For more of Dijon's profiles, visit the Souls of San Francisco Facebook page. And stay tuned for future installments here on Hoodline.
Souls Of The Castro
Published on December 10, 2014
We continue our photo series with another installment of brief on-the-street interviews and snapshots from our friend Dijon of Souls of San Francisco.
Today, we present a few portraits taken recently in the Castro.
“I grew up in Southern California, spent my whole life there. I came to San Francisco for a change. I just knew this was where I wanted to lay the foundation for a new life. I’ve been here a couple years and I’ve never been happier.”
“What’s your dream for your time here?”
“I want to continue to meet new people. It’s such a small city but I love meeting new people all the time. I want to go to San Francisco State University and study English, be a writer. I’d love to teach.”
“Cool, what kind of writing?”
“Poetry. I haven’t written anything in a minute so I hesitate to call myself a writer.”
Left - “We both go to school at SF State. We hung out for the first time at a study date at Panera.”
“What’s one of your favorite things about him?”
Right - “He’s a go-getter. If he puts his mind to it, he’ll get it.”
“And you?”
Left - “He’s very open-minded and down for anything.”
“You guys look really happy and stable, any advice for how to work through relationship problems?”
Left - “Learn to let your pride down.”
Right - “Yeah, and trust each other.”
“My best friend made me move out here from South Carolina. He moved out here a year and a half before I did and bugged me until I came.”
“I’m a professional drag queen. I perform every Friday at Aunt Charlie’s but I’m mostly privately contracted.”
“What’s your show like?”
“Lots of dance, lots of choreography, sometimes I sing, it just depends on what I’m feeling.”
“Looking good fellas! What are you two up to today?”
Right - “I’m on my way to get a beard trim.”
Left - “I’ve got a fisting appointment.”
“You mean like—"
“—exactly what it sounds like.”
“I’m what you call a Silver Fox.”
For more of Dijon's profiles, visit the Souls of San Francisco Facebook page. And stay tuned for future installments here on Hoodline.
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