{"id":75118,"date":"2018-11-08T12:25:22","date_gmt":"2018-11-08T17:25:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/star-actress-amiyah-scott-to-be-honored-with-rising-star-award-from-pose-actress-angelica-ross-at-glaad-atlanta-gala\/"},"modified":"2018-11-08T12:25:22","modified_gmt":"2018-11-08T17:25:22","slug":"star-actress-amiyah-scott-to-be-honored-with-rising-star-award-from-pose-actress-angelica-ross-at-glaad-atlanta-gala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/star-actress-amiyah-scott-to-be-honored-with-rising-star-award-from-pose-actress-angelica-ross-at-glaad-atlanta-gala\/","title":{"rendered":"Star actress Amiyah Scott to be honored with Rising Star Award from Pose actress Angelica Ross at GLAAD Atlanta Gala"},"content":{"rendered":"

Star actress Amiyah Scott to be honored with Rising Star Award from Pose actress Angelica Ross at GLAAD Atlanta Gala<\/b><\/p>\n

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Amiyah Scott, transgender advocate and actress on FOX\u2019s Star will be honored at the 2018 GLAAD Atlanta Gala<\/a> event on Friday, November 9 at The Estate (3109 Piedmont St.). GLAAD Atlanta is a celebration of national and local leaders accelerating LGBTQ acceptance and will be hosted by actress and recording artist Kat Graham.\u00a0 For more info visit glaad.org\/atlanta<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Scott plays Cotton on Lee Daniel\u2019s FOX series Star<\/em> and will receive GLAAD\u2019s Rising Star Award, which is given to young artists who are using their growing platform to accelerate LGBTQ acceptance.\u00a0The inaugural award was presented to actor Tommy Dorfman last year at the event.\u00a0Angelica Ross, friend of Amiyah Scott and\u00a0star of\u00a0FX\u2019s Pose<\/em>, will present the award.<\/p>\n

Ross stars as Candy on Pose<\/em> and is a part of television history as the show features the largest transgender cast ever for a scripted series. \u00a0Ross is also the President of Miss Ross, Inc. and founder of TransTech Social Enterprises, an organization that helps people lift themselves out of poverty through technical training and digital work creating a social impact and bringing economic empowerment to marginalized trans<\/a> and LGBTQ communities.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAmiyah Scott is a talented actress and brilliant advocate who uses her voice to uplift transgender women<\/a> of color and educate fans everywhere about transgender people and issues,\u201d said GLAAD President and CEO Sarah Kate Ellis. \u201cAt a time when LGBTQ visibility in the South is critical to moving our community forward, we are proud to stand with women<\/a> like Amiyah to promote messages of love and acceptance.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Scott is the first transgender women<\/a> of color to play a regular character in a scripted drama series on broadcast television.\u00a0 Originally from New Orleans, she first made her mark as a teenager, blazing a trail through the city\u2019s underground ballroom scene. Having overcome bullying and intimidation to emerge as a proud advocate for the LGBTQ community, she continues to focus her efforts on providing transgender females<\/a> a voice.\u00a0 Most recently she joined Laverne Cox, Janet Mock and other transgender leaders to speak out against the Trump Administration\u2019s reported anti-transgender proposal.<\/p>\n

The GLAAD Atlanta Gala is supported by presenting partners Coca-Cola, Delta Air Lines, Ketel One Family-Made Vodka and Turner, community partners Active Production & Design, Atlantic American\/Gray Television, Georgia Power, Mercedes-Benz USA, and Wells Fargo.<\/p>\n

For more information: glaad.org\/events\/2018\/atlanta<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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