Sources confirmed the news to The Wrap.
Amiyah transitioned about 10 years ago, when she was 17, The Wrap reported. Her Twitter bio identifies her as a model and makeup guru.
Bravo didn’t return a request for comment from HuffPost.
Scott’s fans have already begun flooding her Twitter and Instagram profiles with congratulations:
This has been a huge year for transgender actors.
“Orange Is The New Black” star Laverne Cox won a Daytime Emmy Award in April for producing MTV and Logo’s “The T Word,” a documentary about trans youth. She was also named Glamour’s Woman Of The Year in 2014.
In May, Olympic skiing legend and “Keeping Up With The Kardashians” star Bruce Jenner came out as transgender and announced she would use the name Caitlyn. Days later, Scott Turner Schofield became the first transgender man to have a major role in a daytime soap opera.
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