One of the qualities I admire most about Ross is that she does the same, all for the sake of the people who feel seen and heard by her presence.

And I’m deliberate about including all of us-especially Black trans women-because I have seen how progress interrupts itself when we don’t consider the most marginalized, or worse, deliberately exclude them. I place our priorities first because no one else does. I’ve said many times that I dedicate my work to Black girls. Pandemic notwithstanding, Ross is busier than ever after signing a TV development deal with the production company Pigeon, hosting difficult conversations on her internet show The Turning Point, and running TransTech Social Enterprises, a company she founded to help trans people secure safe and viable employment. She starred in the 2016 web series Her Story, produced and starred in the 2017 short film Missed Connections, and became the first trans woman to have two regular series roles when she joined American Horror Story: 1984 in 2019.

Like most people, I first came to know Angelica Ross through her portrayal of the assertive and outspoken Candy Ferocity on FX’s hit series Pose, although her work stretches beyond that role.

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