The one exception I can think of offhand is Laverne Cox who broke into acting by embodying cis white people's stereotypes of Black trans sex workers back when those were the only roles trans people ever saw
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Replying to @Nymphomachy @ashleythetaguel
Wait you don't know who Jamie Clayton is
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Replying to @Nymphomachy @ashleythetaguel
Lol she was famous way before Sense8, to the point that her acting in it was seen by some people as stunt casting All through the 2000s she was known by the Internet as the hottest trans girl
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It was because of this viral news article on "The Second Most Beautiful Girl in New York", when NY Magazine listed her as their #2 for that year and then salaciously told everyone she was trans and had the Surgery
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Replying to @arthur_affect @ashleythetaguel
heh, I literally didn't know any of this.
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Her big break was cohosting the reality show TransForm Me with Laverne Cox A show that, from multiple angles, could not be made today
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The trans version of Queer Eye for the Straight Guy Trans women give cis women makeovers, since transition makes you an expert on femme presentation or whatever
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That could've been your niche if you'd graduated from beauty school Admittedly a highly competitive and controversial one
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