'Now I feel, as a person who identifies as trans and also as a woman, that there are no barriers for me,' MjRodriguez7 says. 'Instead, there are barriers to knock down for others.' The history-making actor wants to be the example
the FX series about New York City’s ’80s and ’90s ball scene. Just six months earlier, Rodriguez had also broken barriers by becoming the first trans woman to earn an Emmy nomination in a lead acting category.
This recognition means more to the actor than adding trophies to her shelf. Rodriguez, who proudly identifies as an AfroLatina trans woman, has long felt the scarcity of role models who look like her in Hollywood. Rising to the top of her field is validation of the change she’s striving to make. “When I was younger, I didn’t have representation for anyone of color in the LGBTQI community,” she says. “Now, I want to be the example. I want to show them that it’s possible.
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