Marcos Gonsalez

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.

Stories

Cover Photo: Scene from "Paris is Burning"/Academy Entertainment, Off White Productions

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.

Marcos Gonsalez

Jun 03, 2019

People | Arts & Culture | Queer Life

Cover Photo: Photograph by cuneogc/Flickr

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 Gonsalez

Mar 26, 2019

Arts & Culture | Queer Life

Cover Photo: photo by Fabio Venni/flickr

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.

Marcos Gonsalez

Nov 16, 2017

People | Generations