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Actor Riley Carter Millington is first trans man to claim top spot in 2015 Rainbow List
Trans actor Riley Carter Millington took first place in the Independent on Sunday’s 2015 Rainbow List.
After becoming the first trans actor playing a trans character in a continuous role on British television when he landed a role in long-running soap East Enders, Millington now also became the first trans man to take the Rainbow List’s top spot.
The jury said the actor and his success in mainstream television represented ‘a tipping point for the representation of transgender people in the media’.
‘We received thousands of nominations, and the decision meeting with a panel of highly respected judges was a brilliant, loud, hotly debated day,’ said Lisa Markwell, editor of the Independent on Sunday.
‘This year we’ve worked hard to find people – both well-known and unsung heroes – who really are inspiring and I’m delighted that the list is bigger, better and more diverse than ever before.’
Released on Sunday, November 15, the list annually honors and celebrates the 101 most influential lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans people in Britain.
For the first time in its 15-year history, the 2015 list also included intersex people and the jury placed great emphasis on this – with the result of three intersex people landing spots in the top ten.
Runner-up to Millington is intersex advocate and drugs therapist Sarah Graham, who described being intersex as ‘part of all creation’ when she publicly spoke about her experiences as an intersex woman.
Holly Greenbury and Dawn Vago, co-founders of Intersex UK, were awarded fifth place in recognition of their work in educating, informing and campaigning in a big to remove social prejudice and ignorance surrounding intersex people.
Rugby league player Keegan Hirst, who came out this summer, the UK’s youngest MP Mhairi Black, as well as model Cara Delevigne, trans actor Rebecca Root, star of the BBC’s trans sitcom Boy Meets Girl, and Great British Bake-Off finalist and anesthetist Tamal Ray.
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Stefanie Gerdes
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