When Pose first premiered on FX in 2018, it featured five trans actors in leading roles — a first for a TV show on any major network. Indya Moore, Dominique Jackson, Angelica Ross, Hailie Sahar, and ...

Valencia, Spain, 2006. Journalism student Valeria sets out to meet her idol, Cristina “La Veneno,” who’s eager to connect and share her story. Alongside her best friend Paca, Cristina begins to ...

The extraordinary story of late transgender icon Cristina Ortiz is a TV series hitting HBO Max Thursday — thanks in part to the poignant signature she gave two award-winning Spanish filmmakers. Known ...

In the 1990s, there were few (if any) representations of trans people living happily. In Spain, Cristina Ortiz — known more commonly by her nickname, “La Veneno” — became a star practically overnight, ...

Torres won Spain's Ondas Award for her portrayal of the oldest version of Cristina "La Veneno" Ortiz, a transgender icon, in HBO's limited series. By Trilby Beresford Associate Editor Isabel Torres, ...

Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo didn’t meet Cristina Ortiz Rodríguez, also known as “La Veneno,” in her best light. They often saw the prolific trans performer and bombastic media personality — by ...

Directors Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo were meeting with television executives in their native Spain when they were asked to name someone they’d love to make a biographical series about. “They ...