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Alexander | Camden, NJ

in our community it’s kinda taboo to talk about mental health, it’s taboo to talk about depression, we don’t talk…
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Posted on: January 11, 2018 Last updated on: January 12, 2020 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

That One Christmas My Friends Saved Me From Loneliness

We didn’t grow up celebrating Noche Buena. My mother didn’t bake cookies and we didn’t drink coquito. Chyle, I didn’t…
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Posted on: December 22, 2017 Last updated on: December 24, 2020 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

Ivan | Los Angeles, CA

Ivan: I have been homeless for two years and even then I still don’t identify as homeless. It’s just this label…
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Posted on: December 12, 2017 Last updated on: January 14, 2020 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

throwback: deivid rojas

abuelo, instead of asking, ‘¿why did diosito give me a gay grandson?’ ask  ‘how will my grandson survive in this…
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Posted on: December 7, 2017 Last updated on: January 8, 2020 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

Never Dreamed You Leave In Summer: Remembering a Love Named Rob

his name was rob. he was 26. i met him in the bronxm4m aol chat room. it was 2005 and…
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Posted on: December 2, 2017 Last updated on: April 20, 2020 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

Luis Lao | Camden, NJ

i come to philly to turn up, to party. i think it’s great because i meet more people like me…
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Posted on: November 22, 2017 Last updated on: January 14, 2020 Comments: 0 Written by: louie
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Monserat | Seattle, WA

I was born in Tonalá, Jalisco in Mexico but I grew up in East LA since I was two years…
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Posted on: September 12, 2017 Last updated on: April 7, 2020 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

Armdando | Pittsburgh, PA

Louie: Where did you grow? Armando: Whenever people ask me where I grew up, I always say this verbatim: “I grew…
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Posted on: June 21, 2017 Last updated on: January 15, 2020 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

Jose | Philadelphia, PA

I came to the states from Peru with my mother and my sister when I was 4 years old. I…
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Posted on: February 28, 2017 Last updated on: January 12, 2020 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

Ricky | Philadelphia, PA

i went through so much. i went through hell and back. and i went so much in the latino gay…
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Posted on: December 1, 2016 Last updated on: January 16, 2020 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

Miguel | Orlando, FL

Anthony: So where in this area did you grow up? Miguel: I was born in Orlando, but raised in Mascotte, Florida. Mascotte…
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Posted on: November 7, 2016 Last updated on: January 16, 2020 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

Emmanuel | Washington, DC

Louie: So where’d ya grow up?Emmanuel: I grew up in Jersey, I moved to Philly when I was 21. I think I…
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Posted on: July 14, 2016 Last updated on: January 16, 2020 Comments: 0 Written by: louie
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