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In 1981, the House of Dupree hosted a ball that introduced the concept of categories to the ballroom scene. Dupree started dancing, pulling a copy of Vogue magazine out of his bag, and stopped, posing to the beat while imitating the models' poses. According to legend, Dupree was at a nightclub called Footsteps when some gay Black men started throwing shade at each other. We want to be the ones to tell our stories, because showing happy stories instead of the sadness and fear discourses may help to change some people's minds.The founding member and mother of the House of Dupree, Paris Dupree is said to be one of the originators of voguing. I feel that the sad portrait is not applicable anymore, there are sad stories and dramas and we do love dramas but we also want to see happiness, love, and celebration of our lives. It is actually a recurrent conversation between my boyfriend and me since we met each other, it always ends in death or sadness. “I am proud of who I am and what I do, and I love showing happy love moments because we are really used to seeing no happy endings when it is about telling LGBTQ+ stories. I think it's time to keep being visible and I'm always thinking about how I could contribute to issues that affect us (the LGBTQ+ community) with illustration. Nowadays there are many people trying to take our rights, which our predecessors fought and died for.
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I really want to be involved with projects that could help my community, projects that show diverse realities.
#BLACK HAIRY GAY MEN FREE#
Many times I get inspired by my personal life and draw my family (my boyfriend, our cat, and our dog), and men who express and love each other naturally and who live day to day, free and proud. “I try to approach love between men as something natural. It's amazing when you get messages from people telling you that your work matters to them.” My illustrations are a good way to heal some injuries from the past, a kind of therapy.
#BLACK HAIRY GAY MEN SKIN#
I started using ‘fantasy colors’ as skin tones because I thought that everyone is different and those colors are not related to a particular group. I'm a half-black man who has grown up in a white society without contact to my roots so this topic is important for me. So I decided to explore and expose some of my insecurities on my drawings, big men, hairy, sensitive, and not necessarily white. I had some body issues (some of which I'm still working through) and realized that I was only drawing super-built men. In 2019 I started a new life after a huge personal crisis - I needed to reconnect with who I was, and I did it. “Through my illustrations, I try to give voice to a love that is often silenced, my illustrations are about love towards others, but above all, towards oneself. This meant a lot to me because I felt for the first time it was talking to me. I grew up without any diverse references, and still remember when I found the first ‘gay illustration’ in my first year of university. These drawings have helped me to find myself and feel more confident with what I think and feel. “Within my practice, I aim to translate my feelings into my drawings. You can find out more about the artist and see more of his work here. Hayde’s work focuses on sharing diversity with the world - from diverse bodies to diverse love. These illustrations come from Jaime Hayde, an artist based in Northern Spain.