Category: Gran Varones Portraits
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Alexander | Camden, NJ
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in our community it’s kinda taboo to talk about mental health, it’s taboo to talk about depression, we don’t talk about anxiety or things like that. i remember the first time i ever talked about depression, i was in high school and i was brought to the church so that…
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Ivan | Los Angeles, CA
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Ivan: I have been homeless for two years and even then I still don’t identify as homeless. It’s just this label that’s given by society for scholarship purposes and for the “poor boo-hoo dreamer” purposes. I do have a home. Cali is my home. I can go to San Diego, San…
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Luis Lao | Camden, NJ
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i come to philly to turn up, to party. i think it’s great because i meet more people like me in philly and i really can’t get that connection in camden because camden is so negative about being gay or bisexual or transgender. i think without family as support, you’re…
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Monserat | Seattle, WA
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I was born in Tonalá, Jalisco in Mexico but I grew up in East LA since I was two years old. Growing up in East LA was one of the most, luckiest opportunities. While coming into a whole new country not having to lose my culture because east la is…
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Armdando | Pittsburgh, PA
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Louie: Where did you grow? Armando: Whenever people ask me where I grew up, I always say this verbatim: “I grew up in Naples, Florida, a white retirement heaven. There’s literally a golf course on every corner.” Naples, like much of southwest Florida, was a pretty affluent town where brown and…
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Ricky | Philadelphia, PA
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i went through so much. i went through hell and back. and i went so much in the latino gay community. the black gay community showed me so much love when i came out, didn’t talk about me. verses what i went though in the latin gay community. as i…
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Miguel | Orlando, FL
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Anthony: So where in this area did you grow up? Miguel: I was born in Orlando, but raised in Mascotte, Florida. Mascotte itself is a very small city. A large population of that city is made of Mexican immigrant/migrant farmers. The people who are actually in power are White. The businesses, the…
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Emmanuel | Washington, DC
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Louie: So where’d ya grow up?Emmanuel: I grew up in Jersey, I moved to Philly when I was 21. I think I was really attracted to Philly because I was looking for peers like myself, young people who were “out”, and they wanted to find other places to hang out. I was…
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Happy Father’s Day!
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happy father’s day to all varones. those who are raising and nurturing. those who are guiding and leading. those who are passing along family traditions while expanding what our familia looks like. we celebrate and salute you on this day. ¡feliz día de los padres! karlos & david with their…