GLAAD Lobbies Television Academy to Vote for ‘Pose’ as Emmy Nominations Open

FX’s now-ended “Pose” received a very strong Emmy-nomination endorsement from GLAAD and 39 other LGBTQ+ organizations and film festivals Thursday, when the groups submitted a joint open letter to the Television Academy telling them in no uncertain terms that it was time to honor “Pose” and its transgender and nonbinary actors: Mj Rodriguez, Dominique Jackson, Indya Moore, Hailie Sahar and Angelica Ross.

“For far too long, the transgender community has lived on the sidelines,” states the letter, which was submitted to Emmy voters today, the first day nominations opened. “Since the creation of moving pictures, this part of our own community has been represented through harmful depictions that have had a real-world impact on their lives.”