Carter The Body on being an exotic dancer, masc-presenting lesbian TV star & engaged to the love of her life
A post shared by CARTER (@carter_thebody)Carter The Body is a former exotic dancer and masc-presenting lesbian covered in tattoos.
When she first wanted to get into acting, she was told it wouldn’t be possible… unless she shed every portion of her identity. “I remember someone I actually looked up to, he was on a hit show.
I met him at the gym. … I would ask him for advice: ‘I’d love to get into acting. What advice would you give me?'” she said. “He told me that ‘you could go to the auditions, throw on a wig, put on some makeup.’ I was like, ‘What?'”Carter never listened to her friend, and now finds herself playing the perfect role: herself.
She stars in Tyler Perry’s BET+ original series, All The Queen’s Men, which is about a Black female nightclub owner and band of fiercely loyal employees.Subscribe to our newsletter for a refreshing cocktail (or mocktail) of LGBTQ+ entertainment and pop culture, served up with a side of eye-candy.“I see a lot more masculine-presenting women on TV, and I love it,” said Carter. “One of my goals is motivating the youth into saying, ‘I can do it, too.'”A Los Angeles native, Carter doesn’t just motive herself professionally.
