In the haunting expanse of the desert, 'Blackouts' unfolds in a place called the Palace, where a young caregiver tends to Juan Gay, a man whose fleeting presence had once touched his life. This dying figure, both a playful spirit and a keeper of institutionalized souls, bestows upon his carer a profound project: the legacy of 'Sex Variants: A Study of Homosexual Patterns' and its obscured historical significance. This seminal work, entwined with early 20th-century accounts from queer voices, was the endeavor of the queer researcher Jan Gay, whose contributions were overshadowed by a commandeering committee. Within the blackened pages of Juan's copies, echoes of those marginalized narratives persist, yearning to be acknowledged. In the twilight of Juan's life, stories of love, remembrance, and existence emerge, contesting oblivion and the corrosiveness of memory. 'Blackouts' is a journey of narrative reinvention, where past, present, and future converge in the pursuit of understanding one's inheritance. Through tales of resiliency and the process of storytelling itself, Torres's work is an exquisite weave of testimonies, challenging readers to confront the histories we've inherited and to unearth the truths that dance among the shadows of our collective consciousness.