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His silly rabbit 🐰 Chicago is home with my partner Raequan and my dog Keith

Finally have my own bike 🚲

Me and Rae downtown

Details from The Floor Scrapers by Gustave Caillebotte

Man Drying His Leg by Gustave Caillebotte, now showing at the Art Institute. Some French critics have said that this exhibit was overly influenced by gender studies in its analysis and speculation of Caillebotte’s sexuality... all the while this painting literally exists. 🛁

FKA twigs in Chicago

Neighborhood walk, part two

Neighborhood walk 🌳

Living area is coming along nicely 😌

Bradbury Building in LA

Just finished “The Digital Closet” by Alexander Monea. Even on platforms like Collective, queer expression is censored because of heteronormative biases that shape how digital spaces are built, moderated, and regulated. A frustrating reality, but an insightful read. 🤓

Spring water ✨

The First Homosexuals exhibition at the Wrightwood 659, with more than 300 pieces sourced across the world to document the beginning of the conscious representation of queerness in art. Beyond incredible.

The Chihuly installation at the conservatory

Rainy day when we visited Tennessee

Spring scents! Let me know what you’re wearing. Unsurprisingly, I love fig fragrances, and this one marries what I love about Diptyque’s Philosykos with this beautiful salted olive note.

Let’s keep Collective a safe space to shame people asking for Instagram followers 💜

Finally warm enough for a frozen treat 🍦

Happy St. Paddy’s!

Dying the river green 🍀

@quanrae in the woods last December

The other conservatory🌲

A temporary reprieve from the winter weather 🌴

Niagara Falls at sunrise in October 2023

Preheating before the gym

Albino by Marlene Dumas. Part of a really interesting exhibit on Pan-Africanism at the Art Institute, with some 350 objects made by black artists. Highly recommend!

It’s my birthday! 🎂

Are Chicago gays ever going to invite WOMEN to parties?? How am I supposed to queen out with Nick, Travis, and Chris every time 😒

This cutie turns five today 🎂

How do I get them to cuddle? 😌

Currently reading: Love Junkie by Robert Plunket

La Unité d’Habitation in Marseille

At the Louvre in November

Ok Collectivos, what fragrances have we been living for this winter?

A balmy 40°F out today ☀️

Took this and then immediately trimmed the beard