On June 2, 2018, FX premiered Pose, a drama that put the spotlight on the ball culture of New York City in the ’80s. The series created by Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, and Steven Canals made television history with the largest number of transgender actors in series regular roles for a scripted series. In addition, it put narratives of LGBTQ people of color front and center in a way that hasn’t been done before — and actress Mj Rodriguez was the moral center of it all.