18.08 / 05:43
song
social
country
voice
Gay
Love
UPS
Out of the Closet and Into the Garden
I came out to my mother the day she got deported. Probably not the best timing, but there is no good time to say “Hey, I’m gay!” to a God-fearing immigrant woman with the grit of a true New Yorker. As the firstborn American in my family, I have only an oral history of my parents’ journey from the Caribbean to the United States, their stories of living in basements, working as dishwashers, cleaning mansions and taking care of Upper East Side children.
