Growing up Black, gay, and a bit flamboyant created challenges in all areas of my life especially romantically and also with myself. This series of self portraits has been me liberating myself from judgement, from my past crushes, my failed lovers, my old homes. This is a death and a rebirth, a mourning and a celebration. These are self portraits of a black boy who has laughed and cried and has been stabbed in the heart before.