Joey Terrill was born on October 5, 1955 in Los Angeles, California, to parents of Mexican descent.
[3] In 1969, Terrill became familiar with the Metropolitan Community Church (MCC) and the Stonewall Riots by reading the Los Angeles Free Press.
Terrill and Sandoval began a close working artistic relationship, both inspired by their queer and Chicano identities.
[1] During this time, Terrill also focused on creating work for the Chicano gay community, such as Chicos Modernos, an AIDS educational comic book written in Spanish.
[8] Terrill lives in Los Angeles and is the director of global advocacy and partnerships for the AIDS Healthcare Foundation.
[10] Acting as a defiance to machismo culture, Terrill wrote a zine dedicated to the representation of Chicano gay men.
[11] Organized by ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives in partnership with The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles for Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA, Axis Mundo: Queer Networks in Chicano L.A., presented art, music, and performance by queer Chicano/a artists in Los Angeles from the 1960s to the early 1990s.