We Barrio Boys and Our Papi Chulo Philosophics
Who are we if not kin through our deviations? Street hustler and femme queen, macho and maricóncito, variations on a chulo aesthetic.
Marcos Santiago Gonsalez is a writer and critic. His work has appeared in Electric Literature, Catapult, and The New Inquiry, among other publications. He is currently working on an essay collection and writing a dissertation for a PhD in English Language and Literature.
Enter your email address to receive notifications for author Marcos Gonsalez
Success!
Confirmation link sent to your email to add you to notification list for author Marcos Gonsalez
More by this author
Speculating on Queer Pasts to Achieve a Queer Eternity for My Tío Cano
I want to believe that I inherited too ways of feeling joy, ways of finding pleasure, ways of being with other queers in raucous and wild ways.
Jun 03, 2019
What I Saw When My Father Wrestled Cousin Pedro
The object of my desire is rarely men like my father, uncle, or the other men in my neighborhood. Cousin Pedro is an exception.
Nov 16, 2017
More in this series
Cooking Up Pride and Community at the LGBT Center’s Annual Garden Party
There’s nothing more queer than cobbling together something fabulous out of very little.
Jun 11, 2019
Son Boy Allowed: A Trans Mother Finds Space for Boyhood
Well, what does it mean to be a boy or a girl? The answer so often is, simply: I don’t know. And I’m not sure that it actually matters, anyway.
Jun 18, 2019
This Green Velvet Jacket Helped Me Understand My Nonbinary Identity
It’s about being able to say, oh, gender? It’s no big deal. I just threw this gender on today.
Jun 30, 2020