[New/Television] [USA] Trans man debuts on AMC's Small Town Security

[Stephanie Stevens]

Gay Star News, UK


Trans man debuts on AMC's Small Town Security

Dennis Croft is only transgender man on a reality program currently on the air

16 July 2012 | By Greg Hernandez


The series Small Town Security had its debut on the AMC cable channel
Sunday (15 July) evening and featured Lt. Dennis Croft, currently the
only transgender man on a reality program currently on the air in the
US.

The show takes place at a JJK Security & Investigations, a small town
family-owned company in the community of Ringgold, Georgia. The crew
there operates under the guidance of Joan 'The Chief' Koplan who also
hosts a local talk show.

Croft made his debut in dramatic fashion at the end of the episode
when he appears on his boss's talk show for the first time in five
years (the show had been on hiatus for some time) as Dennis.

During his first appearance, he was still known as the female Denise
Croft and used the occasion to come out as transgender to his small
Georgia community.

'Be unafraid of who you are,' Croft says in an interview with the Gay
and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. 'Do not let yourself nor
anyone tell you what you should be or how to live your life. Reach
deep into yourself and see who you are and live that. That is your
truth and it is the truth to all.'

According to GLAAD, there is such a scarcity of trans men on
television that Croft is the only one currently on a reality program.
Chaz Bono appeared on ABC's Dancing With the Stars last year and Tyler
Ford participated in the most recent season of The Glee Project.

The only scripted series with a transgender man is Degrassi.

Below is a clip from Small Town Security featuring Croft:

[Video: <http://youtu.be/0l7rNBvA0Qo> Talked About Scenes Episode 101
Small Town Security: I Feel Free]


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