the first variation of which barred citizens of Iraq, Syria, Iran, Yemen, Somalia, Sudan, and Libya from entering the United States, countries he called “dangerous.” The ban was denounced as illegal andstruck downby several courts, although it ispartially in effectwhile undergoing review by the Supreme Court. When You Can't Afford School Lunch, the Toll Is More Than Just PhysicalOur hearts go out toChloë Grace Moretz We should probably just get this out of the way: If you’re not watchingPose A big thing for me was that we have to talk about race on the show. These are not just trans characters: All of the girls on our show are black girls — some of them have intersections of being Latina or Hispanic — but they’re all black girls. The ballroom is a black and brown space before it’s a trans and queer space. So you can’t just say we have this great trans and queer show, you have to add in the layer of the race stuff. Those are conversations that I don’t think were as sharp and as centered until I stepped into the room and Steven had a co-conspirator. The conversation shifted because the room was balanced a little bit more. I had to be very clear that a white trans girl’s experience is very different than a black trans girl’s experience — especially a black trans girl that’s struggling with economic resources in 1980s New York City. So we gave Elektra more pointed lines about whiteness, or Angel started calling Stan a white suburban boy. We had to put that stuff in there.Courtesy of FX/Pose