Angelica Ross: Navigating an American Horror Story

Dani Bethea
13 min readFeb 15, 2022

Embodying life, when d*ath is/was the alternative.

Angelica Ross in American Horror Story: 1984 (2019). Photo Courtesy of FX.
Angelica Ross in American Horror Story: 1984 (2019). Photo Courtesy of FX.

Content/Trigger Warning: Transmisogynoir, Violence against trans people

Angelica Ross, who was a previous cast member on another Ryan Murphy project entitled Pose (2018–2021) met a grim and grisly fate as a Black trans woman. In the series American Horror Story, however, she not only survives but is a…

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Dani Bethea

Horror Sommelier & Pop Culture Pontificator. Prev EIC: We Are Horror. Published: Studies In the Fantastic + Women of Jenji Kohan + Montréal Monstrum Society .