Posted on 07/14/2021 5:11:52 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Mj Rodriguez has made history.
If you’re unfamiliar with the name, Mj stars in the FX television drama Pose.
Here’s the trailer for Season 3 — Pose’s final installment:
As described by Variety, Rodriguez is known for “her fierce and formidable portrayal of house mother and nurse Blanca Rodriguez on FX’s ballroom culture period drama…”
But the actor’s soon to be renowned for something new: Mj Rodriguez is the first transgender performer to be nominated for an Emmy in a major (non-guest) capacity.
The category: best Lead Actress in a Drama Series.
The other contenders:
- Uzo Aduba, Treatment
- Olivia Colman, The Crown
- Emma Corrin, The Crown
- Elisabeth Moss, The Handmaid’s Tale
- Jurnee Smollett, Lovecraft Country
Speaking to Variety, Mj waxed on a profound pivot:
“I do believe this is a pivotal moment. There’s never been a trans woman who has been nominated as a leading outstanding actress, and I feel like that pushes the needle forward so much for now the door to be knocked down for so many people — whether they be male or trans female, gender nonconforming, LGBTQIA+, it does not matter.”
These days, gender identity is king. And those identifying as the opposite of their sex are making waves across the board.
Particularly, it appears male-to-females are racking up recognition.
Last month, a biological male won Miss Nevada.
And in 2019, Victoria’s Secret took a noted turn:
Meet Valentina Sampaio, Victoria's Secret's first openly transgender model https://t.co/aiOKeTrLmf via @pagesix
— Gigi jones (@gigijones12131) July 10, 2020
Last year, Valentina made it to Sports Illustrated:
Valentina Sampaio becomes Sports Illustrated's first trans model https://t.co/ou5Z1tZmZY
— CNN (@CNN) July 11, 2020
Speaking of sports, trans is trending.
Laurel Hubbard will soon compete in the Olympics:
Of course, some states are standing in the way (see “Alabama Legislature Passes Bill Banning Biological Males From Women’s Sports“).
But the ACLU’s here to help:
ACLU Attorney Nails the 'White Supremacy' of Cisgender Sports, Says an Infant's Sex is Not 'Easily Identifiable'https://t.co/KHfhcbINAZ
— Alex Parker (@alexparker1984) July 14, 2021
Back to Pose, the show’s performers have made headlines before.
During a 2018 MTV interview with Mj and costar Indya Moore, the latter explained, “Gender is a social construct, but so is race.”
Continuing:
“And that still doesn’t make it okay for white women to play Asian women. It still doesn’t make it okay for [cisgender] people to play trans people.”
How about trans people playing cis? Mj laid it out:
“If this is a way to challenge yourself as an actor, then you should let us…play some cis roles. … Because we understand the experience of a woman.”
Indya also got attention for a tweet the following February:
“If a woman has a penis, her penis is a biologically female penis.”
It’s a new era.
As for Mj’s prediction of awarded actors who are “gender nonconforming,” in what category will those lacking an identity fit? Best actor? Actress? Lacktress?
It’s hard to say, but something tells me we’re all going to find out.
As we wait, here’s Mj before the transgender triumph — in an interview posted to YouTube in 2010, about the meaning of hit musical Rent:
One user commented, “[The] fact her face hasn’t aged a minute in 10 years is incredible.”
Another remark:
“She still looks like the beautiful woman she was meant to be. You couldn’t mistake those amazingly soulful eyes anywhere. Haters will always be jealous of those living their own truth!!”
Stay tuned for more cultural transformation.
I don’t eat Wheaties any more. Look what it did to Bruce Jenner!
This is sexual appropriation. That cut up man thing stole her sexual identity, culture, method of dress, and mannerisms. REEEEEE!
Turned him into a Froot Loop.
LOL!
Pathetic.
My brain hurts.
Is it the result of the feminist movement that men are better at being a woman than women? Will real women finally stand up and fight back? Sad times.
Love it
Liberal feminists heads dont like it
Regular women too
They all demanded tolerance and acceptance of this crap
Now that it inconveniences them they want exemption from it
Linda Hunt played a male but did not steal a male award in The Year of Living Dangerously.
Of course they did.
I wonder why there are not calls to drop the Actor ANDActress, and simply give the award to the best performance. It would cut down on the length of the shows.
Men help women to break glass ceiling!
Dustin Hoffman was robbed I tell ya…
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They are correct in this assessment....but they're incorrect in why it's a pivotal moment and what it really means.
There are so many sharks jumping these days you would think they have wings
Remember The Crying Game?
No doubt, this actor, Jaye Davis (posing as a woman) would today be nominated for Supporting Actress, instead of Supporting Actor in 1993.
SICK.
Emmy’s??? I’d rather watch 4 straight hours of the Joe Namath commercial that gets shoved down our throats in every show.
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