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# New trans storyline for Eastenders
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/new-trans-storyline-for-eastenders/
- Published: 2015-10-09T09:45:24.000Z
- Updated: 2015-10-09T09:45:24.000Z
- Description: The BBC have announced a new trans storyline for EastEnders and the part will be played by a trans actor. 21-year-old Riley Carter Millington will become the first trans actor to play a trans role in a UK soap.
- Author: Gary Hart
- Tags: In The South, National Student Pride

## The BBC have announced a new trans storyline for EastEnders and the part will be played by a trans actor.

![Roley Carter Millington](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/web-60016.jpg)

Riley Carter Millington

**21-year-old Riley Carter Millington** will become the first trans actor to play a trans role in a UK soap.

**Riley told BBC Newsbeat:** *“I can honestly say that I have now fulfilled my two biggest dreams – to be living my life as a man and to be an actor.”*

The announcement comes following a committment made by Eastender’s Executive Producer **Dominic Treadwell Collins** at Student Pride this year to develop a trans storyline for the soap and he promised the part would be played by a trans actor.

**Student Pride Festival Director Ollie Parr, said:** *“We’re so proud to have had this announcement made during Student Pride.*

*“Seeing trans characters represented in the media is so important, this news is particularly special because a fantastic trans actor is the best person to do this storyline justice.*

*“We look forward to watching Riley play Kyle in EastEnders!”*

National Student Pride returns to London in 2016 on the weekend of February 5-7 at the University of Westminster with night-time events at G-A-Y and Heaven.

The UK’s largest LGBT Careers Fair and winner of Best Event at the 2015 LGBT Awards is also back as part of the event.

![Dominic Treadwell Collins](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/web-60017.jpg)

Dominic Treadwell Collins

**For more information, [click here:](https://www.facebook.com/events/105879033103616/)**