<em>Pose</em> Lets In the Light

, FX’s vibrant series about ball culture in 1988 New York, is defined by joy and by love, but most of all by —the idea that simply being yourself in a specific space can be a revolutionary act. That space can be a dance floor, or it can be the set of a mainstream TV drama. The characters of , the house mothers and queens and LGBTQ voguers who congregated in Season 1 to compete against one another’s exuberant charades, are asserting their presence in a world that’s usually ill-inclined to receive it. And the series is desperately aware of how much that means. “The reality is, for trans women of color, the’s co-creator Steven Canals told in this week. “It’s critically important for us to have trans women of color up on-screen not just surviving, but thriving.”