on the ground floor of Posada de Roger . “ Your career may end , but you ' re never forgotten .”
It was partly the inevitability of disclosure that prompted him to start opening up about his movie work after several years of local anonymity . He moved here in the late ' 90s and worked as an interior designer before meeting Hector and opening the shop in 2007 . But the bigger factor was his growing realization that he could make a difference in the lives of young gay men .
“ I get letters and Facebook comments from guys who say Jesse was the first time they ever saw someone on screen they could identify with ,” he reveals . “ Even today there are young kids in places where gay life is totally forbidden who see the movie on TV and write to me . It means a lot to them . The fact I ' m openly gay makes them care even more .”
Patton travels to about a dozen fan conventions every year . In late summer he was scheduled to appear at shows in the U . K ., France , Germany and several other European countries . Most of the money he makes from his tours he donates to the Trevor Project , a nonprofit organization for crisis intervention among young people with sexual identity issues .
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Patton ' s other concern is nurturing Mexican craftspeople . “ Hector and I made a decision that everything in the shop would be made in Mexico by Mexicans , who would be paid fairly for their work ,” he states . “ We ' re cheaper than many of the other shops , but everything is very high quality . We ' re a for-profit business , but we want to help people , not exploit them .”
John McCloud has been a professional free-lance journalist for more than 30 years . He has written regularly for the New York Times , World Architecture , California Real Estate Journal and many other publications .
John McCloud ha sido un periodista profesional durante más de 30 años . Ha escrito regularmente para The New York Times , World Architecture , California Real Estate Journal y muchas otras publicaciones .