He thinks if he can make enough people hate each other, maybe he can stop hating himself. They accuse him of bigotry when he tries to save them. Some of them even suggest maybe he can’t deal with the fact that he…. No, he isn’t like them, doesn’t want to be one of them, won’t […]
“And then, of course, there’s Bruce Jenner,” said Grandpa, seemingly out of nowhere. A collective outrage went around the table. “That’s disgusting,” said Aunt Irene. “Should be shot,” chimed Aunt Norma. Dad tried to take the defensive side: “Well, that’s just it, to them it is normal.” This followed jeers and eye rolling. “Every ten […]
It was Good Friday, already raining at five in the morning. Paco had come up empty in his search for fares around the gay after-hours clubs and breakfast joints in Galerias and Chapinero. He headed south through Marly and Teusaquillo. Nothing but the pull-down gates of shuttered shops. Here and there, homeless couples and […]
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