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Please, please go check out the scorching hot and smart Candis Cayne interview and photos at Out.com.
Since the 1990s, she has been dazzling queer audiences with her one-woman shows -- an outrageous and entertaining mix of comedy, dancing, and improv. Now she's finally broken into the mainstream on ABC's Dirty Sexy Money, playing Billy Baldwin's love interest, Carmelita, the first recurring transgender character played by a transgender actor on prime-time television.
Did you have any initial reservations about the role?
When I first read [the part], I was like, "Ooh, a mistress." I was a little worried, but that's the reality of how trans roles are written. There is a truth to that, though. There are a lot of trans women who are prostitutes and mistresses because of the sheer fact that they can’t go out and get a normal job in society. Or they have wanted to start relationships with men -- like every other human being wants that personal relationship with another person -- but somehow can’t because the men who are attracted to transsexuals are afraid of how their families would deal with it or how people will see them. For the most part, it’s really hard to get into a relationship with a man who is strong enough to admit that that’s what he likes.
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