The Advocate’s 2021 Person of the Year, made history on Sunday for taking home the Golden Globe for best actress in a TV drama.
She’s the first trans actor to ever win a Golden Globe.Rodriguez’s win came from her portrayal of housemother and nurse Blanca Evangelista on FX’s Pose.
The show premiered in 2018 and ended last year. On Instagram, Rodriguez said the win was a “sickening birthday present!”“This is the door that is going to open the door for many more young talented individuals.
They will see that it is more than possible,” Rodriguez wrote. “They will see that a young Black Latina girl from Newark New Jersey who had a dream, to change the minds others would WITH LOVE.