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Mj Rodriguez’s nomination for “Pose” is certainly a milestone for Hollywood. It also gives hope to the many other trans actors that suffered through erasure and negative representation.

Half of this year’s best LGBTQ films centered on lesbian relationships, but trans celebrities, gay vampires, and a family full of conmen also made an appearance.

She said that the transgender man’s life was “a female story” and used the wrong pronouns for him before she apologized and said she wouldn’t take the role.