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The Day I Was Santa

growing up i knew that i could and would be anything i wanted – as long as i could get…

Growing up, I was apart of a very small family, my household consisted of myself, two sisters and our amazing…

in 1995 i was a at a crossroads. i was an 18 year old high school drop out with a…

chyle, we didn’t have a car so didn’t take day-trips out of the city, we took them to the franklin…

today would have been my brother’s 40th birthday. growing up with mother struggling with addiction often meant that christmas and…

Photo Title: Kindergarden Graduation ’89 In this picture, I’m 5 years old in Matamoros Mexico, graduating from Kindergarten, feeling like…

Sometimes people leave you halfway through the woods. Ten years ago, I lost my mother; the second photo is of…

1996, somewhere in hollywood, ca with my tio chicho. he was the first gay man i ever met. i never…

I was about 9 or 10 years old, and apart of the Side Street Kids (SSK) Dance Academy, a non-profit…

we weren’t catholic but easter was still a big thing in our family. and by that i mean, we got…

I still remember this day like it was yesterday. I never imagined myself publicly speaking about my undocumented status nor…

abuelo, instead of asking, ‘¿why did diosito give me a gay grandson?’ ask ‘how will my grandson survive in this…