Ryan Robert Gutierrez Flores

Ryan Robert Flores is a self-identified Bear. He has a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, majoring in Marketing Management, and is currently working on a graduate degree, which he hopes would someday pay for TBRU, Lazy Bear Weekend, Provincetown Bear Week, Mad.Bear, and a leather sex sling that can support his weight (for, uh… research). A freelance graphic designer and photographer, he has worked with leading companies in different fields, but mostly in food (where else would a fat guy go?) by creating corporate branding and image development. A fastidious Grammar Nazi; a sure-fire way of driving him up the walls would be to say “For a while” (For a while, WHAT?), and other grammatical nightmares, without any proper context. He doesn’t like chocolate, despite being happily married to one who peddles it for a living for the past eleven years.

Stories By Ryan Robert Gutierrez Flores

Literary Pieces2 months ago

Both Eyes Open

Some members of the LGBTQI community live in the shadows. Until they and the people they love start to get hurt.
Literary Pieces2 months ago

I Am Here

Have you ever been “lost” in a labyrinthine gay bathhouse? Here’s a poetic glimpse at its nerve-wracking – yet intoxicating – appeal.
Literary Pieces3 months ago

Five foot eight

Will you date someone who doesn't conform to the standards you set? What if - by breaking these standards - it means you find the one...
Literary Pieces4 years ago

The road trip

Ryan Robert Gutierrez Flores writes about tagging along for a ride with someone he desired, realizing at a certain point how “I could already see the...
FEATURES5 years ago

I am Wagyu awesomeness

Ryan Robert Flores wages a war against “fat”, noting that it is ironic how LGBT people who – years being made to feel broken, incomplete, or...
Literary Pieces5 years ago

Goldilocks and the Three Bears (Part Two)

Robert Flores continues telling the story of Goldilocks – so called not because he had golden blonde hair, but because his name was Godofredo Oro –...
Literary Pieces5 years ago

Goldilocks and the Three Bears (Part One)

Robert Flores tells the story of Goldilocks – so called not because he had golden blonde hair, but because his name was Godofredo Oro – whose...
Op-Ed5 years ago

Pride – The politics of politeness

Robert Flores notes that LGBT politeness may at times be understandable, but he believes that "the time of being polite is now over. I am saying...
Op-Ed5 years ago

You should put a ring on it… or not

Ryan Robert Flores doesn't believe in gay marriage. But, he stresses, this is "not a comment meant to diminish the significance of any gay union, nor...