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Mar 2025
44m 35s

An Anchor in Troubled Waters

Chill Polyamory
About this episode

Puerto Rican actor, drag king & storyteller Vico Ortiz describes their red flags, moving in with a partner, and how they made Our Flag Means Death so polyamorous.

 

"I Could Never..." is a Chill Polyamory podcast. For more info and episode transcripts: https://www.chillpolyamory.com/icouldnever

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Vico Ortiz on IG - @puertoricaninja

Vico Ortiz on Blue Sky - @vico-ortiz

Vico Ortiz on Patreon - Vico's Patreon

Vico's Podcast on Substack - Today in Gay

 

Cover Artwork by Anni Jyn - @annijyn  

All music is sourced from the Free Music Archive, under a Creative Commons 4.0 Attribution License (CC BY 4.0) Intro/Outro: Ruffling Feathers by Jesse Spillane, Transitions: City Line by Beat Mekanik

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