Actor and
singer Dyllón Burnside of TV show “Pose” on
the FX Network was honored, as was the TransInclusive Group — a
transgender-led, South Florida activist organization.
Burnside plays
Ricky Evangelista on the FX series. He has also starred in the Tupac
Shakur-inspired musical “Holler If Ya
Hear Me on Broadway” and in roles on NBC’s “Peter Pan
Live!” and HBO’s “High
Maintenance.”
It is
Burnside’s outspokenness about the importance of “Pose” in its representation
of LGBT people of color that the HRC emphasized as the reason for the honor.
Cofounder and
executive director of the TransInclusive Group, Tatiana Williams, accepted the
award on behalf of the organization. Williams is also the testing and community
mobilization coordinator at the Pride Center in Wilton Manors.
SOURCE: HRC
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