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Indya Moore calls out Ryan Murphy for being silent on anti-trans attacks
Indya Moore has made an impassioned plea to Ryan Murphy and other members of the LGBTQ+ community, calling on them to stand up for the trans community in these troubling times.Moore, who starred in the show Pose, shared a new video on Instagram where she spoke about the many attacks on trans people in modern-day America and why she's upset with the Pose creator. Moore cried while she thanked people who have helped the trans community and talked about how trans people are increasingly seen as "terrorists" and as a "threat," while also being threatened with persecution and rights being taken away."I have never thought that our belief that people should be free, or that we should be free from harm or violence, could ever be conceptualized as 'threatening,'" Moore reflects. "I really, genuinely never knew."The actress says, "Y'all can't make up your mind about how you want to view us. As weak and as a target to bully, or as a strong, bold threat. Ya'll don't know what to do."After thanking people who have "given us jobs" and lifted up trans people, Moore called out one specific person. "We really, really need y'all. Like, the fact that Ryan Murphy has been so silent? Like, we really pissed you off that much, Ryan? Like, Ryan Murphy, who upset you that much? Janet pissed you off that much?" Moore asked.At the premiere party for Pose''s final season, writer and producer Janet Mock delivered a 15-minute speech discussing unfair pay, better treatment for the trans community, and issues in the film and TV industry, as well as on Murphy's productions."And I'm just like, I'm trying to understand: How is it that you can do something like Pose during the Donald Trump administration, then it's like Poof It's gone," they continued. "It's like garbage. It's like an embarrassment. Like, that's how it feels.""Ryan Murphy, we need you to do more," Moore added. "You do need to address the racism, the violence, and the targeting of people on your productions, Ryan Murphy. Yes, you do. You do need to make sure trans people are paid equally. Yes, Janet did the right thing."Moore said she was "shocked by how quickly y'all forgot about Janet Mock." After serving as a writer and executive producer on Ryan Murphy's shows, including Pose, Hollywood, and Monster, Mock largely withdrew from the public eye and the industry overall in 2021."Y'all failed her. You failed her," Moore said. "Too many of the girls are out here waiting for the other girl to move over so she can have her spotlight. That is what happens to marginalized people. We are competing with each other too much.""And let me tell you something: Trans people, we're not loving each other the way that we should," she said. "We're catty, we're jealous, we compare ourselves to the next woman, scanning to see what surgeries she got."Moore continued, now explaining how trans people are too busy judging each other, and competing with each other, to support each other the way they need to right now. Moore also revealed that she is looking into countries that would accept her as an asylum seeker."We need help. Trans people need help. We need places we can go for asylum," they said.Other trans women in the industry have offered their support and agreement."Hi Indya. This really resonates with so many of us. Im wondering if we can have a call to action to get us together on a zoom or something to put our fears and differences aside and figure out how to support and love each other like you mentioned? Im also in Mexico working with a few people on building an asylum for trans / non binary folks. Its taking time to build but I completely hear you. Thank you for speaking up and for sharing your big heart to us. And for putting us all on notice. Sending love," writer and producer Rain Valdez commented."Love you so much my sister. This call to action, this call to love, this call for empathy, acknowledging each other's humanity both intra-community and for those who proclaim allyship," Emmy-nominated actress Laverne Cox wrote. "I've been weeping just like this. Weeping. But not showing it. But I hear you. I feel you deeply. I'm right there too.""It's wild that the current administration makes major announcements about the trans community and making major changes to constitutional protections and people are just watching," drag icon and trans actress Peppermint commented. "We could use a fraction of the energy people displayed last week.""Thank you, Indya, thank you," wrote filmmaker Aitch Alberto.
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