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Then, I put Surratt’s Halogram Eyeshadow in Cosmos throughout all the pieces as a highlighter for distinction. I did not placed on mascara as a result of I do not like sporting it. The crystals are Swarovski. I had these from the times when all people wished gems. [I glued them on with] the Make-up Atelier’s lash adhesive, which dries actually quick and stays a very very long time.

I have been indulging in my skin-care routine [while staying home]. Going by means of much more steps and taking much more time with it, like letting my serum sink in. Fortunately, proper now, I am not breaking out, so I did not must do rather a lot to my pores and skin. I solely used a bit of little bit of Laura Mercier Secret Camouflage to cowl a few blemishes.

“We’ll all be on Zoom most likely dressed precisely the identical, to be sincere. It will nonetheless be a superb Delight.”

My water polo staff, Team New York Aquatics, is the world’s largest LGBTQ aquatics team, so we are in the [New York City] Pride parade every year. We get there really early in the morning to get in line and wait to start marching. It’s really fun and a bit sweaty normally. We’re out in the sun all day, so I’m probably just wearing sunblock and my Speedo.

After that, I would definitely go to a friend’s house and start the other fun part of Pride — like barbecues. Hopefully, somebody is doing something a little bit more intimate. Sometimes, the big parties can be a little difficult to get into because the tickets sell out so quickly. Or, it’s such a big crowd that I kind of want to stay in Brooklyn and do something fun with my closer group of friends. We’ll always go to one of the warehouse parties or something, that night or that weekend — if they were happening, obviously, this year is going to be very different. We will all be on Zoom probably dressed exactly the same, to be honest. It’ll still be a good Pride. If it’s nice and sunny out, I’ll go to my roof and play some music and dance a little bit.

Pride is about community. It’s about being with people who are like you, who love you, and who see you for who you are and who you’ve always been, despite not being recognized necessarily your entire life or not being validated your entire life or being loved your entire life. So we come together with our chosen family — or with our given families if we’re lucky enough to have families to accept us. To be able to at least see each other via Zoom this year will be great. That’s one way we’ve been keeping together this entire time. We always find a way to form a community and support each other.

And Pride is a celebration. It didn’t start that way because it’s commemorative — in New York City at least — of the Stonewall riots, which were not a celebration by any means. Now, we get together, we honor our ancestors, and we hopefully show up for younger generations to see what is possible if you believe in not just what is possible if you believe, but also how good life can be out of the closet living with Pride.

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