Julie Kalceff wants more representation of trans characters on TV screens. Kalceff is the creator, writer, and director ofFirst Day, an Australian tween mini-series about a transgender 12-year-old facing the struggle of navigating high school, and life, as her authentic self.
Across four half-hour episodes, Evie Macdonald —the first transgender actor to be cast in the lead role of an Australian series— shows Hannah as she faces everyday terrors like making new friends, and facing down a bully as well as less-obvious ordeals including sleeping over at a friends' house or donning a swimming suit at summer camp.At one point, Hannah is outed on social media and she battles with the question of whether to return to school. "It's incredibly.