Pose Star Indya Moore Calls Out Ryan Murphy For Public Silence on Anti-Trans Attacks

Indya Moore is calling on Ryan Murphy to speak up for trans people.

via: Pink News

In an emotional, 30-minute long Instagram Reel posted on Sunday (28 September), Moore, who is best known for her role as Angel Evangelista in FX drama Pose, urged Murphy to “do more” for the trans community.

Moore began their video by weeping, and offering thanks to “anybody who has ever supported trans people ever”.

The actress and activist continued by reflecting on the current climate for trans people in America, particularly how the community is being increasingly demonised as a “threat” while having their rights stripped.

“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 said. “I really, genuinely never knew.”

“How do you go from ‘trans people are mentally ill, they need help’ to ‘trans people are terrorists?’” she asked, adding, “Y’all can’t make up your mind about how you want to view us — as weak and a target to bully, or as strong and a threat.”

Earlier this month, it was claimed that Senior Department of Justice (DoJ) officials are reportedly considering curtailing trans people’s Second Amendment right to own guns, in the wake of the shooting of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk – who was shot and killed by a cisgender man. 

Indya Moore thanked “all the people who have ever given us jobs, who have given us work, [and] allowed us to speak out” but suggested that solidarity is needed now more than ever.

“We really need y’all. We really, really need y’all,” Moore said, while crying. “Like, the fact that Ryan Murphy has been this silent — like, we really p***ed you off that much, Ryan? Like Ryan Murphy, who upset you that much? Janet really p***ed you off that much?”

Writer and trans activist Janet Mock made history as the first Black, trans woman to be hired to write a TV series when she was brought on by Murphy to write, direct, and produce much of Pose.

Yet at a 2021 event marking the premiere of Pose’s third and final season, Mock used her 15-minute speech to confront Murphy, criticise FX for not paying her more, and to critique Pose episodes which were written by men.

The best-selling author also took aim at the poor way the entertainment industry treats trans people, before declaring: “F**k Hollywood.”

Continuing in her video, Moore said that Mock “did the right thing” and said that she had been “failed” by the community who “forgot” about her. Mock has been largely absent from the public eye since 2021, bar a writing and producing credit on Murphy’s 2022 show, Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story.

“I can’t tell you how much I have been reprimanded in my work for standing up against mistreatment, either for me or it happened to somebody else,” she said.

“And I’m trying to understand: how is it that [Murphy] can do something like Pose during Donald Trump’s [first] administration, and then it’s like poof, you’re gone?”

In 2018, Pose made TV history for featuring the largest cast of trans women on a scripted show.

“It’s garbage. It’s an embarrassment… Ryan Murphy, we need you to do more,” Moore urged.

“You need to address the racism, the violence, and the targeting of people on your productions, Ryan Murphy. You do need to make sure trans people are paid equally. Yes, Janet did the right thing.”

PinkNews has contacted Ryan Murphy’s representatives for comment.

The Father Mother Sister Brother star added that she was “shocked” at how “quickly” Mock had been abandoned by the community.

“Too many of the girls are out here waiting for the other girl to move over so they can get her spot. That is what happens to marginalised people. We are competing with each other too much,” she said.

As the lengthy video continued, Moore urged trans people to better support each other, and urged her fellow stars in Hollywood to stop being “passive” as trans people face mounting challenges globally.

“Please advocate for us in your countries,” they said. “We need your help, we need your support.”

Since her post, Moore has been inundated with support from her fellow trans and non-binary celebrities and followers, including Laverne Cox, Peppermint, Munroe Bergdorf, and Shea Couleé.

“Love you so much my sister,” Cox wrote. “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. 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.”