Maybe you’ve yet to come out to your family at all, or maybe your family kicked you out years ago. Maybe your Tia dropped you off, gave you cab money home. Maybe she wrapped a plate for you in the fridge so you don’t come home and mess up her kitchen with your hunger. Maybe your Ma blessed you on the way out the door. If you’re lucky, there will be go-go boys, every shade of brown. If you’re lucky, there will be drag queens and, if so, almost certainly they will be quick, razor-sharp with their humor, giving you the kind of performances that cut and heal all at once.
I f you’re lucky, they’ll play some Latin cheese, that Aventura song from 15 years ago.
Justin Torres is the author of the novel “ We the Animals.”
