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“I had known there was
something about guys
that turned me on.”
Growing up in a border town four hours south of Austin wasn’t easy for Angel Rivera. “You have to have thick skin to
get along, really. And if someone’s really sensitive or bullied, they’re going to be picked on double. So what I learned
growing up in a border town was one, I’ve got to learn Spanish, because I’m a Mexican that doesn’t know Spanish
in a Spanish town; and two, I need to let people stop fucking with me.” The atmosphere also made exploring his
sexuality a little more challenging. “I had kind of always known that there was something about guys that turned me
on, but it never really became a thing because in that town, there was no one that was gay or willing to be outed in
that sense.” But when he was 18, he saw a path to something better, which led him to a contract with Helix Studios.
Now almost 22, his first year kicked into high gear after he moved to Vegas last April. “I didn’t think I’d be anything
more than this gay kid out of Texas eventually working oil fields, honestly. That’s where I saw my life going. But with
Helix and with everything that’s been happening, and with this first year in porn and how it’s gone for me, I feel like
it’s set me right.”
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