The Songs I Loved: Concrete Blonde’s “Joey” my life is a perpetual music soundtrack. i remember all of the moments – no matter how trivial or traumatic… Continue reading “The Songs I Loved: Concrete Blonde’s “Joey””…
MELVIN LINDSEY growing up in the 1990’s, there were ballads and then there were slow jams. that distinction mattered in the early… Continue reading “MELVIN LINDSEY”…
José Javier | Wilton Manor, FL i came out to my mother when my grandmother died in 2006. and back then I had a cousin that… Continue reading “José Javier | Wilton Manor, FL”…
I Wanna Go Out Dancing: Celebrating Birthdays During A Pandemic Growing up, I’ve always considered music to be a huge part of my life. I used to sometimes joke about… Continue reading “I Wanna Go Out Dancing: Celebrating Birthdays During A Pandemic”…
SELENA My love for Selena would begin as a young brown boy growing up in Tucson, Arizona. As a first generation… Continue reading “SELENA”…
Chris & Andrew | Bronx, NY chris: my brother really continues to teach me how to be unapologetically me. he is so unapologetically him ALL the… Continue reading “Chris & Andrew | Bronx, NY”…
HECTOR VALLE XTRAVAGANZA the year was 1982. new york began the year as one of the most dangerous cities in the united states… Continue reading “HECTOR VALLE XTRAVAGANZA”…
Hello Goodbye: Why Ugly Betty Is Still Beautiful 10 years ago, on April 14, 2010, Ugly Betty’s final episode “Hello Goodbye” aired on ABC. “Ugly Betty” was a Mexican-American comedy-drama television series… Continue reading “Hello Goodbye: Why Ugly Betty Is Still Beautiful”…
José | Durham, NC Happy NYHAAD! I know there are days where the oppression feels like glue. Somewhere, somebody, is melting that glue with… Continue reading “José | Durham, NC”…
HYDEIA BROADBENT Last august, Hydeia Broadbent celebrated her 35th birthday. this wasn’t just a milestone but a testament to the sheer determination… Continue reading “HYDEIA BROADBENT”…
How To Survive A Plague Again: The Denver Principles About two week ago, I did the very rare thing of going live on Instagram. I asked my comrade and… Continue reading “How To Survive A Plague Again: The Denver Principles”…
This Playlist is Helping Me Survive a Plague…Again many of the important moments and even many of the not-so-important moments often times play out in my memory through… Continue reading “This Playlist is Helping Me Survive a Plague…Again”…