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Cognitive Dissonance

Chapter 3. Armando

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Tracey Parker
Sep 12, 2025
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There is just no connection between real sexuality and the ideas we have about sex in The United States of America. If you ask me we just don’t do it enough, or with enough people. It is this sacred thing that gets so caught up in the theories around it and when you’re actually lucky enough to do it it never lives up to the hype.

Picking up where we left off here.

Chapter 2. Daniel. Part 2 of 2

Chapter 2. Daniel. Part 2 of 2

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Cognitive Dissonance is a live collection of stories about Tracey Parker’s return to Mexico City after having learned many lessons about love and desire, yet continuing to be drawn to exactly what he thought he was no longer interested in. These new experiences cause him to question how much he really understands about this thing called being gay.

**Announcement! I’m starting a separate newsletter that will showcase the cultural side of Mexico City in the same way that I do with the gay side here with you guys. I often make references to the amazing cultural offerings in Mexico City in my stories here, but I want to begin making paid travel products for a wider audience. If you sign up now you’ll get a free subscription. Sign up by clicking the link below which is my first post. Wish me luck!!

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I am an American who has lived in Mexico City for 8 years. I’m around 40 years old and I enjoy the wide variety of arts and culture that the city provides as well as the lively vibrant atmosphere of the city's parks and streets. Most of what I love about Mexico City I discovered over time, as the friends I made took me to their favorite places and as my…
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15 days ago · Tracey Parker

Armando is a street smart hustler from Nezahualcóyotl Estado de Mexico who likes to trick in La Alameda Central before meeting his friends to go out in Zona Rosa. After buying some time with him my head was spinning trying to understand what had just happened. Here is our story.

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