When CBS announced the "Big Brother 17" cast Tuesday, it seemed very much like the typical cast: lots of young, white people who look very much like the young, white people the show usually casts. But among the cast is someone who is breaking ground in network reality TV: Audrey Middleton, a transgender woman who's the first transgender person to be on a major big-four network reality show. The CW's "Top Model" did break ground by having a transgender woman, Isis King, on the cast twice, first in season 11 in 2008. (Also Tuesday, "The Amazing Race Canada" announced that a transgender man, Hamilton, will be racing with his fiance Michaelia during its third season.) The fact that "Big Brother" is the first to break this barrier is both amazing and terrifying. Of all the shows on television, "Big Brother" seemed the least likely to have taken this significant step. It's the one that panders most to stereotypes,...
- 6/17/2015
- by Andy Dehnart
- Hitfix
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