By Marc Malkin
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Courtesy Michaela Jaé Rodriguez will be honored by APLA Health later this month with its Voice of Visibility Award.
The “Pose” star will be presented by her “Loot” co-star Joel Kim Booster during the kickoff ceremony of the 42nd annual AIDS Walk Los Angeles.
“There is still a cruel distance between what medicine can do and who actually gets to benefit from it. We know access to testing, treatment, and consistent care saves lives, yet our most marginalized communities, especially Black and Brown trans women, continue to bear a disproportionate burden,” Rodriguez said in a statement Thursday. “Our lives cannot become negotiable when the political climate changes or when supporting us becomes inconvenient. If you stand with this community, that commitment has to remain when it is hardest. We are not disposable, and we deserve the same chance to live fully, love freely, dream boldly and grow old.”
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