{"id":24237,"date":"2021-05-25T18:20:59","date_gmt":"2021-05-25T18:20:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=24237"},"modified":"2021-05-25T21:44:23","modified_gmt":"2021-05-25T21:44:23","slug":"angel-bismark-curiel-black-trans-women","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/angel-bismark-curiel-black-trans-women\/","title":{"rendered":"Angel Bismark Curiel on His Duty To Black Trans Women"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_24250\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24250\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24250\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1154014449.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-24250\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Roy Rochlin\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">When FX\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/pose-premiere-red-carpet\/\"><em>Pose<\/em><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> premiered in 2018, the groundbreaking series was instantly hailed for its illuminating portrayal of New York <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/hbo-legendary-season-two\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ballroom culture<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/billy-porter-hiv\/\">HIV\/AIDS epidemic<\/a> alongside its comparable focus on the complexity in the humanity of a community that has long been reduced to a monolith. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As diehard stans fell in love with the House of Evangelista\u2019s curative nurturing of a neglected community, it was almost impossible to not swoon over Papi, whose endearing na\u00efvet\u00e9 and darling eyes were nothing short of captivating. Portrayed by Angel Bismark Curiel, Papi transcends in the show as an emblem of warmth that endures as his family wrestles with society\u2019s frigid temperament toward the HIV\/AIDS epidemic. Now, with the acclaimed show coming to a close in its currently-airing <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/pose-season-three-trailer\/\">finale season<\/a>, Curiel reflects on molding his character into the heartthrob the world immensely adores.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_24254\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24254\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24254\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1173486440.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-24254\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Couple Janet Mock and Angel Bismark Curiel seen outside in New York City. (Photo by Christian Vierig\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The 25-year-old points to his romantic relationship with <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pose <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">director and producer <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/pose-premiere-red-carpet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Janet Mock<\/a> as an intimate avenue to understanding the scope of the experience of trans women and queer femmes (specifically from the intersection of race and queerness).<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> In an interview with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/terrycarter\/pose-angel-bismark-curiel-interview\" target=\"_blank\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Buzzfeed<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, he revealed, \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For me, it&#8217;s been a blueprint and my foundation. My pillars to know that I have this relationship that can guide me; that I feel safe enough to come with questions or things that I may not know and have [Janet] as a resource to be able to direct me in the right way.\u201d Curiel has remained transparent on how he transformed Papi\u2019s storytelling, which significantly revolves around trans culture, through poring over as much research as possible. He continued, extending his gratitude to his girlfriend, \u201cThere&#8217;s the meaning and there&#8217;s emotion. And there&#8217;s this sense of wanting to do right, particularly by Black trans women that live in a society that never does right by them. My relationship with Janet has very much influenced my want to show up for Black trans women.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29094,"featured_media":24252,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[38,16],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v18.5 (Yoast SEO v20.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Angel Bismark Curiel on His Duty To Black Trans Women<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"As FX&#039;s &#039;Pose&#039; nears its finale, Angel Bismark Curiel reflects on how his relationship with Janet Mock has influenced his commitment to Black trans women.\u00a0\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/angel-bismark-curiel-black-trans-women\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" 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