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Throughout a career spanning nearly five decades, Joey Terrill has explored the intersection of his Chicanidad and queerness.As an artist, activist, and health educator, Terrill emerged in the ’70s, actively participating in the gay liberation and Chicano movements. At a time when these worlds felt disparate, Terrill worked to bridge the gap between them, tenderly humanizing what it meant to be Chicano and gay and later what it meant to live through the AIDS/HIV crisis and memorialize fallen loved ones.To learn more about the artist whose work was once deemed “too gay, too queer, or very Latino,” head to the link in bio. : @iwearmykswiss : Terrill photographed by Teddy Sandoval in 1975Artworks featured:Still-Life with Crixivan (1997-1998)Homeboy Beautiful (1978-1979)Jef, Victor, Luiz and George (1992-1993)Chicanos Invade New York (1981)Sustiva Still-Life (2000-2001)

Throughout a career spanning nearly five decades, Joey Terrill has explored the intersection of his Chicanidad and queerness. As an artist, activist, and health educator, Terrill emerged in the ’70s, actively participating in the gay liberation and Chicano movements. At a time when these worlds felt disparate, Terrill worked to bridge the gap between them, tenderly humanizing what it meant to be Chicano and gay and later what it meant to live through the AIDS/HIV crisis and memorialize fallen loved ones. To learn more about the artist whose work was once deemed “too gay, too queer, or very Latino,” head to the link in bio. 📝: @iwearmykswiss 📸: Terrill photographed by Teddy Sandoval in 1975 Artworks featured: Still-Life with Crixivan (1997-1998) Homeboy Beautiful (1978-1979) Jef, Victor, Luiz and George (1992-1993) Chicanos Invade New York (1981) Sustiva Still-Life (2000-2001)

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