Comic: ‘Adventures of a Bitter Fag’ confronts life in 2020

These comics are part of Prism’s series on sex positivity and the arts. Read the rest of the series here. “Adventures of Bitter Fag” is artist Julio Salgado’s alter-ego. While he identifies as a silly gay who loves to crack jokes, there is a bitter part of

Julio Salgado

Sep 24, 2020

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These comics are part of Prism’s series on sex positivity and the arts. Read the rest of the series here.

“Adventures of Bitter Fag” is artist Julio Salgado’s alter-ego. While he identifies as a silly gay who loves to crack jokes, there is a bitter part of himself that shows up when white supremacy, anti-blackness, homophobia, transphobia, and other societal phobias show up. Bitter Fag is here to ruin your day if you think that we’ve made it as an LGBTQI+ community when muscled cis-gay men are allowed to run shirtless during Pride while Black and brown trans folks are being murdered, jailed, and deported.