Queer Brown Intimacy

This page is dedicated to the delicious way in which Queer Brown People love, explore desire and share intimate moments with one another.

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Brothers Loving Brothers By: Lloyd Vega

                                    "Respect yourself, my brother, for we are so many wondrous things. Like a black rose, you are a rarity to be found. Our leaves intertwine as I reach out to you after the release of a gentle rain. You precious gem, black pearl that warms the heart, symbol of ageless wisdom, I derive strength from the touch of your hand. Our lives blend together like rays of light; We are men of color, adorned in shades of tan, red, beige, black and brown. Brothers born from the same earth womb. Brothers reaching for the same star. Love me as your equal. Love me, brother to brother." 

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NOTE FROM THE POET: This project came about a simple conversation with some Jotas about what would be 5 tips that we would pass down to baby queers to help them navigate through life. These 5 tips are solely based on my own development as a young, queer, undocumented, immigrant in this country. In no way am I try to minimize our existence as brown men in these tips because that would be impossible. If anything I hope this project sparks a greater conversation about what are the blueprints we are living behind for our beautiful two-spirit brothers to start building with. This project was born out of love and not a place of deconstructing our sexualities or criticizing our communities. I understand that some of the tips might not speak to all but I encourage you Jotas to start creating your own and gifting them to a young baby queer in your life. We are all healers and instead of waiting for the acceptance of the Straight world, we gotta start putting in work to rebuild our Queendoms! Somos FUERTES and our dualities are Medicinal <3 aho.

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“Tenderness, a sign of vulnerability, is so feared that it is showered on women with verbal abuse and blows. Men, even more than women, are fettered to gender roles. Women at least have had the guts to break out of bondage. Only gay men have had the courage to expose themselves to the woman inside them and to challenge the current masculinity. I’ve encountered a few scattered and isolated gentle straight men, the beginnings of a new breed, but they are confused, and entangled with sexist behaviors that they have not been able to eradicate. We need a new masculinity and the new man needs a movement.”

Gloria Anzaldua in Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza (1987)