text: Just days after Bruce Jenner's powerful interview with Diane Sawyer, another transgender person is making a monumental television appearance. Starting in May, Scott Turner Schofield will become the first transgender man to have a recurring role on a daytime soap opera when he appears on The Bold and the Beautiful. It will mark the television acting debut of Schofield, who is a performer, speaker and author known for his one-person shows that address transgender issues. Scroll down for video . Major moment: Scott Turner Schofield (left, with Thorsten Kaye) has landed a role on the popular soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful . Major figure: Schofield (left, right in high school) is a speaker and author known for his one-person shows that address transgender issues . The New York Daily News reports that Schofield will be playing Nick, a mentor of sorts to the character of Maya Avant, played by Karla Mosley. Avant is struggling with her gender identity in her current storyline on the show. 'I’m Maya’s best friend and I come from her world when she first landed in Los Angeles before she became the huge success that she is,' said Schofield. 'We met in the trans community together. I’m her friend that comes in and kind of help remind her that she is beautiful and whole and authentic exactly as she is.' Schofield, then added that much of the storyline will have to do with the discrimination members of the community face, and for that reason the role seemed in many ways as if he were playing himself. Major storyline: Schofield will be playing Nick (left), a mentor of sorts to the character of Maya Avant, played by Karla Mosley (right) CBS apparently reached out to a handful of transgender actors and personalities for the role, and Schofield said that one person in the running was Candis Cayne, the actress known for her roles on shows such as Dirty Sexy Money and  Elementary. Schofield also reassured any concerned individuals that the show was making this a positive portrayal of a transgender person, and the struggles they face. 'It's going in the direction that transgender people can be happy about,' he said. 'And not only transgender people, but everyone who knows and loves a transgender person.' Schofield, who is based in Atlanta, Georgia, makes his first appearance on the show May 8.
target: Scott Turner Schofield has landed a role on the popular soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful .
  Schofield is now the first transgender male to score a major role on a daytime television show .
  He will make his first appearance on May 8 .
  Schofield is a speaker and author known for his one-person shows that address transgender issues .