There was a void, a generational void, where we went from the likes of Sylvia Rivera and Marsha P Johnson to this new generation that’s coming up and fighting again for trans rights, and there’s a generational gap. The star, who played house mother Elektra Abundance on FX’s Pose from 2018-2021, also opened up about her own past as a trans sex worker, delving into “the trauma, the tough experiences, the struggles” which “all present as shame and barriers to living a life of certainty and happiness”.Ī post shared by MUGLER The Stroll, Lovell told The Guardian: “It was just time to tell this story. Trans icon Jackson posted the trailer of the documentary to her Instagram with a heartfelt caption praising the “amazing, brave, courageous, beautiful, inspirational women” who have told their stories, and commending both Lovell and Drucker’s creation. It seems that Jackson is keen to keep up that tradition, as the Pose star has further shared details about her past occupation as a sex worker, and how it affected her – and she did so in a post on Instagram, praising a new documentary on that very same subject, The Stroll.Īn HBO Original, The Stroll takes a look back on the tumultuous lives of Black trans sex workers in New York City, and has been made by two trans film-makers, Kristen Lovell and Zackary Drucker. As a Black trans woman, she’s keen to highlight the often severely unpleasant lived experience of people like herself.
Queer trailblazer, activist and actor Dominique Jackson has never been one to shy away from sharing her past. Dominique Jackson, who starred in Ryan Murphy’s queer ballroom drama Pose as the fierce and ferocious Elektra Abundance, has opened up about her past in sex work while praising documentary The Stroll.
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