by Julio Salgado | Jun 2, 2025 | Blog
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,...
by Julio Salgado | Aug 28, 2023 | Blog
by Julio Salgado | Sep 25, 2022 | Blog
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...
by Julio Salgado | Aug 15, 2022 | Blog
Jotas, the last couple of months have been rough. In January of this year, my sister began her dialysis journey. No matter how much I tried to make the appropriate arrangements to be ready to support my sister and family (moving us in together, staying sober), there...
by Julio Salgado | Jul 31, 2022 | Blog
“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...
by Julio Salgado | Apr 30, 2022 | Blog
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...