On Sunday, Michaela Jaé Mj Rodriguez, 31, took home a Golden Globe for best actress in a TV drama for her role as house mother and nurse Blanca on the FX show 'Pose.'
“Something abt trans ppl not being honored on a show abt trans ppl who created a culture to honor ourselves bc the world doesn’t,”, who plays Angel Evangelista, a transgender sex worker pursuing a career as a fashion model. “Let’s call it cognitive cissonance.”
Moore — who is transgender and nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns — was named one of the 100 most influential people by Time magazine in 2019. “But also, look at the weak ass promotion. Most of us have never been on any talk shows except MJ, here and there,” Moore added in a separate tweet, responding to a fan who claimed that the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, which bestows the Emmy Awards, only votes for “names they know.”
Angelica Ross, who played Candy Ferocity on the show — a Black trans woman who was murdered in a motel room in the second season — retweeted Moore and spoke candidly on Instagram about the snubs at the time. “I want you to know from the jump that these tears are not about an award or a nomination,” Ross said. “Ultimately, I need y’all to understand that I’m so tired — those of you who know me know I’m not just working on screen or behind screen but I’m working around the clock to get our society to value trans lives and Black
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