care in the Writers Guild of America's health insurance coverage, the first arts guild to cover transgender healthcare. She was quoted in The New York Times as saying, "Having to battle for insurance and having to battle with doctors is overwhelming. Taking care of your health as a trans person can feel like a full-time job". About the season finale of Pose, Lady J said, "I was able to take my own experiences and bring them into this space. It was a challenge, but it was also healing to be able to give that knowledge. And I do hope that viewers are encouraged to get tested and to not be so afraid of what HIV once was." In 2019, she was featured on POZ Magazine’s POZ 100 list of HIV/AIDS activists. In 2019, Our Lady J joined the board of GLAAD. That same year, she slammed the LA Times for body-shaming her at the Golden Globes, thus ending the LA Timess long-standing history of criticizing women's appearances on red carpets. "When you judge women for what they're wearing, you're not only judging the fabric on their bodies — you are judging their actual bodies, the medical history of their bodies, and the emotional struggle they have with their bodies because of articles like this," Our Lady J said. Lady J was a featured speaker at 2021's World AIDS Day National Observance, alongside Dr. Anthony Fauci, White House National AIDS Policy Director Harold Phillips, U.S. Senator Raphael Warnock, and Congresswoman Barbara Lee. That same year, she was awarded the National Leadership Recognition Award by the National AIDS Memorial. Filmography Television Writing Acting Awards Our Lady J has received two Peabody Awards, three American Film Institute awards, three Emmy nominations, three Writers Guild Award nominations, and two NAACP Image Award nominations. As a producer, her shows have garnered a combined total of 48 Emmy nominations, 12 Emmy wins, 13 Golden Globe nominations, 3 Golden Globe wins, 20 Critics' Choice nominations, and 3 Critics' Choice wins, among others. References External links – official site Daniel Radcliffe and Our Lady J: The Odd Couple by Noah Michelson, Out (2010) Our Lady J on Giggling With Lady Gaga and Beyonce's Beauty Treatments, Paper (2013) 1978 births Living people 21st-century classical pianists 21st-century American pianists 21st-century American women pianists American classical pianists American women singer-songwriters American singer-songwriters American television writers American women classical pianists American women