Summer Johnson, an 18-year-old trans student at the University of Southern Mississippi, saysPose couldn't have come at a better time: during her early transition.
"I feel represented in a way that I never have before. Watching them become fully rounded and fleshed-out characters, I feel as if I am on the screen, feeling the highs of joy and a loving environment and the lows of the rejection and shame," Johnson says. "Pose has given me a sense of reassurance that a trans woman like me has a place in the world and that we are loved."
With the season finale of Pose airing on Sunday, July 22, Johnson credits the show's run this Summer with helping her spark her own path to self-discovery.
"Every week, sitting down with the House of Evangelista makes me feel like one of the girls for once just kiki'ing and enjoying myself," she says. "This sparked the progression of my transition toward my true self. Without Pose, I don't know where I'd be on that journey."
