'Each and every one of us was made to be adored, it's only up to us to fall in love with our existence and find the people that are also here to uplift you in that.'
"Pride is every month. It's not just in June — just like any culture," says Lucille Rivera,
Rivera explains that the show is dedicated to the self-respect, dignity and pride of the LGBTQ+ Latino and Chicano communities through the work of twelve featured artists, including Rivera. She has been a photographer for fifteen years and believes that every piece of art holds a story. Her photographs tell the tale of her granddaughter, who is"a tough person. But when I see her with her baby, she becomes very feminine," Rivera says.
Like Maldonado, Rivera's passion for the exhibit is entwined with her identity. Her activist work for the LGBTQ+ community stems from her experience as a mother; her son, who is now forty, came out as gay at age sixteen."I remember when we were in church, the priest told [my son's] dad that we were going to go to hell for allowing our son to be who he was," Rivera says."And so we changed from the Catholic Church.
Maldonado is all too familiar with the shame Rivera describes witnessing. They grew up in a rural community near Greeley and often felt uncomfortable and unsafe to be their true self. Now Maldonado views their queer existence as an inherent"act of resistance" and is confident in who they are, no longer afraid of the double takes and gawking stares that often follow them. Maldonado found a loving, accepting community in Denver — a space that every queer individual deserves.
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