MARCO CASTRO-BOJORQUEZ often times when historians speak of those who were on the front lines of AIDS advocacy, it is framed in… Continue reading “MARCO CASTRO-BOJORQUEZ”…
twenty years and counting: for nicholas i snapped this picture of my brother nicholas and my mother was taken on mother’s day sometime in early 1990’s.… Continue reading “twenty years and counting: for nicholas”…
Mourning In My Sleep: (Re)Connecting with My Ancestors i have been mourning in my sleep lately. my grandmother, my mother, and dear my aunts janet and carmen have… Continue reading “Mourning In My Sleep: (Re)Connecting with My Ancestors”…
The Songs I Loved: Wilson Phillips “Impulsive” my LOVED mother’s day. birthdays and holidays came and went without much notice but mother’s day was her day to… Continue reading “The Songs I Loved: Wilson Phillips “Impulsive””…
The Songs I Loved: Concrete Blonde’s “Joey” my life is a perpetual music soundtrack. i remember all of the moments – no matter how trivial or traumatic… Continue reading “The Songs I Loved: Concrete Blonde’s “Joey””…
SELENA My love for Selena would begin as a young brown boy growing up in Tucson, Arizona. As a first generation… Continue reading “SELENA”…
LORENA BORJAS long known as a mother, activist and defender of trans women, sex workers and undocumented LGBTQIA folks, lorena borjas dedicated… Continue reading “LORENA BORJAS”…
My Dear Aunt Blanca blanca was the youngest of all my aunts. people called her sunshine because of her brightly dyed blonde hair. she… Continue reading “My Dear Aunt Blanca”…
WHITNEY HOUSTON whitney houston was a queer icon decades before the term became a marketing ploy. she was one of us before,… Continue reading “WHITNEY HOUSTON”…
You Are My Friend: The Day Patti LaBelle Visited Sylvester disco queen and black queer visionary, sylvester james died on december 16, 1988. two months before his death, one of… Continue reading “You Are My Friend: The Day Patti LaBelle Visited Sylvester”…
The Forty-Nine (A Poem for the Pulse 49) We are all made of stars, astronomers are now sayingPowerful supernova explosionsFrom neighboring galaxiesMade their way into oursAnd became us… Continue reading “The Forty-Nine (A Poem for the Pulse 49)”…
for my mother, on her birthday i don’t have video of my mother laughing. the sound of her laugh exists only now in my mind. every… Continue reading “for my mother, on her birthday”…