Tag: remembrance
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Water From The Moon (a Poem for My Mother)
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now imagine this.me – a moon chaser running across the sky stealing blue-white streaks to travel years of light. imagine if i traveled to the moonto gather a liter of its water to cleanse your auraand fill the creek that many have stolen a drink from. imagine if i strike myself against the universe and break open…
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for Cecilia Gentili
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Cecilia Gentili was a trans activist. Cecilia Gentili was a mother. Cecilia Gentili was a friend. Celicia Gentili was an icon. Celicia Gentili was here. Cecilia navigated an often unkind world with a disarming and empowering grace. Her journey from Argentina to the heart of New York City was not…
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JESÚS OCIEL BAENA SAUCEDO
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Jesús Ociel Baena Saucedo was a significant figure in Mexican LGBTQ+ politics, known for their pioneering role and activism in the community. Born on December 9, 1984, Baena Saucedo’s life and career were characterized by groundbreaking achievements and a dedication to advocating for non-binary and LGBTQ+ rights. Baena Saucedo made…
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For Christopher
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christopher collins left this world in 2017. he was my first love and for years, my only love. he was an integral part of HIV prevention youth program development in philadelphia. we met in the mid-1990s. we were part of a group of black & brown queer & trans youth…
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In Gratitude for My Aunt Carmen
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growing up, i never believed adults were god. i was always curious about their ways and their secret jokes like what “NEWPORT” really meant. i knew they were flawed beyond belief. i had my own lived experience to rely on as scientific data. but one of the things that made…
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We Speak Their Names
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may we all find the safety that we deserve. may we hold each other closer. and may we all continue to protect each other. we mourn and rage those lost, injured, and impacted by the attack at club q, the beloved lgbtq club in colorado springs. we speak the names…
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For My Mother: “A Day In My Life (Without You)”
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I remember the night in the summer of 1991 as I sat on the steps with my two-speaker double cassette radio. I was playing my music with Robert as we talked about all the boys we had crushes on. You were drunk out of your mind and joined us on…
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MARCO CASTRO-BOJORQUEZ
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often times when historians speak of those who were on the front lines of AIDS advocacy, it is framed in the activism of the 1980s and 1990s. but marco castro-bojorquez was proof that the work continued throughout and beyond what is now considered the height of the AIDS crisis. marco…
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twenty years and counting: for nicholas
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i snapped this picture of my brother nicholas and my mother was taken on mother’s day sometime in early 1990’s. my mother LOVED mother’s day! it was one of the few times other than her birthday, she would dress up snd put on some lip stick. i think she loved…
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Mourning In My Sleep: (Re)Connecting with My Ancestors
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i have been mourning in my sleep lately. my grandmother, my mother, and dear my aunts janet and carmen have visited me in my dreams. they all passed in the past six years and admittedly, i struggled with providing myself the space to completely mourn them. there always seemed to…
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The Songs I Loved: Wilson Phillips “Impulsive”
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my LOVED mother’s day. birthdays and holidays came and went without much notice but mother’s day was her day to claim. like the rest of the mothers on our block, my mother got dressed to a T with my no where to go. but that was cool tho. getting dressed…
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The Songs I Loved: Concrete Blonde’s “Joey”
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my life is a perpetual music soundtrack. i remember all of the moments – no matter how trivial or traumatic – in song. my friends often joke that whenever i say, “i love this song!”, they know a story will follow. and they’re correct. music and pop culture are usually…