Celebrity Family Feud Makes History with Its First All Trans Team to Compete

Television history is being made tonight, as ABC’s Celebrity Family Feud airs its first-ever all-transgender team competing on the hit game show. The star-studded team—appropriately named Team Laverne—features powerhouse advocates, actors and entertainers Laverne Cox, TS Madison, Mila Jam, Joslyn De Freece, and Miss Peppermint.

The ladies joined forces to win $25,000 for the TS Madison Starter House, a reentry program developed in partnership with NAESM (National AIDS Education & Services for Minorities).

The Starter House is part of SAFE—Sisterhood Alliance for Freedom and Equality—and serves as a transitional home for formerly incarcerated and system-impacted Black transgender women, with a special focus on those exiting sex work.

We previously reported earlier this year that the TS Madison Starter House aims to disrupt cycles of marginalization by offering holistic support, dignity, and real-life tools for survival and success.

In our exclusive interview with trans activist Dominique Morgan, she shared how the house prioritizes intention and readiness over celebrity association: