--- title: Ryan Murphy, Janet Mock Talk Diversity at Time 100 Summit description: Showrunner Ryan Murphy and author and activist Janet Mock discuss telling stories that matter at the Time 100 Summit in NYC. canonical: https://time.com/collections/time-100-summit-2019/5574151/ryan-murphy-janet-mock-time-100-summit/ article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-04-23T17:38:33.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-07-21T07:22:23.172Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Ryan Murphy: 'If You're Not Writing About Women or Gender or Race, You're Not Writing' og:description: Murphy and Janet Mock spoke about inclusion in Hollywood at the TIME 100 Summit og:url: https://time.com/collections/time-100-summit-2019/5574151/ryan-murphy-janet-mock-time-100-summit/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt40008730cedb4795/698948d222fb85e47de28285/n4a8377.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Ryan Murphy: 'If You're Not Writing About Women or Gender or Race, You're Not Writing' og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Ryan Murphy: 'If You're Not Writing About Women or Gender or Race, You're Not Writing' twitter:description: Murphy and Janet Mock spoke about inclusion in Hollywood at the TIME 100 Summit twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt40008730cedb4795/698948d222fb85e47de28285/n4a8377.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Apr 23, 2019 # Ryan Murphy: 'If You're Not Writing About Women or Gender or Race, You're Not Writing' > Sponsored content. 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Mock produces and writes for the show and made her directorial debut with the acclaimed episode “Love Is the Message.” Mock and Murphy have each created works that give voice to minority identities. In the panel, Mock described coming out as trans at the age of 12, and deciding when she was in her 20s to speak publicly about her experience, hoping to offer an image others could look to. She wrote in her 2014 bestselling memoir, [_Redefining Realness_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1476709130/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=time037-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1476709130&linkId=0322a06414f012ecb698917225106889), “I believe that telling our stories, first to ourselves and then to one another and the world, is a revolutionary act.” Murphy shared that the most personal story he has featured in one of his shows was that of a father and son grappling with the son’s coming out as gay — Kurt Hummel and his father in the first season of _Glee_ — a story that helped him “fix a wound” as his own father was dying. “In all of my work,” Murphy said, “I’m very interested in the underdog — the person who’s not seen, the person who wants to burst forth.” _Pose_, which was renewed for a second season, has broken ground with its inclusion of trans women actors, writers and producers in telling the stories of their own experiences. Mock commended Murphy’s role ensuring people like her could fill powerful roles in front of and behind the camera. “No longer is it O.K. for someone so dominant to tell the stories of the marginalized,” she said. “You need to bring them on as collaborators.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time-100-summit-2019/5574151/ryan-murphy-janet-mock-time-100-summit/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time-100-summit-2019/5574151/ryan-murphy-janet-mock-time-100-summit/"},"headline":"Ryan Murphy: 'If You're Not Writing About Women or Gender or Race, You're Not Writing'","datePublished":"2019-04-23T17:38:33.000Z","dateModified":"2026-07-21T07:22:23.172Z","description":"Showrunner Ryan Murphy and author and activist Janet Mock discuss telling stories that matter at the Time 100 Summit in NYC.","url":"https://time.com/collections/time-100-summit-2019/5574151/ryan-murphy-janet-mock-time-100-summit/","keywords":["TIME 100","2019 TIME 100","t100summit"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt40008730cedb4795/698948d222fb85e47de28285/n4a8377.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Lucy Feldman","jobTitle":"Editorial Director","url":"https://time.com/author/lucy-feldman/"}],"creator":"Lucy Feldman","articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt40008730cedb4795/698948d222fb85e47de28285/n4a8377.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-100/","name":"TIME 100"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/time-100-summit-2019/5574151/ryan-murphy-janet-mock-time-100-summit/","name":"Ryan Murphy: 'If You're Not Writing About Women or Gender or Race, You're Not Writing'"}}]}] ```