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Daniel Sanchez Torres

Daniel Sanchez Torres

Daniel Sanchez Torres is a storyteller and culture worker working between the East and West coast. He spends his time thinking and writing about photography, sex, HIV and culture. More of his work can be found on his website supdst.com and he can be found trying his best on Twitter @sup_dst

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‘Edge of Seventeen’ remains a coming-out classic
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‘Edge of Seventeen’ remains a coming-out classic

Starring Lea DeLaria in one of her earliest roles, the film’s message, she says, still holds up 20 years later

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His smell haunts me, even after he disappeared from my life

I tried to commit the layers and notes of his aroma to memory so that I had no regrets when he left

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