'I too can breathe and enjoy my life the same way everyone else does.'
, though Miss Benny was being hired to play a male role. After speaking with the show's creator, they decided to incorporate the star's journey in the character Marco's.
"It was really important that Marco’s trans-ness was not the plot of the show. It’s not a 'twist' to surprise the audience," she said. "Instead, we get to watch a young queer person experiencing first love and heartbreak, career success and failure, and everything else that comes with being a young adult… while also discovering their identity in the background of life. Because being transgender is not something you do, it’s who you are.
"And if someone like me is out there feeling the weight of being othered, I want them to have a place they can see someone like us thrive and be celebrated," she added, before praising trans trailblazers such as
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