The ballroom scene will be on full display at aidswalkny with a big performance at the end of the event. AClineThomas reports.
This year, the ballroom scene will be on full display, with a big performance at the end of the event.
"I was able to connect and talk about what I was going through, and some of my elders who would become my gay parents - we call it gay parents, gay families - they were able to help me," Ortiz said. In the '90s, Ortiz was integral in organizing GMHC's inaugural Latex Ball - it still exists today. It's a central resource fair for testing and programs, wrapped up in what can only be described as a fashionable artistic extravaganza. "I really like to say 'uncle father,' and not just 'father.' You know, uncles are more fun... so definitely an uncle father because he's definitely so much fun," said Project Vogue client Tytus Gibson Jackson.
Ortiz now oversees Project Vogue, a program that connects Black and Brown young adults with HIV to the care they need.
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