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“Your life matters,” Blanca tells Pray Tell with conviction in the trailer for the third and final season of
. This line accurately and succinctly captures the spirit of the groundbreaking FX drama, which centers on New York City’s ball culture of the 1980s. The show, which premiered in 2018, broke barriers by casting a record number of trans actors, as well as hiring multiple queer and POC performers, writers, and directors.
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In the first look at season three, which jumps ahead to 1994, Blanca (MJ Rodriguez) is now working as a nurse’s aide, she has a new lover, and is helping Pray Tell (Billy Porter) battle his health challenges. There is a focus on the AIDS crisis, which deeply impacted the community and became the leading cause of death for Americans ages 25 to 44 at the time.