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SF Latino’s artwork celebrates queer pop icons religiously

Raised catholic in Montebello—the predominantly Latino city nestled near East Los Angeles—artist Ruben Guadalupe Marquez never lacked for Latino traditions or culture, but his experiences weren’t always positive. As a gay man, Marquez witnessed the negative effects of a culture that has been heavily shaped by catholicism, one such effect being transphobia. “I know that […]