GLAAD is honoring “Pose” star Michaela Jaé Rodriguez for her “promotion of LGBTQ acceptance.” Based on Deadline, Rodriguez is about to obtain the Stephen F. Kolzak Award on the GLAAD Media Awards. The ceremony, recognizing “truthful, correct, and inclusive representations of LGBTQ folks and points” in media, can be held in Los Angeles on April 2.
“Michaela Jaé Rodriguez is an simple expertise who’s altering the best way audiences perceive trans folks whereas breaking down boundaries for the trans neighborhood and LGBTQ folks of colour inside the leisure business,” stated GLAAD President & CEO Sarah Kate Ellis. “Her efficiency as Blanca on ‘Pose’ was probably the most necessary and impactful roles within the historical past of LGBTQ illustration on tv, and she or he continues to spearhead the way forward for trans visibility and inclusion in leisure by way of her expertise on display screen, in music, and as a passionate activist.”
The Kolzak Award is “named after a legendary casting director, who devoted his life to elevating consciousness within the leisure business concerning the discrimination confronted by LGBTQ folks in addition to folks dwelling with HIV,” the supply notes. Earlier honorees embrace Laverne Cox, Wanda Sykes, Ruby Rose, and Melissa Etheridge.
The GLAAD Media Award nominees this 12 months embrace “Eternals,” “Pose,” “Intercourse Training,” “Saved by the Bell,” “Batwoman,” and “Twenties.”
Earlier this 12 months, Rodriguez grew to become the primary trans actress to win a Golden Globe. She obtained the most effective tv actress in a drama collection prize for her work in “Pose,” the FX present set the in ball tradition world of the late ’80s and early ’90s. The groundbreaking collection ended final 12 months after three seasons.
You may see Rodriguez in Netflix’s Oscar-nominated musical “tick, tick…BOOM!” “Adam,” “Saturday Church,” and “Luke Cage” are amongst her different credit.
Supply: Women And Hollywood
