Jeffrey Carlson, who played the first transgender character on daytime television, has died.
A powerful actor and a painful loss."
He himself was not trans but broke barriers for the future of trans and non-binary performers in soap operas.
He appeared on the show in the early 2000s.
The actor was a well-rounded performer, with experience across the screen and the stage.
Aside from his career as a soap star, he was also a prolific Broadway performer.
On Broadway, he acted in “The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?”
and “Tartuffe.”
