Indya Moore Calls Out Ryan Murphy for Failing to Stand Up for Trans People After ‘Pose’: ‘It’s Garbage’

Actress Indya Moore, similar galore trans radical successful the U.S., is calling connected radical successful powerfulness to basal up for her community’s rights. One of the almighty radical she’s calling retired by sanction is nary different than her erstwhile boss, Ryan Murphy.

In an affectional video posted to her Instagram connected Sunday (Sept. 28), Moore — who gained planetary acclaim for her portrayal of Angel Evangelista successful FX’s Pose — criticized Murphy for failing to basal up for the trans assemblage successful the years since the Emmy Award-winning bid ended successful 2021.

The histrion offered her acknowledgment to Murphy and others who “have ever fixed america jobs” and “allowed america to beryllium capable to talk out,” earlier slamming Murphy for not utilizing his level to talk up astir the ongoing attacks against the trans assemblage by the U.S. government. “The information that Ryan Murphy has been this soundless … like, we truly pissed you disconnected that much, Ryan? Who upset you that much, Janet [Mock, writer, manager and shaper connected Pose] truly pissed you disconnected that much?”

Moore continued, saying that she has been “reprimanded” earlier for speaking up astir “mistreatment” she dealt with connected the acceptable of Pose, including her assertion that shaper Tanase Popa threw murphy chips astatine her connected set. She past turned her attraction backmost to Murphy, asking however the influential showrunner could “do thing like Pose during Donald Trump’s [2016-2020] administration, and past it’s like poof, you’re gone.”

“It’s garbage. It’s, like, an embarrassment,” she said. “Ryan Murphy, we request you to bash more. You request to code the racism, the violence, and the targeting of radical connected your productions … you bash request to marque definite trans radical are paid equally.”

Billboard has reached retired to Murphy’s representatives for comment.

Moore’s statements astir Murphy came amid a 30-minute video, successful which the histrion emotionally reacted to the Trump administration’s targeting of the trans assemblage since the president took bureau again successful January. In the 9 months of the twice-impeached president’s 2nd word frankincense far, Trump has taken aggregate opportunities to discriminate against trans people, including limiting resources for transgender healthcare, eliminating national designation of transgender identities, banning trans radical from serving successful the subject and ceasing backing for the nationalist termination hotline dedicated to helping queer and trans people.

In her tearful video, Moore questioned the competing narratives being utilized by the president and his supporters. “How bash you spell from ‘trans radical are mentally ill, they request help’ to ‘trans radical are terrorists?’ Y’all can’t marque up your caput astir however you privation to presumption us, arsenic anemic and a people to bully, oregon arsenic beardown and a threat,” she said.

Moore thanked those who person stood up for trans people’s rights and safety, and urged those watching to support doing truthful successful the caption of her video, wherever she besides tagged Murphy. “Trans People Need you. We person been copping [sic] for excessively long,” she wrote. “Lift america up al...