Illegals in Times of Crisis
Tienes Boundaries?
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 comforting about...
A Modern Fag’s Guide To Not Losing Your Shit While Caring For Someone With A Chronic Illness
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...
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 read by my aunt...
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 a...
My body: girl, you better find a new way to reward yourself or I’m about to give up!
Growing up, I’d always been on the alcohol = bad train. I’d seen the way alcohol affected mine and other people’s families. Then all of the sudden as I was leaving my teens, alcohol became such a part of my “lifestyle” and I just switched train stations. I’d say to...
Behind The Illegal Image: I Am UndocuQueer!
When I first started documenting the DREAM Act movement through badly scanned drawings of undocumented organizers in 2010, I started noticing a very queer pattern. A lot of the organizers I was hanging out with during the actions that happened throughout 2010, were...
Behind The Illegal Image: Because WE Exist!
Why do I make art? What kind of art? For who? What purpose does this art serve? Arent' those the kind of questions every respectful artist making art about any marginalized community should be asking themselves? Girl, I don't know. But I've been reflecting on these...
Jotas, I Drew Juanga For The L.A. Times!
Juan Gabriel when asked if he was gay: “Lo que se ve no se pregunta”(Julio Salgado / For The Times) Three illustrations of Juan Gabriel by yours truly appeared in yesterday's PRINT issue of Los Angeles Times. The images accompany this beautiful and personal story by...