Photos Released of Coach Beiste from 'Glee' as a Trans Man

Images have been released giving fans of the hit TV show "Glee" a first glimpse of transgender character Coach Beiste as a man.

As actress Dot-Marie Jones prepares for her "Glee" character Coach Beiste to become the first regular-series character on broadcast television to come out as transgender, she tells PEOPLE Magazine that she's excited -- but that she doesn't want to let down the tomboys that might be watching.

"I just didn't want to let down the girls who are straight and tomboys that my character represented the last four seasons,' " Jones tells PEOPLE of her character transitioning from female to male on the FOX show's sixth and final season. "But I got the script and I was, like, 'Oh my God. This is amazing.'"

Coach Beiste will reveal his new look on the Feb. 13 episode of the musical dramedy (Friday at 9 p.m. ET). And Jones said she was 'honored' to be trusted with portraying a transgender character.

She said that members of the transgender community had sent her Tweets telling her how meaningful it was for them to see themselves represented on network TV.

Jones credits her hair and makeup team for making her transition credible, and "helping her fully immerse herself into the role."

"People walk by me and I forget that I'm in [the hair and makeup to make me look like a man]," she says. "I'll say, 'Hey.' And they'll say, 'Hi.' And then a few second later, they'll run back, 'Oh my God! Dot!' It's awesome."

EDGE reported on the character arc on January 23, noting that Jones told The Advocate, "The last thing I want to do is disrespect anybody in what I'm portraying, and to do it respectfully and with class, and with dignity and pride, and I could not have been prouder than I was that day [that we filmed those scenes]."