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Tag: throwback

The Day I Was Santa

growing up i knew that i could and would be anything i wanted – as long as i could get…
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Posted on: December 10, 2021 Last updated on: December 18, 2021 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

Throwback: David Sell

Growing up, I was apart of a very small family, my household consisted of myself, two sisters and our amazing…
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Posted on: November 19, 2021 Last updated on: April 18, 2022 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

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

TBT: Louie & Robert

chyle, we didn’t have a car so didn’t take day-trips out of the city, we took them to the franklin…
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Posted on: February 22, 2020 Last updated on: February 29, 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: May 10, 2021 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

THROWBACK: Jae W Brown | New York, NY

Sometimes people leave you halfway through the woods. Ten years ago, I lost my mother; the second photo is of…
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Posted on: July 26, 2018 Last updated on: January 14, 2020 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

throwback: Julio Salgado

1996, somewhere in hollywood, ca with my tio chicho. he was the first gay man i ever met. i never…
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Posted on: July 13, 2018 Last updated on: January 9, 2020 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

Throwback: Raffy, Bronx, NY

I was about 9 or 10 years old, and apart of the Side Street Kids (SSK) Dance Academy, a non-profit…
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Posted on: June 28, 2018 Last updated on: April 7, 2020 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

Throwback: Easter 1994

we weren’t catholic but easter was still a big thing in our family. and by that i mean, we got…
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Posted on: April 11, 2018 Last updated on: January 16, 2020 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

Throwback: Jesús, Los Angeles, CA

I still remember this day like it was yesterday. I never imagined myself publicly speaking about my undocumented status nor…
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Posted on: March 22, 2018 Last updated on: April 7, 2020 Comments: 0 Written by: louie

throwback: deivid rojas

abuelo, instead of asking, ‘¿why did diosito give me a gay grandson?’ ask  ‘how will my grandson survive in this…
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Posted on: December 7, 2017 Last updated on: January 8, 2020 Comments: 0 Written by: louie
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