Season 2 of “Transparent,” the moving and hilarious series about a trans L.A. patriarch starring Jeffrey Tambor, will drop on September 4, Amazon announced today.
Jill Soloway, creator of the multiple Emmy-nominated series, told critics the series has stepped up trans representation behind the camera (after some criticism following the first season), with both a writer and a director who are transgender working on the series in season 2.
Soloway, who was inspired to write the series as a “love letter” to her parent who came out as trans, told critics here “”It’s mind-blowing how much has happened over the past year, how our culture has caught up to ‘Trans 101.'”
Talk inevitably turned to Caitlyn Jenner. The cast and crew have met Caitlyn, Tambor said. His “Transparent” character Maura would celebrate Caitlyn’s coming out and her E! series, “I Am Cait,” he said. (It’s true, Jenner’s reality series is more educational than titillating, going beyond gawking at the makeup to talking about trans youth suicides.)
Image of Jeffrey Tambor in “Transparent” provided by Amazon.
