By now, we all know how homicide, suicide, and workforce discrimination impact transgender women at staggering rates, specifically transgender women of color; often, representation and visibility for us focuses more on our pain than our liberation, and these are the only stories that we hear.
Shar Jossell, a 30-year-old entertainment reporter and transgender woman of color, calls it the "tragic trope." She explains how Pose is helping to change that perspective and offer an antidote to the dangerous cliche.
"When I think of Pose, I think of the adage, 'I am not my sister's keeper. I am my sister,'" Jossell tells me. "Pose is a show that I so desperately wish I had as a resource in adolescence. For me, this show reiterates the fact that, although we [trans women] as a whole have varying experiences, stories, and backgrounds, there is a common universal thread within our community. It doesn't matter if it's the late 1980s or 2018. Watching these stories unfold over the past few weeks has resonated with me in ways that no other visual content has before."
Beyond the scope of just being a TV series, it's important that we focus on the various ways Pose is helping to shape the culture around an intersectional LGBTQ+ community. Not only does Pose celebrate our moments of joy, but it also tackles subjects such as HIV/AIDS, providing a more sound and nuanced perspective on the epidemic that was prevalent during the 1980s.
For every viewer who tunes into the show, Pose provides an opportunity for another person to know a transgender person. And the more cisgender people learn and understand about the transgender community, the less likely they are to discriminate and the more likely they are to become allies in helping us create a better future.
![By now, we all know how homicide, suicide, and workforce discrimination impact transgender women at staggering rates, specifically transgender women of color; often, representation and visibility for us focuses more on our pain than our liberation, and these are the only stories that we hear.
Shar Jossell, a 30-year-old entertainment reporter and transgender woman of color, calls it the "tragic trope." She explains how Pose is helping to change that perspective and offer an antidote to the dangerous cliche.
"When I think of Pose, I think of the adage, 'I am not my sister's keeper. I am my sister,'" Jossell tells me. "Pose is a show that I so desperately wish I had as a resource in adolescence. For me, this show reiterates the fact that, although we [trans women] as a whole have varying experiences, stories, and backgrounds, there is a common universal thread within our community. It doesn't matter if it's the late 1980s or 2018. Watching these stories unfold over the past few weeks has resonated with me in ways that no other visual content has before."
Beyond the scope of just being a TV series, it's important that we focus on the various ways Pose is helping to shape the culture around an intersectional LGBTQ+ community. Not only does Pose celebrate our moments of joy, but it also tackles subjects such as HIV/AIDS, providing a more sound and nuanced perspective on the epidemic that was prevalent during the 1980s.
For every viewer who tunes into the show, Pose provides an opportunity for another person to know a transgender person. And the more cisgender people learn and understand about the transgender community, the less likely they are to discriminate and the more likely they are to become allies in helping us create a better future.](https://media1.popsugar-assets.com/files/thumbor/utpKoL4fdNWV9F83Mu-arXggws8/fit-in/1024x1024/filters:format_auto-!!-:strip_icc-!!-/2018/07/20/739/n/38761221/netimgYEDOW7/i/now-we-all-know-how-homicide-suicide-workforce.jpg "By now, we all know how homicide, suicide, and workforce discrimination impact transgender women at staggering rates, specifically transgender women of color; often, representation and visibility for us focuses more on our pain than our liberation, and these are the only stories that we hear.
Shar Jossell, a 30-year-old entertainment reporter and transgender woman of color, calls it the \"tragic trope.\" She explains how Pose is helping to change that perspective and offer an antidote to the dangerous cliche.
\"When I think of Pose, I think of the adage, 'I am not my sister's keeper. I am my sister,'\" Jossell tells me. \"Pose is a show that I so desperately wish I had as a resource in adolescence. For me, this show reiterates the fact that, although we [trans women] as a whole have varying experiences, stories, and backgrounds, there is a common universal thread within our community. It doesn't matter if it's the late 1980s or 2018. Watching these stories unfold over the past few weeks has resonated with me in ways that no other visual content has before.\"
Beyond the scope of just being a TV series, it's important that we focus on the various ways Pose is helping to shape the culture around an intersectional LGBTQ+ community. Not only does Pose celebrate our moments of joy, but it also tackles subjects such as HIV/AIDS, providing a more sound and nuanced perspective on the epidemic that was prevalent during the 1980s.
For every viewer who tunes into the show, Pose provides an opportunity for another person to know a transgender person. And the more cisgender people learn and understand about the transgender community, the less likely they are to discriminate and the more likely they are to become allies in helping us create a better future.")
