Tag: los angeles

  • Julio | Los Angeles, CA

    Julio | Los Angeles, CA

    So, being in relationships is funny. Like, it is the reason why I love art, why I love making art. Because relationships and politics are things that you can’t control, sometimes. They’re out of your, you know, whether it’s emotionally, whether it is, you know, politicians just lying to you…

  • Sergio | Los Angeles, CA

    Sergio | Los Angeles, CA

    i came out to my friends first. they were like, “oh, really? okay. that’s, that’s all right.” and then to my brothers, and they were really shocked. and then my mother and i cried a lot. she didn’t think it was a big deal. she didn’t see it coming but…

  • Victor | Los Angeles, CA

    Victor | Los Angeles, CA

    i started hiking when i started losing weight. i used to be 300 pounds. i would work out as a punishment. i used to punish myself. it would be like mid-summer, mid-day, i would throw on two pairs of sweatpants. underneath, i would wear a sweating body suit, a hoodie…

  • Throwback: Jesús, Los Angeles, CA

    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 even speaking of being gay.  It took me a while and some courage to speak out of the injustice every single undocumented individual faces on a daily basis, many of…

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    i came here from mexico when i was 7. i was living in oxnard, california until last year. it’s a city where there is a lot of latinx people. so i was always surrounded by them but there was never really any support for the lgbtq community.  i’m a trans…