Patrick Donovan

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[Patrick Donovan @patrickdstudios]

More Christian by me 📸 ala Wham!

[Patrick Donovan @patrickdstudios]

@normalandnice The highest honor for me

[Patrick Donovan @patrickdstudios]

Here are photos of my now dead grandparents who raised me, a day after what would have been my Grampie’s 94th birthday.

[Patrick Donovan @patrickdstudios]

@Patrickrazzi Thank you 🧡

[Patrick Donovan @patrickdstudios]

From my Instagram. It is so easy to not do this. Thank you.

[Patrick Donovan @patrickdstudios]

It’s not lost on me that my work with sex workers, and my own nudity, warranted everyone speaking so horrifically about my dead grandparents. Slut shaming and victim blaming run deep in the culture, even amongst those who think it doesn’t. Horrible.

[Patrick Donovan @patrickdstudios]

Remind me never to mix my work and my craft with any old photos of my family. What a hell of a 24 hrs.

[Patrick Donovan @patrickdstudios]

@kawaiiyogurt101 You may not have been trying to be one, but alas. There is a distinct difference between my editorial work and photos of my dead grandparents being teenagers. It’s all about context. Thank you.

[Patrick Donovan @patrickdstudios]

Turns out I can handle online harassment when it’s about me and my work but NOT when it’s about my dead grandparents who raised me. Who knew!

[Patrick Donovan @patrickdstudios]

@kawaiiyogurt101 No, your comment and post is a bizarre thing to laugh about.

[Patrick Donovan @patrickdstudios]

@TomZohar @charizardavis Totally. Both are true! There is a difference between queer and sex positive, and “horny naked gay guys”. Never expected these photos to break confinement and to receive largely horrific comments from strangers on the internet.

[Patrick Donovan @patrickdstudios]

@charizardavis @TomZohar There is also a distinct difference between my editorial work and my personal Twitter where I posted fun photos of my dead grandparents being teenagers.

[Patrick Donovan @patrickdstudios]

@charizardavis @TomZohar I don’t consider any of this work “horny” or of “naked gay guys” but if you want to follow me on instagram and see that my work is more than that, you are absolutely welcome to!

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@funnymagicring Weird thing to say about my dead grandfather on his birthday, but okay!

[Patrick Donovan @patrickdstudios]

Comments turned off because some of y’all don’t realize you’re speaking about a real person, who is dead, on his birthday. Nasty work

[Patrick Donovan @patrickdstudios]

@Pro_Casual_ Weird thing to say about my dead grandfather on his birthday, but okay!

[Patrick Donovan @patrickdstudios]

@tthinktankk Fave comment so far

[Patrick Donovan @patrickdstudios]

@AngelikeDe4849 Watch ur tone

[Patrick Donovan @patrickdstudios]

Fully just realized that stop the wedding song is not by Raye