(CNN)Welcome to the past books, Mj Rodriguez.
The "Pose" prima connected Tuesday made Emmy history, becoming the archetypal retired trans pistillate to beryllium nominated successful the outstanding pb histrion class for her relation successful the FX drama, GLAAD, a starring LGBTQ advocacy organization, told CNN. She is besides the archetypal retired trans performer nominated successful immoderate pb acting category, according to the organization.
Rodriguez, who plays Blanca connected the series, accounted for 1 of 9 nominations earned by "Pose" this year.
Billy Porter, who won his archetypal Emmy successful 2019, was nominated successful the pb histrion category, and "Pose" received a information for champion drama.
"Michaela Jaé (Mj) Rodriguez's Emmy information for Outstanding Lead Actress successful a Drama Series is simply a breakthrough for transgender women successful Hollywood, and a long-overdue designation for her groundbreaking show implicit the past 3 seasons of POSE," GLAAD President and CEO Sarah Kate Ellis said successful a statement. "Additionally, the show's information for Outstanding Drama Series, arsenic good arsenic Billy Porter's 3rd information for Outstanding Lead Actor successful a Drama Series, people a historical amusement that undoubtedly raised the barroom for trans practice connected tv and changed the mode viewers astir the satellite recognize the trans community."
Last month, GLAAD rallied implicit 40 organizations for an open missive that encouraged Emmy voters to enactment the groundbreaking bid successful its last season, calling it a amusement that "transformed the scenery of transgender practice successful Hollywood and educated the satellite connected who transgender radical are."
This is not the archetypal clip "Pose" has made history. In 2019, Porter became the archetypal openly cheery Black antheral to triumph an Emmy successful the pb histrion category.
"I americium honored and humbled to person my enactment erstwhile again beryllium recognized by the academy," Porter said of his information this year. "I basal astatine the intersection of creation and activism, and I americium everlastingly grateful for the healing travel that POSE has been for myself, my colleagues and the world!"
Rodriguez's information is simply a milestone successful a agelong combat for transgender performers, who've excessively often gone unrecognized for their enactment portion galore cisgender actors person been recognized for playing trans characters.
In caller years, advancement has been seen.
In 2014, Laverne Cox became the archetypal transgender idiosyncratic to beryllium nominated successful an acting class successful Primetime Emmy history, acknowledgment to her relation connected Netflix's "Orange Is the New Black." She would spell connected to beryllium nominated 3 much times successful the outstanding impermanent histrion class and triumph a Daytime Emmy successful 2015.
And successful 2020, Rain Valdez was nominated for outstanding histrion successful a abbreviated signifier drama oregon play bid for her relation successful "Razor Tongue."
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