‘Pose’ actor launches talent agency to support BIPOC queer and trans performers

“To bring these BIPOC, queer and trans folks and make sure that they’re supported and understand the ropes, and the connectors, and the movements in these industries — so they are not lost,” Rodriguez told the New York Daily News. “Most of the times, we haven’t been given the opportunity to learn these creative moves and ventures and terminology because of our identities, because we’re Latinx, because we’re Black, because we’re queer, we’re trans.”

As a gay man of color, Rodriguez said he experienced many of these challenges while starring in ‘Pose.’

“When I stepped into ‘Pose’ (2018), I was still learning,” Rodriguez told the New York Daily News. “Everything for me was a learning curve, learning what it meant to have an agent, to have your manager.”

In the past, Rodriguez struggled to find managers who would fight for his worth and career. That has not been the case with Sebastián, who has brought in a range of lucrative opportunities not only for Rodriguez but for dozens of others in the ballroom scene.

“It wasn’t until I met Ricardo that I finally found somebody to be part of my team with that sense of urgency and hustle, and most importantly, [someone who] related to my identity, me being queer, me being gay,” Rodriguez explained.