photo by Kevin Truong

Alvaro and Guillermo, in their own words: “So we saw each other at the gym, made eye contact, never spoke and each of us went on his way. A few days later a combination of a common friend and Facebook made its magic and after a friend request we started chatting. A couple of weeks after that we had our first date and the rest is history. To this day we’ve been together for 3 and a half years, not without facing a lot of obstacles and learning how to deal with them as we go. From time management to learning to support each other on their personal endeavors, sharing friends (and families), facing homophobia together and the series of extra “coming outs” that being in a relationship triggers.

As long as you’re partners (as in a team) and you’re willing to evolve your relationship into something new you can make it. In our country there’s a lot of homophobia and many gay couples behave like friends when they are in public. A lot of people react to the way we behave and to how open we are when it comes to being a couple, but in the end we get mostly positive reactions from straight and gay people. So we like to think that by working hard in our relationship and keeping it real we contribute to the cause.”