The Spice Girls Saved My Life

The Spice Girls Saved My Life

  The days leading up to my favorite pride celebration in Long Beach–Oakland pride is a close second– the lack of a pop star headliner led to angry comments on the Long Beach Pride instagram page from my fellow gays. We’d been spoiled. You see,...
God Or Life Or Whatever You Believe In

God Or Life Or Whatever You Believe In

When I’m not spending weekends at my boyfriend’s house, my Saturday and Sunday morning ritual with mom and sister has involved lots of strong coffee with our breakfast while old I Love Jenni episodes are playing in the background. There’s something...
Mourning Through Zoom

Mourning Through Zoom

“Maybe she’s putting the microphone too close to her mouth?” my mom wondered as my cousin was trying to figure out the screen mirroring volume from her phone to our TV. But my mom knew what her sister was saying. She wrote that letter that was being...
Latinx Files: This one’s for the Latina gay icons

Latinx Files: This one’s for the Latina gay icons

This piece was first published on March 31, 2022, for the Los Angeles Times’ Latinx Files. A few years ago, my best male friend Jesús — a heterosexual man — asked me why gay men love to listen to female singers. I rolled my eyes because his inquiry was based on...