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Jun. 11—JP Brammer didn't feel like he had a clear identity as a child. "I didn't know what I was good at and was sort of looking for something to attach myself to," the author said. He had no idea that his adolescent search would lead him to his debut book, ¡Hola Papi!, and establish his name as a published author. The book was released through Simon & Schuster on Tuesday. If You Go What: ...

John Paul Brammer's memoir out Tuesday, "¡Hola Papi!," was inspired by his advice column of the same name.

Thursday, June 10  FLAVNT Streetwear, an Austin-based queer clothing brand, is taking over the Little Gay Shop for Austintatious, an event that celebrates the trans community. Head over to Airport Boulevard for music by DJ Boyfriend, merch from local queer vendors and a raffle to raise money for Equality Texas. (thelittlegayshop.com)  Friday, June 11 Bring the heat to Cheer Up Charlies (7 p.m.): Frida Friday ATX and Fuego ATX are teaming up for a dance party and market centered around q...

Jimmy Fallon Throws Jabs at Trump’s New Tour With Bill O’Reilly “Backstage passes automatically come with a hush money payment of $130,000. Isn’t that nice?” Jimmy Fallon joked. “When he heard, Sean Hannity was like, ‘Well, I met someone new and totally awesome, too, so,’” Jimmy Fallon said.Credit...NBC June 9, 2021, 1:21 a.m. ET Welcome to Best of Late Night, a rundown of the previous night’s highlights that lets you sleep — and lets us ge...

Copyright 2021 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: If you want to dish out advice, its best to know yourself first. JOHN PAUL BRAMMER: Who was I other than a promiscuous, Twitter-addled, gay Mexican with chronic anxiety and comorbid mental illnesses who could barely answer his own emails in a timely manner without having a breakdown? GARCIA-NAVARRO: Thats John Paul Brammer, the man behind the advice column "Hola Papi." The column began its life as a feature...

Given his equal aptitude for the absurd and the illuminating, Brammer has become one of the internet’s most distinctive voices.

Lgbtq youth find more acceptance online as at home. they turn to the internet to seek advice. our next guest john paul grammar describes the work as quote the mexican dear abby for people all over the world. he is also the author of the new book "hola papi." i think you win the award for most evocative book title. congratulations. tell me why write this now? >> thank you. yes. i think thats what i was going for, a title that jumped out at you and growing up in rural oklahoma i didnt have a lot o...

I think when we deprive experience, not only are we hurting the lgbtq youth from being able to see themselves in a book, but others from being able to put themselves none of those peoples shoes and say, oh, this is what its like. >> i really like that perspective, especially as i thought about that question a lot. back to your book, theres a lot of advice in there. whats the one thing you want young people to take away? >> i just want young people to know, especially trans youth that theres noth...

What if Dear Abby was on Grindr? J.P. Brammer on his new memoir-in-advice-columns.

Print When John Paul Brammer started “Hola Papi!” in 2017 for INTO, a digital magazine launched by gay dating app Grindr, he didn’t think it would get much audience response. Since then, Brammer’s advice column, which he describes as a “Queer Latino ‘Dear Abby’ huffing poppers” and now lives on Substack, has become required reading for many members of the Latinx and LGBTQ communities — this column in which he responds to a woman afraid that she’ll never find love was one of ...