Steven Canals Celebrates ‘Pose’ In Emmys Acceptance Speech He Never Got To Make

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Steven Canals revealed what his acceptance speech would’ve sounded like at the Emmy Awards if his groundbreaking series had been celebrated for its final season Sunday night.“Well, @poseonfx didn’t take home any Emmys last night but that doesn’t change how proud I am of our final season.

Here’s what I would have said had I made it up on that stage. All of this will always hold true,” he captioned the photo of his prepared speech.“The reason I get to stand up here as an openly queer Afro-Latin person is because of my ancestors,” his speech opens. “In 1969, the fight for the Trans and Queer liberation reached a fever pitch, built on the backs of the women, who happened to be Trans and Lesbian.