Angelica Ross.Ukudubula kuveliswe ngu-EJ Jamele, ifashoni nguBrandon M Garr, iinwele nguGracie Cartier, izithambiso nguYolonda Frederick, Izipikili nguGracie J, ifoto nguJosh S Rose. IBlazer nguVictoria Hayes. Bodysuit nguLa Perla. U-Angelica Ross uthi abantu bahlala bembuza ukuba kutheni engabonakali echulumancile ngempumelelo yakhe yangoku. Bafana, 'Ngaba awonwabanga kangaka ?!' utshilo. Ngenxa yokuba ngamanye amaxesha ndibonakala ngathi andikho. Kungakumbi ukuba ndiluhlobo lokuzinkonkxa ngalo lonke ixesha, ndisazi ukuba oku kuzakutshintsha. Andikwazi ukuqhotyoshelwa kwimincili yemeko enye, kwaye andinakubethwa phantsi yiyo nayiphi na into enokuthi ibonwe njengokungaphumeleli okanye ukungahambi kakuhle. Ndihlala ndijolisa kokulandelayo, kwaye ndinombulelo ngamanyathelo endiwathathileyo ukufika apha.
Kwimeko apho ungakhange uqaphele, ngelixa u-Mj Rodriguez, u-Indya Moore kunye no-Dominique Jackson babekwe kwindawo yabasetyhini ekhokelela kuthotho olutshintsha umdlalo lwe-FX Buza , U-Ross wavela ngokunyibilika njengomntu ongenakucimeka-weba kwindima yakhe njengo-Candy, umntu ongenakuxakeka, ongalindelekanga, kunye ne-antic-prone kwi-ballroom yedrama. Kwisizini yesibini yalo mboniso, isiqendu esasibonisa ukusweleka kukaCandy kunye nomngcwabo wakhe saba sesinye sezona ngcelele zanconywa zancokolwa, njengoko kwakungumfuziselo wokubulawa kwabaninzi ababhinqileyo bebala. Kwaye ngelixesha apho esi siqendu sasisasazwa ngoJulayi, uRoss wayesele ebhengeziwe njengelungu lelinye iprojekthi yeRyan Murphy, Ibali laseMelika laseHoror: 1984 , Ukumenza ukuba abe ngumdlali weqonga wokuqala embalini ukuhlalisa iindima ezimbini zarhoqo.
Ndihlala ndizibona ezi zinto njengezinto ezenzekayo, utshilo uRoss, kodwa njengokunqwala okuncinci kwindalo iphela, kwaye ngamanye amaxesha konke kuxhomekeke ekubeni ndazi njani-ukuba ndikhawuleza kangakanani ukuthatha imiqondiso kunye neempawu ezinokundenza ndikhululeke emva kwexesha elide- ukuzibophelela kwekota ixesha elingaziwayo nelingaqinisekanga. Awusoze wazi ukuba izinto ziza kwenzeka nini, okanye xa amathuba eza kuvuleka.
URoss uza njengomntu ozinze ngokuqinileyo kwinyani kwaye uhlala ephakanyiswa ngokomoya (wenza ubuBuddha), kwaye uzidibanisile ezo mpawu ukwenza ukuqonda kwakhe ukudlula-yinto elandelayo? ingqondo. Kwi-Ross, amathuba avulekileyo kulo nyaka ukuze akhuphe i-nexts. Kwakukho uthotho lweTV ebuyela umva etyhila umdlali ongenakuphikiswa. Kwakukho ukubonakala kwakhe kwi-Oprah's OWN ekhethekileyo, abaNtsundu abaMnyama BENZA Incoko, apho uRoss wayehleli ecaleni kwabantu abanjengoWinnie Harlow kwaye wabelana ngebali lakhe lokuphuma nomama wakhe kubaphulaphuli. Kwakukho ukusingathwa kweQonga likaMongameli le-LGBTQ le-20 e-Iowa, apho wadibana khona ne-GLAAD kwaye waba ngumntu wokuqala othumelayo ukwenza umcimbi onjalo. Kwaye ngoku kukho ubukho bakhe obukhulayo kuluhlu olumbalayo phakathi kwamanani abalulekileyo e-2019, kubandakanya into evanithi ngokuthambile Abavelisi bexesha elizayo, Ubungakanani 'Woke 100, Ingcambu 'Ingcambu 100 kunye Ngaphandle Ngaphandle100. 
U-Angelica Ross wenza intetho ephambili kwi-Lesbians Who Tech & Allies Summit 2019.AmaLesbi abaGcisa
Obunye bobukho bobutsha obutsha-obuchaza ubugcisa, intsebenzo, ubutshantliziyo kunye nezopolitiko-zinokunxulunyaniswa nobumoya ngendlela enokwenzeka, njengoko kuchazwa nguRoss. Ndiyaqonda ukuba awuthandazeli nje kwaye ulinde, kodwa uyathandaza uthathe inyathelo, utshilo. Kwaye ukuqonda kwakhe ngokungqongqo ngokunqumama kweendlela ezinqamlezileyo zokuba ulusu oluntsundu, umnyama, umfazi otshintshileyo umnike amandla, kokubini ebomini nasemsebenzini, ukuba abe nesenzo esijolise ngakumbi ekwenzeni ibango lendawo yakhe. Uthetha ngendlela amantombazana anebala elimnyama njengaye afuna nje ukutshintshiselana ngokujonga nje, nokuba kukwetheko okanye kumdlalo bhanyabhanya, ukuze babelane ngokuqonda kwabo bacalucalulwayo. Kwaye uthi uye wakubeka ngoyaba oko kubekelwa bucala ngokusebenzisa amathuba okuyalela ingqalelo.
Kuye kwafuneka ndifunde indlela yokwenza ukukhanya kufike kum, endaweni yokuleqa nje ukukhanya, utshilo uRoss. Kwimeko kwinqaku: ukuba kumboniso onje Buza . Kuloo mboniso, ndandikumdlalo wokudibanisa, kwaye indlela awayebhalwa ngayo amabali, ndandingenguye umlinganiswa ophambili— ibali [likaCandy] yayingelilo elinye lamabali aphambili. Kodwa ngayo yonke into ababendinike yona, ndiyithathile ngembeko kwaye ndayenza nkulu. URyan Murphy emva koko waqala wathi, 'Owu, kufuneka simnike ngaphezulu, kwaye simbhalele ngakumbi.' Isenzo endisithathileyo apho yayikukubonisa ngexesha lomsebenzi yonke imihla, ukuba nesimo sengqondo esihle, kwaye ndihambise uninzi xa besithi 'isenzo,' endaweni yokuba ngumdlali weqonga othi, 'Kutheni ungandibhaleli nje mna?' Kule meko, ukhalaza kwindalo iphela, kwaye eBuddhism sithi ukukhalaza akukuncedi nto. ithamsanqa. 
U-Angelica Ross njengo-Candy kunye noHailie Sahar njengoLulu kwi Buza .IMacall Polay / FX
Ukuzimisela kukaRoss kunye nendlela ethile eya empumelelweni kukwaqiniswa bubuchule beshishini anokuthi abubuyisele ebusheni bakhe. Ukhulele kwikhaya lamaKrestu eRacine, uWis., Kwaye ngexa efumanisa ukuba ngubani (bendisazi ukuba andilunganga, utsho ngaye ebusheni), wayekhutshelwa ngutata wakhe ekuleqeni iphupha lakhe lokufunda umculo kunye neqonga. Ndithweswe isidanga samabanga aphakamileyo ngonyaka ekuqaleni kwe-17, kwaye isivumelwano yayikukuba ukuba ndiphumelele kwangoko, kufuneka ndiye kwikholeji kwangoko, utshilo uRoss. Utata wam wandenza ndaya eWisconsin Parkside, ikholeji enye edolophini, ndayokufundela ishishini. Wayesoloko endixelela ukuba, njengomntu omnyama, andiyi ndawo ukuba andenzi njalo, kuba ngekhe ndibekho kwiimeko apho ndinokuthi ndibize ezam izithonga. Ndiyabulela kakhulu ukuba utata wandinika olo hlobo lweengcebiso ukuze ndingagqibi njengomculi olambileyo. Ndisenovalo, kodwa ngokuqinisekileyo andilambi.
Kwaye ungusomashishini obonisayo. Xa kuziwa kulwazi kunye nokufuna ixabiso lakhe, oko kwaqala, njengoko kuye kwabaninzi abasetyhini abahamba ngombala, kunye nomsebenzi omdala kunayo yonke kwincwadi. Ndidlulile kuvavanyo olunzulu kakhulu lwexabiso lam, kwaye yaqala ngokwenza umsebenzi wesondo esitalatweni, utshilo uRoss. Ndibeka ixabiso lam esitratweni, kwaye ndikhulile, ndandisa elo xabiso ukuya kwindawo endikuyo namhlanje. Kwaye yintoni abantu abaninzi abangayaziyo kukuba, phakathi, uRoss waba ngumseki kunye ne-CEO yeTransTech Social Enterprises, inkqubo ethi, njengoko ichaziwe kwiwebhusayithi kaRoss, inceda abantu bazikhuphe kwintlupheko ngoqeqesho lobuchwephesha, umsebenzi wedijithali, ukudala ifuthe kwezentlalo, nokuzisa ukuxhotyiswa kwezoqoqosho kuluntu oluhlelelekileyo. Ngokukodwa eyilelwe ukukhuthaza intlalontle yabantu abadlulayo, inkampani ibisebenza ukusukela nge-2014, i-Ross ihamba phambili. 
UAngelica Ross njengoMongikazi uRita Ibali laseMelika laseMelika .UKurt Iswarienko FX
Usomashishini onobuqili ungena nzulu xa echaza imiceli mngeni awayejamelene nayo xa wayeqala ishishini lakhe, esithi yaphuma kwimfuno yokwenyani yoluntu, kuba iinkqubo zazivelela ukuhambisa abantu [ngokusebenzisa] inkxaso mali, kodwa akukho [bantu badlulayo babebandakanyekile kwezi nkqubo okanye beqeshelwa ukusebenza iinkqubo kwaye benceda uluntu. Uluntu luzive iinjongo kunye neemfuno zabo zokwenyani zingafezekiswa. Ndisungule iTransTech kumzamo wokuya ngqo kumthombo. Uthetha ngendlela angachithanga xesha ekwakheni ibhodi; wayifumana njani inkxaso-mali yeAllied Media Projects eDetroit; kuthathe ixesha elingakanani ukuphuma kubomvu, ngakumbi njengomfazi omnyama otshintshileyo engenazixhobo; kwaye njani, ngaphandle kokufaka isicelo seegranti ezininzi ngezindululo zokuqala, iTransTech yamkelwe kuphela ezimbalwa. Ngaphaya koko, ngelixa iTransTech ifumana ingqalelo engakumbi ngoku ekubeni uRoss ngumntu odumileyo, ufuna ukubona ukuba ingqwalaselo iguqulela kwinkxaso enokulinganiswa. Ndifumana ihlombe elininzi, utsho, kodwa andifumani minikelo mininzi.
Okwangoku, uRoss unokukhawuleza achaze uloyiso lweshishini lakhe eligxile kuluntu. Sincede abantu abanemisebenzi ezizimeleyo ukuba bazakhele amashishini abo, utshilo. Kunyaka wethu wokuqala, sanikezela ngeekhompyuter ze-iMac ezili-13, ezatshintsha ubomi babantu abali-13. Kwakukho umfazi omnyama otshintshayo esamncedayo owayengenakhaya ngokungapheliyo kwaye ejongene nomsebenzi wesondo kwaye ngoku wenza amanani amathandathu. Intombazana eyavolontiya nathi ukususela ngomhla wokuqala ngoku isebenza eWashington, DC, kunye nombutho wesizwe othutha izinto. Kwaye uluhlu luyaqhubeka. 
UAngelica Ross njenge Candy kwi Buza .UMichael Parmelee / FX
Onke la mava abethelele kuRoss indlela yokucinga eneshishini kwizinto ezininzi ebomini bakhe, nkqu nokwenza. Luphawu ekungekho onke amagcisa analo, kwaye ukunqongophala kwalo kungakhokelela ekuvukeni okukhohlakeleyo. Kuya kufuneka uhlalutye ungene kule nto usazi ukuba xa ufuna ukuba nodumo, okanye ufuna ukuba yinkwenkwezi kwinqanaba elithile-nokuba ungumsebenzi wedwa-kukusebenzisana. Kwaye ayisiyiyo kuphela iintloko zestudiyo, uthungelwano, kunye nabavelisi abanceda ukwenza izinto zenzeke, kodwa kunye nabaphulaphuli bakho-abantu abazokuthenga nokusebenzisa ubugcisa bakho. Xa ndenza bukhoma okanye ndithetha egumbini, ndibulela abantu ababonakalisayo kunye namandla abazisa kuwo. Ngenxa yokuba ndiyazi kwaye inefuthe kwinto endiyithethayo. Kufuneka uhambe ngeengcinga oza kuzinika kwaye uthathe.
Ubhengezo lukaRoss kuluntu lwasekuhlaleni yiglue ebopha kunye iziqwenga zohambo lwakhe ukuza kuthi ga ngoku. Ngelixa uqhubeke Buza , wayedume ngokubalaseleyo-koontanga bakhe kumdlalo nakwi-fanbase yayo-yokuba amakhulu abadlali be-trans ababeqeshwe ngabenzi bemidlalo uRyan Murphy, u-Brad Falchuk, kunye no-Steven Canals bonke baya kuthi baxhase iikhredithi ezixabisekileyo ze-SAG ukwandisa imisebenzi yabo. , ngaphandle, utshilo, ukuba adlale unongogo ofileyo ongowesibini CSI okanye inkqubo ethile yezomthetho. Luhlobo lwangaphakathi lwangaphakathi lokuba uninzi lwababukeli banokungaluhoyi de kube ngumxhuzulane walo upelwe. Kwaye ngokubhekisele kuluntu lwayo ngendlela eyiyo nangoko, eyona nto ibalulekileyo nexabisekileyo kaRoss kulo nyaka yayiphikisiwe ngoSeptemba 28's Ukubonakala kweTransgender Matshi eWashington, DC, apho wathetha khona nesihlwele samawaka ecaleni komlilo kunye amatshantliziyo afana no-Ashlee Marie Preston.
Kwakubaluleke kakhulu kum ukuba ndibekho ukuze uluntu lwam lundibone kufutshane, utshilo uRoss. Ndiyazi ukuba zonke ezi zihluzo, kunye neelensi zokuba kumabonakude, ngamanye amaxesha zinokudala umgama okanye umbono othile. Ndisengumntu, kwaye ayisiyiyo loo nto kuphela, ndiyile nto besithetha ngayo ngokufuna ukubona: umfazi omnyama ontsundu kumnyama kwiTV. Kwaye ndifuna ukwazisa abantu ukuba andikho kule nto yam kuphela. Onke amanyathelo endlela, bendihlala ndizama ukuthwala umntu emqolo-ukutsala, ukunika isandla phezulu, emntwini ukuba ayingobantu abambalwa, ngomsebenzi wam kunye nombutho wam. Kwaye ndilapha, ndikulungele ukuqhubeka nokwenza amathuba amaninzi avula iingcango. Into ayilindeleyo, njengoko watshoyo kwintetho yakhe kulomngcelele, lixesha apho ekugqibeleni sinokuthi sizilahle izixhobo zethu kwaye siqwalasele amaphupha ethu-izinto esasifuna ukuzenza ngaphambi kokuba silwele isidima nenkululeko yethu. Ndifuna ukubona ikamva apho abantu abadlulayo bekhula, bengalwi.
