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Transgender child actor to guest star on ‘Modern Family’

Transgender child actor to guest star on 'Modern Family' | iNFOnews.ca
FILE - In this Jan. 18, 2014, file photo, the cast of "Modern Family" poses with their awards for outstanding performance by an ensemble in a comedy series fat the 20th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. ABC has confirmed that a transgender child actor will guest star on the series in an episode set to air Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2016. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP, File)

LOS ANGELES – A transgender child actor will guest star on Wednesday night’s “Modern Family.”

Director Ryan Case has posted on Instagram a picture of herself alongside 8-year-old Jackson Millarker, who identifies as a boy. Case writes that Millarker will play a boy named Tom, who’s a friend of Lily. Lily is the daughter of Cam and Mitchell, played on the show by Eric Stonestreet and Jesse Tyler Ferguson. A spokeswoman for ABC has confirmed Millarker’s appearance.

Case says that Millarker is “just wonderful” and one of many reasons Case loves being a part of the show.

A synopsis of the episode titled “A Stereotypical Day” says Cam and Mitchell overhear Lily insulting Tom and use the moment to teach her a lesson about acceptance.

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