With black humor, sequins and lots of colour Check out the Queen Story Hour collection He hypnotized the public with his stories in favor of tolerance and sexual diversity in Mexico Guadalajara International Book Fair (FIL) which ends December 4th.
away from the formalities Lectures and book launches, The group managed to fascinate the audience with the stories, mysticism and insolence of the drag show, which were combined in an unusual way with the tenderness and depth of children’s stories.
Lalo Garcia Co-founder of this organization that promotes Respect for the LGBTQ+ community It is part of the initiative “Barrios de paz del gobierno de Jalisco & rdquor;” He explained to the audience that this project aims to create “a sense of belonging, community and identity” so that no one feels discriminated against.
The intent is to foster an environment of respect towards the LGBTQ+ community through General readings of stories with different themes. The group is made up of LGBTQ+ people who seek to offer readers an inclusive culture.
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Space for everyone
A teenage couple, a group of young men from The original wixárika communitya family with their young son, a exhibitor at the fair, and a handful of LGBTQ+ youth gathered in one of the main halls of the fair to hear Tales in Heels.
The reading attracted a diverse audience who laughed and applauded the performances of the three readers as they told their stories of self-acceptance and being seduced by drag shows.
mimics a little doll in a pink and purple dress and a big bow on her head, Diva Nova surprised the audience by directing the story “No, not you”. Which talks about how people are often rejected when they think they don’t fit into a social circle.
Diva Nova explained that from a young age she had a penchant for art and saw in this type of performance a space of acceptance and identity.
“When I moved on, I realized that everything I studied and felt didn’t fit anywhere, (that) was where I could develop and it helped me both professionally and personally because I dealt with it with a fear of not knowing if I could do it and society embraced me ” explained.
Characters that merge
Drag “is about magic” and that LGBTQ+ people find “a place anywhere” Garcia explained to those present that they are what they are.
With her blue dress like a fairy tale and blonde wig, Evelyn Carmine walks around the stage to make the audience feel like a mermaid. Andres, the main character in the story “Mermaid and Period”, has one wish in life: to have blonde hair and be a mermaid.
The story talks about bullying and calls for the defense of every person regardless of the judgment of others.
In her thick voice, she says that she recognized the character because she wanted on more than one occasion to belong to another person and to see herself in a different way without being judged.
“I went through something similar and probably a lot of people here have gone through it, we have that little thorn of knowing what you feel or what you’re going to look like, but until you do, you’re going to feel this version and it’s so much fun,” he said with some mischief.
Encased in a green dress with Mexican roses and flowers framing long eyelashes, Maria Rivera imitates a shrill voice and then a thicker but more intimidating voice. With the voice of his body he gives life to the characters of a ‘fearful beast’ story – a story of containment that encourages the liberation of who we really are.
The narrator said that transgender people, with non-binary identities and this It transgresses sexual identities They only seek to be respected in the community and ask the attendees to be more sympathetic to that section of the community.
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“We don’t want to steal anyone’s rights, we don’t want to take spaces from anyone, we just want to live like everyone else,” he said.
FIL runs through December 4th Through a rich program that includes 620 book presentations, 3,000 literary, academic and scientific activities and the assistance of 600 authors from 45 countries.
