'All My Children' Features Transgendered Character Soap operas tend to push the envelope with dramatic storylines. ABC's All My Children is the latest show to do this by introducing a transgendered character: a woman, played by a male actor.

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'All My Children' Features Transgendered Character

March 8, 20071:00 PM ET

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Richard Hake

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Soap operas tend to push the envelope with dramatic storylines. ABC's All My Children is the latest show to do this by introducing a transgendered character: a woman, played by a male actor.

Richard Hake reports from WNYC in New York.