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About Me

The truth is is that I am MUCH bigger than this section can hold or describe. I expand beyond all the boxes that people try to put me in. I soar above all the limitations that I am faced with. I surpass my goals. I survive all my failures. I am complicated yet simple. I enjoyed loving life and being me. I enjoy being me. I like to learn from others. I love to experience new things tha do not endanger me in any way. In some things I will take risks. I'm daring yet cautious. I'm adventurous (but I will carry cabfare in case I get lost, LOL).

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My Interests

Movies, Music, Social Politics, LGBT Events, and a good game of Spades/Bid Whist!!!!Get this widget!

I'd like to meet:

I would love to be a dinner party full of our most prominent and influential BLK LGBT LEADERS, their HETEROSEXUAL BLK COUNTERPARTS, and their BLACK ARTISTS talking about how we can reshape the world to reflect the best that we can be as a united people.Until that happens, I would entertain being in a room full of beautiful people having a great time and partying like no one's watching.

Music:

Gospel, House, Neo-Soul, R&B, Hip Anything by the likes of: Jill Scott, Erykah Badu, Common, Mos Def, The Fugees, Talib Kweli, The RootsGet this widget!

Movies:

Comic Book Movies!!!

Television:

24, Heroes, Lost, Prison Break, Without A Trace, All 3 CSI and Law & OrderGet this widget!

Books:

Currently reading Beyond the Down Low by Keith Boykin

Heroes:

Jesus Christ, My Dad Gabriel Ortiz Sr., My Mom Maria Negron Oritz, My Grandpa Teofilo Ortiz, Arch Bishop Carl Beene, Bishop Zachary G. Jones, Suhir Blackeagle, Oprah Winfrey, Maya Angelou, Bill Clinton, Tavis Smiley, Keith Boykin, David Mailbranche, Sundiata Alaye, Frank Leon Roberts, Michael "Maasai" Roberson and Patti LaBelle.Get this widget!

My Blog

Get 2 Know Me thru my Family and Friends

Want to get to know me? Instead of me telling you who I am and what I like, let me guide you through my friends list. Most of my friends have never met my family and vice versa. Well...
Posted by ATLBLATINO on Sun, 01 Jul 2007 06:38:00 PST

Dissecting Diversity

.. Recently a movement in Atlanta to create a space for transgendered people of color to get better prepared to get off the streets and into the workforce has been criticized for it not being all ...
Posted by ATLBLATINO on Sat, 16 Jun 2007 10:15:00 PST

WHADDAFUK...White Privledge Still Alive and Well In America!!!!

Aiight this is CRAZY!!! I knew that white privledge was alive and well, but for it to be so blatant and no one is pointing it out is just plain nuts for me. Last week I had to deal w...
Posted by ATLBLATINO on Thu, 07 Jun 2007 03:16:00 PST

XDR TB Story and LGBT People of Color, the UNTOLD Story!

TB and HIV...A Deadly Combination!!! This week global news broke the story of the Atlanta-area man who is infected with a rare and potentially deadly type of Tuberculosis&Extremely Drug Resistant TB ...
Posted by ATLBLATINO on Fri, 01 Jun 2007 04:56:00 PST

In Rememberance of J. Lawrence Warren aka "L"....

One Less Star In the Sky .. "It is with profound sorrow that I announce the passing of our dear Brother and community activist, J. Lawrence Warren, better known as "L.". His services will be Sa...
Posted by ATLBLATINO on Thu, 31 May 2007 04:00:00 PST

After Black Pride...Whatz Next???

So itz Tuesday evening and the annual conflicting reports have started to pour in about the good and bad happenings at the Miami, DC and PR "Black Gay Prides". Yeah yeah I know, DC is the only "...
Posted by ATLBLATINO on Wed, 30 May 2007 04:13:00 PST

What Does AIDS Look Like???

Recently I was involved in a conversation about the perception by some on what HIV/AIDS looks like. It wasn't a new conversation for me. I have heard all sides of this conversation. ...
Posted by ATLBLATINO on Fri, 26 Jan 2007 07:28:00 PST