In 2007, Cayne became the first trans actress to play a recurring trans character in primetime on ABC’s Dirty Sexy Money.
Grey’s Anatomy may be an old show, but it’s still on the cutting edge for telling trans stories on primetime network TV.
Grey’s Anatomy has been working to improve trans representation on TV in Season 14.
ABC’s medical drama is bringing on Transparent actress Candis Cayne for a multi-episode arc as a patient who comes to Grey Sloan for a “groundbreaking” vaginoplasty surgery, according to The Hollywood Reporter.