Tag: portrait
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Raúl | Brooklyn, NY
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proud poz bori fag. decolonize + destigmatize In today’s health landscape, 1 in 5 queer latinx men and 1 in 2 gay black men will contract HIV by their mid 20s. When I was 21, I became the 1 in 5. We be afraid to talk about our lived experiences…
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Armando, Los Angeles, CA
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i was 18 when i came to the united states. i was very naive because you grow up in mexico watching these movies, watching all these white people living in beautiful houses and you think that all of america is like that. you think that you are going to cross…
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Demitri | Washington, DC
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In my time and my neighborhood, a lot of people were the single moms and they had the young single mom that was growing up with. In my culture it was very much, “Yeah stay home, work, go to school, have a kid, this is community.” In Caribbean culture, that…
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José, Puerto Rico
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every intersection of every group is like a small world – latino, gay, (hiv) negative. i’ve been in so many small groups. like my art, i have been highlighted as an hiv artist, latino artist, a puerto rican artist, as a gay artist. at the beginning, i was like, “no.…
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Alan, San Francisco
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things have been going well and i have been taking care of self. i was going through a bit of a depression spell and wasn’t sure what my next move would and should be but things just fell into place. i don’t drink. i love a good cigarette and some…
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Eddie, Miami, FL.
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During my high school years, my father was very worried about my mother’s influence on me and that I needed to be more of a man. He was convinced that football was the answer, if I could handle it. As I was never one to walk away from a dare,…
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Antonio, Miami, Florida
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Everyone talks so much shit about escorts but yet…let me not even got there. Whether you sucking dick for money or have a “real” job, you still not better than anybody. Get 👏your 👏coin 👏 how you want and can’t nobody tell you otherwise. Antonio, He/Him/His Everywhere interviewed & photographed…
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Danny, New York, NY
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I hit rock bottom at one point in my life. I dealt with a lot of depression and anxiety. I hated myself. I didn’t believe in anything or anyone. I didn’t trust myself or other people. I just had this hate and anger and one day had I had this…
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Vince | Philadelphia, PA
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I finally came to my mom when I was like 21. I literally waited for her to ask me and she eventually did. I went to New York with my gay cousin and she knew so that triggered her to ask . She calls, mind you, while I’m shopping at…
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Sebastian | Philadelphia, PA
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it’s always funny because they say hindsight is 20/20. when i really think about it, when i was little, first grade looking at boys differently than i looked at girls, forcing myself to look at girls the way i looked at boys and not understanding all let all what it…
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i came here from mexico when i was 7. i was living in oxnard, california until last year. it’s a city where there is a lot of latinx people. so i was always surrounded by them but there was never really any support for the lgbtq community. i’m a trans…
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Fernando | Philadelphia, PA
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I moved from Chicago to Philadelphia with not much more than could fit into a small SUV and with no real idea of what the future would hold. In that time I’ve become a far different person and have found a new home with an amazing career, made some great…