Enough Of With Politics… The Emmy’s

A trans woman got nominated for an Emmy!

Laverne Cox and Nava Mau share tearful embrace at 2024 Emmys as they celebrate trans visibility

Nava Mau and Laverne Cox shared a heartwarming moment after celebrating a historic Emmy nomination.

Pink News

By Amelia Hansford

September 16, 2024

The trans actresses and absolute icons emotionally embraced during an interview at the 2024 Emmy Awards after Mau was nominated for best supporting actress in a limited or anthology series or movie.

The 32-year-old star made history after becoming the first openly Latina trans nominee to be nominated at the Emmy’s for her work in Baby Reindeer.

“I’m supposed to keep it together, I’m the host,” an emotional Cox said in a clip shared by E! News. “I’m so proud of you.

“I’m so proud of you. This show is so incredible, and the work that you do is so amazing,” Cox continued. “Ten years ago, I became the first openly transgender person to be nominated for an acting Emmy, and ten years later, I’m not the last.”

Cox, 52, famously became the first transgender woman nominated for an Emmy Award in 2014 for her work as Sophia Burset in Netflix’s Orange is the New Black.

KQED writes about the movie,

Baby Reindeer tells the story of Donny Dunn (played by series creator Richard Gadd), a struggling Scottish comedian with an obsessive stalker, Martha (Jessica Gunning). Mau’s character, Teri, is Donny’s main love interest, and she gets dragged into a strange and dangerous love triangle. By demanding that Donny show her the respect she deserves, and deal with his unfinished business, Teri becomes the moral center of the show, offering a vision of a healed and resilient individual.

Baby Reindeer is refreshing because it doesn’t fixate on Teri’s struggles as a trans woman, nor does it condescendingly use her journey to teach Donny life lessons. Rather, she comes across as a fully formed woman whose life meaningfully intersects with Donny’s. Where her trans history is relevant, the script treats it in ways that are subtle, complex and authentic. The show is sensitive to the fact that Teri carries scars from being a trans woman in this world, and lets them slip delicately into the plot as would the details of any complex individual’s life.

“In many shows, trans people’s function is almost to be the safer trauma and the subject of pity,” Mau says. “It really felt like [Gadd] wanted to honor Teri’s power and all the ways that she pierces through Donny’s hiding. As a writer, Richard imbued a lot of gratitude for her. I needed to bring that into my performance.”

When I starts on streaming services that is when I’ll watch it, I’m no longer a fan of the big screen because for me it is hard to sit through the whole movie.

It was only a few years ago I was saying that they were not giving any trans actresses a chance and trans people were played by cis-actors. The times they are a changing,