Celebrity Traitors’ Julie Hesmondhalgh ‘proud’ of trans role but ‘couldn’t do it now’

For many people in the UK, actress Julie Hesmondhalgh is still one of the best known examples of trans representation on mainstream television. From 1998 to 2014, the cisgender star played Hayley Cropper in Coronation Street. Hayley was the first permanent transgender character to appear in a soap, and during her years on the ITV […] The post Celebrity Traitors’ Julie Hesmondhalgh ‘proud’ of trans role but ‘couldn’t do it now’ appeared first on PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news .

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