Before beginning the recording session, 14-year-old Gavin Páez declared: “today we’re going to ask each other those questions we’ve never asked. It’s only been a year since he identified himself to his parents as a transgender boy and began speaking to them about his identity. Ricardo Páez and Alma Espinosa did not immediately understand the meaning of the word “transgender,” but never ceased to give him love and support.
Gavin Páez, his parents Ricardo Páez and Alma Espinosa, and his sisters Citally, Lorely and Emily, during recording session oF BHB workshop at Mi Centro LGBTBQ center in Boyle Heights. Photo by Antonio Mejías-Rentas for BHB.