michael paramo
◈ profile
Michael Paramo (b. 1993) is a Mexican American writer, artist, and researcher from the unceded homelands of the Tongva nation. His work broadly focuses on soul repair and interconnectedness in the modern/colonial world, with an emphasis on queerness and anti-colonialism.
In 2016, Paramo created AZE (azejournal.com) as a space for asexual, aromantic, and agender writers and artists. He is both gay and asexual. In 2024, he published Ending the Pursuit: Asexuality, Aromanticism, and Agender Identity, which was listed as a course-recommended text by Ingram Academic in 2024.
Paramo’s art is published in the University of New Mexico’s Blue Mesa Review and by High Shelf Press. His writing is published in Feral Feminisms and VGAR. He is cited in Sexualities, Southern Cultures, the Journal of Folklore Research, and Human Sexuality Counseling: A Sex Positive Approach (2023), among others.
◈ Visual Art
◈ Music
Contact: mdparamo@gmail.com