Pencils up, everyone
A postcard from Setúbal, where every day’s a school day.
Queer Elder Unsettled
Making sense of all this history I'm still living through.
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LGBTQ languages of love and struggle are universal, even when they require translation.
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It's June. Forgive me for having too many mixed feelings.