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Pose
When your family said no, so you built one that says yes. 👑 Pose is chosen family in full ballroom glamour.
Who it's for
Pose follows the ballroom community of 1980s–90s New York, where mostly Black and Latina trans women and queer young people, rejected by their families, form 'houses' led by house mothers.
Feelings it meets
What it is
Pose is an FX drama created by Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Steven Canals that ran for three seasons from 2018 to 2021. It is set in New York City's ball culture of the 1980s and 1990s, an LGBTQ subculture in Black and Latino communities where competitors form chosen families called houses.
Where to find it
FX original; streams on Hulu in the US. Streaming availability rotates; check JustWatch.
Before you start
Heads up: AIDS deaths and transphobic violence.
Age: TV-MA (JustWatch listing; suggested 16+)
I came to your shore as a stranger, I lived in your house as a guest, I leave your door as a friend, my earth.Rabindranath Tagore, Stray Birds, no. 272
