HBO’s ‘Looking’ adds transgender character for season two

Looking

has added a transgender character for its upcoming second season.

The HBO series is expected to return in early 2015, and will feature three new recurring characters, TV Line reports.

Sammie, a female-to-male transgender character, lives at a shelter where Agustín gets a job, following his crisis at the end of last season.

Meanwhile, the new episodes will also introduce viewers to Malik, an African-American employee in the San Francisco mayor’s office, as well as Richie’s new redheaded boyfriend, Brady.

Russell Tovey has been upgraded to a series regular for the new season, alongside fellow recurring stars Lauren Weedma, who plays Doris, and Raul Castillo, who appears as Richie.

Looking received mixed reviews when it debuted in January, and attracted modest ratings, but eventually secured a renewal from HBO for 10-episode second season.

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