Tag: angie xtravaganza

  • HECTOR VALLE XTRAVAGANZA

    HECTOR VALLE XTRAVAGANZA

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    louie

    the year was 1982.  new york began the year as one of the most dangerous cities in the united states with a record 637,451 reported felonies by the end of 1981.one year into what is now known as the AIDS epidemic but before the urging of activists during a july…

  • ANGIE XTRAVAGANZA

    ANGIE XTRAVAGANZA

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    louie

    “I’m your mother,” she said. It was a promise and defiant declaration to her kids that they would feel orphaned in a world where AIDS, violence, poverty, and homophobia would surely attempt to steal their magic. It was the early 1980’s, pre-gentrified New York, years before “transgender” and “gender non-conforming”…