In 2006, Babe Carey Chandler and Josh Madden persuade Zarf to sign a contract allowing them to use her music in an ad campaign for Fusion Cosmetics.

Later, Zoe (still presenting as Zarf) is suspected of being the Satin Slayer, a serial killer who poisoned Simone Torres and Erin Lavery, and who attempted to kill Danielle Frye.

She is cleared of suspicion when the true killer is revealed to be Alexander Cambias, Sr. As part of her transition, Zoe joins a transgender support group and meets with an endocrinologist.

[3] Before taping Zoe's episodes, the production team consulted with transgender people and the US non-profit GLAAD (Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation).

[4]Carruthers told the Associated Press that All My Children was in search of something new, and that the production team was aware that their audience was drawn to plot elements dealing with sex and sexuality.

[1][4] In The City, a daytime drama that aired on ABC from 1995 to 1997, Carlotta Chang played Azure C., a model who has already transitioned, and who comes out to her fiancé as transsexual.

[1][5] In early 2006, The L Word introduced a storyline in which the character Moira Sweeney comes out as a trans man, and changes his given name to Max as part of his transition.