By A. Cruz-Malavé
Within the culture of the Latin American testimonio, this is often the tale of Juan Rivera, a.k.a. Juanito Xtravaganza, a Latino runaway early life who finally ends up homeless within the streets of recent York within the overdue 70s and turns into associate of the the world over recognized Nineteen Eighties Pop artist Keith Haring in the course of probably the most frenetically effective years of his short existence, as instructed to the writer and retold via him. A hybrid text--part testimonio, half linguistic and cultural research, and half paintings criticism--this is additionally a historical past of recent York Latino neighborhoods in this interval of devastating disinvestment and gentrification, in addition to a private, heart-felt meditation at the artwork of listening and the moral limits of representing queer Latino lives.
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I was a little faggot! AC-M: So the breathing wasn’t a turn on with the family friend, but it was with your dog? JR: No, I hated that guy, but my dog was my friend, and when he grabbed me I let go. But then he started pumping and tried to pork me, and I wanted to kill the dog, ’cause I knew that wasn’t normal . . Later me and my dog were playing in this parking lot, and I called him not realizing I was close to the edge, and he ran and jumped and fell three floors to his death. Still I couldn’t figure out his breathing .
With someone else, and then he’d come back in the picture all fresco, as if nothing had happened, as if we’d never broken up to find me with a new piece, and that would set off the war, become the bone of contention for the next six months. AC-M: He would set you up, I guess. JR: Yeah, and I remember this one time assuming we’d broken up, and I hadn’t seen him for a while, so I started messing around with this kid. And I don’t know who told him or who opened up the door for him, but someone must have, and he caught us in bed.
And everyone that came out of that environment and became famous, Grace Jones, Madonna, Boy George, George Michael, liked it, ’cause nobody there paid them no mind . . And that’s where I met my next lover Keith . . AC-M: Keith . . Keith Haring . . JUANITO XTRAVAGANZA JR: Right. I remember once tripping and dancing with him for like two hours, but we never made contact and went our separate ways. ” And he said, “That was Keith Haring! The graffiti artist . ” And I was like, “Okay, Keith Haring, whatever .