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Tag: Oral History

THROWBACK: MY 25th ANNIVERSARY

in 1995 i was a at a crossroads. i was an 18 year old high school drop out with a…
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Posted on: July 30, 2020 Last updated on: July 30, 2020 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

For Mary, My Aunts and Tia Pelucas

Attending a predominantly white college in rural Tennessee, was the last pAttending a predominantly white college in rural Tennessee, was…
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Posted on: July 29, 2020 Last updated on: July 30, 2020 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

Kareem D’Ant | Lancaster, PA

I did the whole project on my iPhone 6. I didn’t have the resources so I was…
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Posted on: July 29, 2020 Last updated on: July 29, 2020 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

Ruben | Los Angeles, CA

i grew up in a latino catholic family. mexican family from puebla and we just grew up going to church.…
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Posted on: January 13, 2020 Last updated on: January 13, 2020 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

Joel | Orlando, Fl.

i was in the 11th grade. there was this guy that everyone used to say was bisexual. and i was…
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Posted on: January 12, 2020 Last updated on: January 12, 2020 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

THROWBACK |My Brother Nicholas

today would have been my brother’s 40th birthday. growing up with mother struggling with addiction often meant that christmas and…
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Posted on: December 25, 2019 Last updated on: February 29, 2020 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

THROWBACK: marcos

Photo Title: Kindergarden Graduation ’89 In this picture, I’m 5 years old in Matamoros Mexico, graduating from Kindergarten, feeling like…
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Posted on: December 19, 2019 Last updated on: January 12, 2020 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

German | Philadelphia, PA

As I child I grew up unable to be myself due to the things I was forced listen to about…
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Posted on: December 14, 2019 Last updated on: January 12, 2020 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

for my mother

i don’t have video of my mother laughing. the sound of her laugh exists only now in my mind. every…
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Posted on: June 23, 2019 Last updated on: December 18, 2019 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

José, Puerto Rico

every intersection of every group is like a small world – latino, gay, (hiv) negative. i’ve been in so many…
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Posted on: March 30, 2019 Last updated on: July 3, 2019 Written by: louie

Danny, New York, NY

I hit rock bottom at one point in my life. I dealt with a lot of depression and anxiety. I…
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Posted on: March 4, 2019 Last updated on: December 16, 2019 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

for my mother, on her birthday

i don’t have video of my mother laughing. the sound of her laugh exists only now in my mind. every…
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Posted on: January 13, 2019 Last updated on: January 13, 2020 Comments: 0 Written by: louie
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