{"id":10868,"date":"2020-06-19T18:33:05","date_gmt":"2020-06-19T23:33:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=10868"},"modified":"2020-06-19T18:33:05","modified_gmt":"2020-06-19T23:33:05","slug":"pose-a-thon-a-one-hour-event-in-honor-of-pride-month-emceed-by-billy-porter-with-mj-rodriguez-will-air-friday-june-26-10pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/19\/pose-a-thon-a-one-hour-event-in-honor-of-pride-month-emceed-by-billy-porter-with-mj-rodriguez-will-air-friday-june-26-10pm\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Pose-A-Thon,&#8221; A One Hour Event in Honor of Pride Month Emceed by Billy Porter With Mj Rodriguez will air Friday, June 26 @ 10PM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10869\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/gay-pride-flag.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/gay-pride-flag.jpg 500w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/gay-pride-flag-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/gay-pride-flag-260x174.jpg 260w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/gay-pride-flag-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>Live, Work, Pose-A-Thon!<\/strong><\/em> As a part of Pride month, Disney Television Studios and FX today announced the launch of &#8220;<strong><em>Pose-A-Thon<\/em><\/strong>,&#8221; a commercial-free one-hour virtual event, showcasing the cast and producers of &#8220;<em>Pose<\/em>&#8221; to raise awareness for three notable organizations that work to support LGBTQ+ education, social change for sexual and gender minority people of color, and transgender equality through legal services and policy efforts. The special emceed by Emmy, Grammy, and Tony-award winning actor and activist Billy Porter along with co-star Mj Rodriguez will air Friday, June 26 at 10:00PM ET\/PT on FX and Freeform. Viewers can also tune-in same day starting at 7:00PM PT at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.poseathon.com\">www.poseathon.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m so proud of our cast and producers for coming together to present an uplifting hour of song and stories,&#8221; said co-creator, executive producer, writer, and director Steven Canals. &#8220;In the spirit of &#8216;Pose,&#8217; our goal is to celebrate joy, love and, of course, pride, from our family to yours.&#8221;<\/p><div id=\"morty-2657141832\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Executive producer, writer, and director Janet Mock added, &#8220;Since we&#8217;ve been unable to shoot the show we love, we jumped at the chance to reunite our &#8216;Pose&#8217; family and partner with the studio and network to raise spirits and awareness about the plight of LGBTQ+ people of color during such a turbulent time. This Pride month special is a commemoration of our forebears&#8217; efforts, a memorial for trans lives lost, and a celebration of the life-saving work of LGBTQ+ organizations.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Pose-A-Thon&#8221; unites the voices behind the critically-acclaimed drama series &#8220;Pose,&#8221; featuring music and anecdotes from Porter, Rodriguez, Angel Bismark Curiel, Sandra Bernhard, Dyll\u00f3n Burnside, Steven Canals, Dominique Jackson, Jeremy McClain, Janet Mock, Indya Moore, Our Lady J, Jason Rodriguez, Angelica Ross, Hailie Sahar, Ryan Jamaal Swain, Charlayne Woodard, and Patti LuPone. &#8220;Pose&#8221; supervising producer Tanase Popa serves as producer of the special.<\/p>\n<p>The special event will encourage viewers to support three of the many charitable LGBTQ+ organizations: GLSEN, Hetrick-Martin Institute, and Transgender Legal Defense &amp; Education Fund.<\/p>\n<p>GLSEN envisions a world in which every child learns to respect and accept all people, regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression. Each year, GLSEN programs and resources reach millions of students and educators in K-12 schools, via action at the national, state, and local level. 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