Pose: Created by Steven Canals, Brad Falch, Ryan Murphy. Wh Michaela Jaé (MJ) Rodriguez, Domique Jackson, Indya Moore, Angel Bismark Curiel. In the New York of the late '80s and early '90s, this is a story of ball culture and the gay and trans muny, the ragg AIDS crisis, and palism." data-id="ma
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FX’S ‘POSE’ PUTS TRANSGENR AND GAY ACTORS ONT AND CENTER — AND ALL UTAHNS N RELATE
Ryan Murphy, a cisgenr whe gay man, assembled the largt st of trans actors ever for a scripted televisn seri. Wh such a amework, Ryan Murphy’s Pose was emed important very simply bee sought to reprent black gay men and trans people of lor. Certaly, Pose is not the first time black gay men have been reprented on televisn.
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