For the first time in Emmys history, two transgender women are recognized in any acting category. We talked to Lavernecox and rainvaldez about their meaningful achievement.
For Valdez, seeing someone like Cox onscreen was a motivator to keep pursuing her dreams in Hollywood. “I know you worked so hard and you literally trailblazed,” she tells Cox. “I feel like this opened up [doors] for me because you’ve been out there. It’s a beautiful thing.”
I think for me, you just never know where your career is going to take you. There's no blueprint in this industry on how to make it or how to be successful and what making it even feels like. But to be here because of something that I created and something that I wrote and knew that I could do and execute -- because I'm a Filipina American trans woman, I knew the character so well -- I just felt very confident going in that this was something that's going to be special for me.
ET: Rain, you mentioned the community that went into making this and considering that you’re both nominated this year -- the first time any two openly transgender people are vying for acting Emmys -- does it feel like these nominations are bigger than either one of you? Like, it’s not just a nomination for you, it’s also a nomination for the community. who were snubbed again this year and there was a lot of press about that.
Halle Berry's moment at the Oscars -- I keep alluding to it because I think it's so instructive because it was a moment. It was a moment that was part of this historical night. It was a big night for Black people at the Oscars but it was a moment because there was not a full movement in place in Hollywood yet, at that time. Oscars So White did not happen in 2002.
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