Category: Gran Varones Portraits
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National Coming Out Day: Jessica & Jaydon | Philadelphia, PA
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jessica (mom): i was just starting my day at my new job. it was right after my brother died and just as my boyfriend was recovering from surgery. so, i had just dropped jaydon off for school and when i am work, i take off my mom hat, my daughter…
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Brian | Tampa, FL
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I’ve been raised in and out of Philly most of my life. And as far as Philly being good for me at that time in my life, no. I needed structure and I was going down the wrong road being here which is why my parents made the decision to…
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THROWBACK: MY 25th ANNIVERSARY
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in 1995 i was a at a crossroads. i was an 18 year old high school drop out with a 8th grade education. my mother had moved out of the dilapidated house we called home leaving me and my brother younger brother nicholas to fend ourselves. i was still holding…
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Robert | Philadelphia PA
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When I lived in Wisconsin, I was just a “nobody.” When I moved down here after my dad got locked up, I became the heart of the family. Ya know, I keep my mom going, I keep my brothers and sisters together, I keep my nephews going and everybody sees…
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Christopher | Orlando, FL
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Anthony: So where did you grow up? Christopher: I am from South Florida, I grew up there. Then I moved to Orlando in 2010. I grew up in Naples and Naples has historically always been a conservative town. It is where a lot of retirees go and people that occupy…
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Efrain | Philadelphia, PA
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GV: Do you remember your first Latin night at a gay club? Efrain: It was also at Woody’s of course. It was cool because I would hear the same music that my aunt played in the kitchen. All my friends were black and weren’t interested in going. So I jumped…
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Pablo | San Francisco, CA
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I come from a small town in Guatemala. I come from a small town that is close to the sun. I didn’t come from a big city or even a big house. It was all just a big room surrounded by nature. I have been living in San Francisco since…
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David | Chicago, IL
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I grew up in the North, Northwest side of Chicago. I’ve moved around most of my life. Sadly, in most cases due to evictions. Somehow my family always stood close to Main Street Pulaski. Blue line for life bond!! I’m the baby of six kids; five boys, one girl. My…
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Gabriel | New York, NY
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I have not taken the subway since the lockdown a few weeks ago and my bike has been my only mode of transportation. Surreal is the best way to describe how it feels to ride through Times Square right now. Never in a million years would I ever think I…
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Horacio x Eddie | Philadelphia, PA
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Horacio: Long story short, the quarantine made our March 21st date impossible so the day that the stay at home order was enacted in Philly (March 17th) we got a call from the chapel offering to sign our marriage license that day so it wouldn’t expire. We like to think…
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José Javier | Wilton Manor, FL
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i came out to my mother when my grandmother died in 2006. and back then I had a cousin that was gay – – that IS gay – -he has not a stopped being gay. (laughs) he was living around here and my mother would always ask me, “why do…
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Chris & Andrew | Bronx, NY
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chris: my brother really continues to teach me how to be unapologetically me. he is so unapologetically him ALL the time. like, i have never met another person who is able to be like “i don’t give a fuck if you don’t like anything about me. i’m pretty sure about…