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Omar Solis

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Omar Solis is a student at the Technological Institute of Monterrey in Monterrey, Mexico.

Omar Solis is a student at the Technological Institute of Monterrey in Monterrey, Mexico.

Omar Solis, who grew up in Denver, studies international relations at the Technological Institute of Monterrey. He's also openly gay.

Mexico’s ‘hints of homophobia’ make living there a challenge for a gay American

Lifestyle

“You have to think about where you invest your time and your energy and your love, because you don’t want to waste it,” says Omar Solis, a gay American student in Mexico trying to figure out how to live openly. “But that’s what it takes.”