Italy approves homosexual civil unions

A historical law even if it does not allow adoption

GAYLES.TV.- “Today is a holiday for many (…). Because laws are made for people, not for ideologies. For those who love, not for those who proclaim ”. With these words written on his Facebook account the Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi celebrated the final approval of the draft law of civil unions between same-sex couples.

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The law was passed in the Chamber of Deputies by 372 favorable votes, 51 opposites and 99 abstentions. El Senate had already approved the civil union between homosexuals in February. «We do it by putting the motion of confidence because it couldn't be delayed any further after years of failed attempts. We do it with humility and courage, "says the Prime Minister. Renzi's bravery acquires more value if one takes into account that he declares himself a practicing Catholic and is willing to risk the continuity of his government and the admonition of the Vatican in order to get Italy out of its historical backwardness in terms of civil rights.

The motion of confidence has been criticized by the opposition and by Catholic Church who have dismissed the practice as undemocratic. Opponents of the civil unions law have already declared themselves willing to organize a recall referendum. He too Family Day (a group of organizations that defend the traditional family attacking the new couple models) has requested the protection of the Presidency of the Republic considering that the project may be unconstitutional.

Let's not forget that despite being a historical law in a country with so much weight of Catholicism, it does not equate all rights. It is a decaffeinated law especially because it does not contemplate adoption of homosexual couples.

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Source: El País, Vozpopuli, EFE, Euronews

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Benitez case, police impunity

EDITORIAL GAYLES.TV.- The sentence read "in voce" by the magistrate in charge of trying those responsible for the death of Juan Andrés Benítez the 6 of October of the 2013 has opened a breach of confidence in the judicial process that has been followed and the well-founded suspicion that we are dealing with a case of police impunity disguised as legal arguments.

Recall that Benitez was a gay businessman Barcelona that the night of that fateful day discussed with a neighbor, a fact that caused the presence of agents of the body of Mossos d'Esquadra of the Generalitat. The result of the violent police reduction of Benitez was his death after suffering the brutality of the agents for a disproportionate time that according to the sentence could be 12 minutes.

 
case trial BenítezThe family of the victim will be compensated with 150.000 euros. The pact reached by the parties has meant the acceptance of the defendants of the prosecution proposal and the private and popular accusations. According to the 6 agreement, mossos have pleaded guilty to one felony offense for serious recklessness and one against moral integrity, implying a prison sentence of 2 years that will not meet, in addition to other measures of disqualification, suspension of employment and salary during the term of the sentence, prohibition of patrolling the neighborhood of Raval, where events took place and attendance at a human rights course. Of course, with the condition of not committing any crime for a while. Come on They linchan a citizen until death and they go of rositas with a “be good and read the declaration of human rights so that you do not get out of hand again”.

In the sentence you can read that the Mossos gave punches, kicks, pounding and kicking Benítez, holding him "in an excessive, disproportionate way, both in the temporal duration, which could be greater than 12 minutes, the number of mossos intervening -up to eight- as well as in the physical force exerted on the victim." All this caused a state of unconsciousness and subsequent cardiorespiratory arrest. But it is also that two agents have been convicted of obstruction of justice with 3 months of arrest. One of them for trying to clean the bloodstain left by Benítez on the ground with buckets of water and another for questioning the neighborhood about whether they had recorded the attack with their mobile and, instead of requisitioning it as evidence, forcing the woman owner of the phone to delete the recording in the presence of the agent. Come on, exemplary behavior.

 
aggression against BenítezBut the worst thing is that with this agreement the agents avoid the trial, with a popular jury, and they deposit a blanket of silence on the corpse of Benítez and the impossibility of the many doubts that loom over what was clearly a lynching homophobic, can be cleared one day. So we will never know how many neighbors hide images of what happened due to fear of reprisals. Nor will we clarify whether it is true that the intervention of the health personnel who came to help Benítez was prevented. No room of view will hear the statement of a man who says that in the midst of the noise and groans of Juan Andrés he heard "Fagot, we're going to kill you!". That without going into the subsequent manipulation of the facts with questions such as that the family was not notified of the death until after 2 days, which has not been able to clarify whether Benítez died on the street or in the emergency room of the Hospital or that his own sister was prevented from seeing the corpse until after a week.

Nothing We will not know anything and nobody will really pay for anything. Leguleyos and politicians will try to satisfy the consciences with their slang and miter jargon while in the street the neighbors of Juan Andrés will continue crying justice to the cry of "police impunity" by "a fagot" dead to sticks.

Source: El Periodico

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Beyoncé, one of lime and another of sand

GAYLES.TV.-  What Beyoncé is doing with the LGTBI themes is what is popularly known as "swimming and storing clothes". In other words, it does not suspend the action it had North Carolina, what would have supposed to join the boycott to the state summoned by other artists like protest with the recent norms transphobic, but that, from its web page defends the organizations that work for that law is revoked. They were? It is not a question of posing dichotomies of the type "you are with me or you are against me", but a little coherence would be appreciated.
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But let's do a little history. The March 23 was passed in North Carolina a law popularly known as HB2 that, in addition to annulling the municipal ordinances that protected the LGTBI collective, it added a shameful norm that forces the transsexual citizens to use the public bathroom that corresponds to their biological sex and not to their felt sex. The argument that legislators give to approve such a measure is that they try to protect women from possible sexual predators that could assault them with impunity in the bathrooms? Anyway.

Numerous companies, banks and public bodies are carrying out a boycott of the state of North Carolina to draw global attention to this situation, but what is having the greatest impact are the protest actions of celebrities and artists annulling their actions in that state. In the list of those who join the boycott we find names like Bruce Springsteen, Ringo Starr, Sharon Stone, Cirque du Soleil, Bryan Adams, Nick Jonas or Demi Lovato. To this list has not joined Beyoncé and is in its right but it is still a bit irritating to take advantage of its passage through Carolina to "defend the many organizations that work for this law to be repealed, in particular the LGBT fighting group "Equality North Carolina". Ole you, Beyoncé!
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The singer may believe that her message will have more resonance if she does not disappoint her followers and keeps the planned concerts, but without detracting from the support she gives to the LGTBI community, it must be said that this is not the first time that this gay icon disappoints us . We refer to his silence at a crucial moment in which a campaign on social networks asked him to take sides in favor of LGTBI people when a law was voted to repeal laws against the LGTBI phobia in Houston, your natal city.

In short, we still love Beyoncé and we thank her gesture in social networks, but that next time could get a little wet.

Happy weekend!!!

Source: Buzzfeed.com

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Machismo in "The Country" of wonders

EDITORIAL GAYLES.TV.-  This editorial aims to reflect on the prevailing machismo in many of the generalist media and we are not referring only to those who, due to their position to the right, result from a harsh that borders on ridicule, no. We speak of that form of subtle, assumed machismo, that which seems inevitable, that which we carry stuck to our skin like centuries of sweat, the rancid perspiration of generations of oppressed and ignored women.
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And this reflection comes from an article published in "The country" and signed by a woman, Cristina Vázquez and more specifically it is caused by a carpetovetónico highlighted in the text that has left us stone. Because, despite knowing that the editorial line of "El País" is no longer what it was, that little or nothing remains of that newspaper of Hurry that it became the guardian of democracy and the temple of freedoms; even witnessing the brain drain and the judgment of a newsroom that taught an entire generation to think. Despite all this, what a female journalist highlight the following sentence:

"At the age of six, María is clear that when she grows up she does not want, like her brothers, to be an astronaut, an inventor, or a superhero, but rather a girl"

Frankly, it causes us deep sadness, not to mention the disappointment that the signer is a woman and the medium supposedly progressive. The reason for mentioning this fragment here is that it is part of a text on minors and transsexuality, the headline reads: "Hope for transsexual children:" When I grow up I'll be called Maria. " We'll see. It is hard to believe that María with 6 years has expressed that thought, it is even more difficult to think that in the talk with the girl, she did not say anything more interesting to highlight and in any case, if so, what a great opportunity the journalist lost to take advantage of the occasion to remind Maria that be it a boy or a girl can be what you want, scientist, astronaut, super heroine and even journalist.

And here we are faced with another dilemma, that of the treatment that is being given to the issue of transsexual minors in the media at a time when society is especially sensitive to the issue and when it is so dangerous to resort to clichés that abound in stereotypes and the simplification of binary classifications, such as tearing one's clothes with maximalist positions that do nothing to bring a reality that is largely unknown to society. But that is already another matter.

Source: El País

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Toyota, the spot of change

GAYLES.TV.-  Company Toyota launches in our country an advertising campaign in which it includes an LGTBI family. The TV spot promotes the new model Hybrid of the brand, the RAV4, with a slogan that supposes a whole declaration of principles: the evolution is unstoppable.

In 40 seconds and at the rate of "Changes" by David BowieToyota unravels a multifaceted vision of the changes that are transforming our lives in all areas of society, from work to education to the new models of families represented in a lesbian couple and their youngest daughter. Other sequences show us children studying in the forest, terraced urban gardens TOYOTA SPOTof skyscrapers and spectacular natural spaces.

The automobile firm not only aims at integrating advertising with the collective LGTBI, but also establishes a discourse that implies a global vision of social transformations: "The world is changing. Companies have new bosses, nature new guests, new school classes, new land plots and new society families. Evolution is unstoppable. "

We like it and we have no problem in recognizing here the merit of a brand that has been working for years for an inclusive advertising of its products. That positioning made the spot was released a few months ago in Italy, quite a gesture if we consider that it is the only country that is reluctant to approve homosexual marriage in Western Europe.

Here you have the complete spot, enjoy it and happy weekend !!!

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Muslim and LGTBI, a tough road

EDITORIAL GAYLES.TV.-  Anyone who is a member of the LGBT community has suffered at times of discrimination, disdain or marginalization, at best unfortunate phrases from family members or colleagues, at the other extreme harassment and abuse. That is why we should be able to understand the harsh reality faced by people of Muslim faith who have a sexual orientation or a different gender identity to which their creed normally accepts.

Although it is not clear that the Koran explicitly condemns homosexuality, 76 countries, mostly Muslims, criminalize it and therefore apply corporal punishment, fines, imprisonment and up to seven of them the death penalty. It is not surprising then that leaving the closet in a Muslim setting supposes an act of authentic heroism. It is necessary to have a lot of courage to face at least the rejection of the family and the exclusion of your social environment, if not persecution, aggression and even death. Curiously, more and more Islamic spiritual leaders are betting that it can not be shown that there is a contradiction between the Islamic faith and the various sexual orientations, but at the moment there is no unanimity.
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Obviously in those countries where the Islam it is the official religion, it is very difficult not to say it is practically impossible to come out of the closet, since religion is omnipresent in both public and private life and invades society with a conservative ideology that establishes discriminatory laws. With this premise, most homosexuals and transsexuals hide their condition, adopt acceptable behaviors and lives to survive and lock themselves in golden cabinets that castrate their hopes of living being who they are.

The situation of LGTBI Muslim people in Spain is not much better despite much more tolerant legislation and a general social acceptance. The problem is that their immediate environment is basically composed of Muslims, first or second generation immigrants with deep-seated prejudices regarding sexual diversity. This situation condemns these people to a double discrimination: the one they suffer because of their gender identity or their sexual orientation in their own community and that which is given to them by their creed given the growing Islamophobia prevailing in Spanish society.

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Little by little, voices are raised, trying to cope with the obstacles of intolerance and prejudice that prevent them from being happy. But they also claim the compatibility between homosexuality and Islam and between transsexuality and Islam. People taking on LGBT activism are few and they face significant risks. Samir Bargachi  resides in Spain from the 6 years, is homosexual and Moroccan, directs Kifkif, a secular LGTB association that helps homosexuals and transsexuals in vulnerable situations due to their refugee or immigrant status. “There is a lot of Islamophobia in Spanish society in general and a lot of homophobia in the Muslim community. We are inside several closets", it states. "We want to promote a model of inclusive islam, to the European one, in which the norms of coexistence of the Spanish State are respected and demonstrate that the exclusion to the LGTB community is not Islamic. Nor do we have to renounce our religion because of our sexual orientation, "he adds.

This young man of 28 years has become a reference of the LGTBI fight not only in Spain, but also in other countries of Muslim majority and it has meant him to live with constant death threats.

We should all review our own prejudices, we should respect these people and accept not only their sexual diversity or their identity, but also the inalienable right to live their own creed.

Source: Digital Star

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Spain wins Mr. Gay World 2016

Roger Gosalbez is the new Mr. Gay World 2016

GAYLES.TV.- Roger Gosalbez, Mr. Gay Spain, earn the title of Mr. Gay World 2016 in the final of the contest held at the Palazzo Villa Rosa in Malta this Saturday 23 of April.

GAYLES.TV MR GAY WORLDRoger Gosalbez, of 30 years, is Bachelor in Audiovisual Communication, graphic designer and a professional of the world of the communication and the marketing. The directors Mr. Gay Spain Nano Garcia y Juan Martín Boll They have managed to put the Spanish candidate on top and win.

Gosalbez paraded on the catwalk wearing a bathing suit, evening dress and a regional dress designed by the Alicante Miguel Ramos which earned him the award for the best regional costume. It also won the awards for Best Photogeny and Best Cultural Exam.

Meanwhile Mr. Gay Austria y Mr. Gay Philippines they were first and second finalists respectively. Mr. Gay World is the annual international competition that annually brings together gay candidates from around the world and seeks out the main ambassadors for human rights to give a voice to the collective LGBT +.

Source: Mr. Gay Pride

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Donald Trump and the WC toilet law

GAYLES.TV.-  He says the maxim is that they talk about one even if it is wrong, but they speak and it is a strategy that Donald Trump master perfectly. There is no scourge in which the Republican candidate for the presidency does not put a spoon or controversy that escapes him and if he can disconcert with his position even better.

The question wc trans peopleis that a controversial law was recently passed on the use of public services in North Carolina that obliges transsexuals to use the bathroom that would correspond to their biological sex and not to their sexual identity. The measure has provoked numerous reactions, not only from individuals, but also from companies such as PayPal that after the publication of the law announced its intention not to invest in that state. Some celebrities have also positioned themselves in this respect, as is the case of Bruce Springsteen who decided to suspend the concert he had planned in Greensboro (North Carolina) because he considered that the aforementioned law, commonly known as "HB2 Law", violated the rights of the LGTBI community especially of trans individuals.  "Some things are more important than a rock concert and this fight against prejudice and intolerance is one of them," he commented.

Well, with the absolute lack of criteria and consistency to which we are accustomed, Trump, let's not forget that he threatened to outlaw gay marriage in case he was elected President of the United States, has joined the controversy over the law of public toilets saying that Caitlyn Jenner, (It was difficult to refer to a more famous transsexual person in the US), you can use the bathroom you want in your personal residence, Trump Tower. In fact, he thinks it would have been preferable if North Carolina had left things as they are, “there have been very few complaints on this issue. People go and use the bathroom they deem appropriate. There have been no problems.

What has been said, that there is no way to sign up for a winning horse and to wash the image with an opinion that forces him to do so, we will have to follow very closely the opinions and exits of President Trump's tone about gays, lesbians, transsexuals and bisexuals. that they proclaimed it a new cesare of the empire and ended up receiving in the colonies.

Sources: Advocate, Stock market

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Eurovision What if Russia wins?

MAGAZINE GAYLES.TV.-  It may seem out of place that we devote our editorial space to Eurovision Song Contest, but it is not for less given the looming this year with more than likely triumph of the Russian candidate. And it is that the Russians, or better to say the Russian authorities and the facades of turn, will be homophobic but not silly and  they have clearly seen the advantages that winning the Festival would bring them.

And the paradox is served: a country that fights openly against homosexuals and their cause, has all the numbers to win the most gay festival in the world. At least that is the conclusion reached by Eurovision experts (will be Eurovisiologists?) From all participating countries: Sergey Lazarev will be crowned the next 14 of May in Stockholm like winner of Eurovision with the subject  "You are the only one".

The truth is thatsergey_lazarev_desnudo_ they have been trying for years to win the victory and they have not lacked Polina gagarina to get it on the 2015 with your "A milion voices". And is that the Kremlin It is urgent for him to recover his quota of international prestige, even if it is in the musical field. The more than questionable, not to say clearly bellicose, Russian foreign policy, the constant criticism for the lack of respect for human rights towards groups such as the LGTBI collective or even the suspicion of massive doping of their athletes, have made them transfer their particular cold war to the field of music festivals. And what better trick than winning the Eurovision Song Contest? Two birds with one stone. And the thing is that Sergey sings well, but what he really sings is the Russian marketing maneuver to win.

  • The boy sings in English (come on, as if Sinatra had participated singing the "Kasachok" in Russian!).
  • Sports abs tablet (noooo, is not a nod to the gay public, do not be malpensados).
  • And the subject, for which we are going to cheat, is absolutely eurovisive.

Summarizing that they are going to try to get to blow of torso what they did not obtain with the briefcases to resobar of money that appeared in the delegations of some countries in past editions. And it had already become a classic that of the appearance of rainbow flags and boos when the Russian representative on duty came on the scene. And you already know: "if you can not against them, join them".

So we're going to have to think about what to do in case of the more than likely Russian victory, because preventing him from winning exceeds our possibilities and breaks the rules of the game. We have no choice but to resort to the tactic of the "Trojan horse". Do not you want broth? Well, two cups! If they win they will be the hosts of the next edition and to see what homosexual anti-propaganda law they prevent from filling the streets of gays and lesbians, yes, with Conchita Wurst to the head.

Sergey, handsome, do not disappoint us, that next year the most gay and Eurovisiva Muscovite spring in the world awaits us.
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Source: La Vanguardia

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Bookstore Antinous moves to Gayxample

Josep Vitas (Antinous): «Being a bookseller today is an act of resistance»

GAYLES.TV.- After almost 20 years the bookstore Antinous moves to the center of the Gayxample to continue bringing literature closer to its readers. Novel, fiction, essay, comic and informative books LGTB + They have found refuge in the new premises of Casanova 72 street in Barcelona. He tells us Josep Vitas - a librarian and activist in equal parts - who has been trying to bring literature closer to the gay public for two decades.

Morocco: terror and shame

EDITORIAL GAYLES.TV.-  A few days ago the violence and the most arbitrary and excessive brutality made rivers run not only in ink but also in blood in Morocco. Last March 25 a video taped with a mobile phone shook international consciences and called into question the concept of justice of the Moroccan authorities and the absolute helplessness with which LGTBI people survive in countries that boast of being civilized.

Imagine that you are quietly at home, in bed with your partner or lover or friend or whatever gives you the real win. Imagine then that a group of people, to call them somehow, they invade your home, they hit you, they insult you, they vex you and they take you to the street naked and bloodied. A full-blown lynching, let's go. The aggressors record the facts, upload them to the internet and the video goes viral. But it turns out that when they are in the middle of filming and already in the final sequence, the police arrive and annoy the party, stopping everyone. Yes, you read correctly, "to the whole world". Why the penal code in Morocco punishes homosexuality with penalties of up to 3 years of jail and the current reform underway of that law does not foresee precisely its elimination but rather its hardening. That is, justice was harder on the victims than on their aggressors. The world upside down!

video aggression gais MoroccoThe events happened in Beni Melal, in the center of the country and fortunately, after spending more than two weeks in detention, the two homosexual men have been released on parole, although they face three and four months in prison. The liberation took place thanks to pressure from various organizations and the awareness of the bad image that Morocco was giving to the international community. Although perhaps bad it is an euphemism and we should say infects an image, the worst ambassador that the North African country could have. But if all this were not sufficiently shameful, alarming and terrifying, in the background we witness with amazement the statements of certain organizations that proclaim themselves human rights defenders. We refer specifically to the "Karama Association for Human Rights" who appeared before the courts asking for clemency for the aggressors and more hard hand for homosexuals. Speechless.

homophobia MoroccoFortunately other groups, such as feminist "Femen" they have spoken in favor of the release of detainees and the repeal of article 489 of the penal code, which specifies the punishment for those individuals who "commit unnatural acts with individuals of the same sex." In a statement issued by the organization "Human Rights Watch", which sent an observer to the process, we read: "Assaulted, bloodied, taken naked to the streets and then sent to prison for his private life (…) This verdict will discourage victims from seeking justice and will increase the probability of homophobic crimes ”.

Above all this horror we have only the consolation to think that our keyboards are weapons and that every time we share or spread news like this, we load those weapons with our words against the unjust, against the homophobes, against the ruthless brutality of the savages and of the systems that protect them. And so on until we break all the shackles.

Source: Agencia EFE

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The Departure of the Smithers Closet

GAYLES.TV.-  The fact that Waylon Smithers, the faithful helper of Mr. Burns in the series "The Simpson", is homosexual is not news. But that he has finally decided to come out of the closet is.

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Last Sunday was issued in the United States the chapter "The Burns Cage" in which Smithers, tired of the slights of Mr. Burns, kicks the doors of the closet in which he has been locked for no less than 27 years and sets out to find his better half. After accepting that his eternal love, his revered boss will never be able to reciprocate, among other things because he does not even know about Smithers' devotion, he decides to take charge of his life and go out in search of true love. And he does it with nothing less than with the help of Homer Simpson, much in his role of Celestina helping Smithers to start their new life and find a male partner.

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The script has been run by Rob LaZebnik, who in an interview with the New York Post has confessed that Smithers' coming out of the closet is a kind of tribute to his own son, a gay boy of 21 years. The episode is broadcast on a date close to the young man's birthday and for Rob it was the best gift he could give him, a way of telling him that he accepts, respects and loves him. "Is there a better way to tell my son that I love him than writing a character about him?" Asks the screenwriter.

Smithers and Burns

The series, which has just started broadcasting its 27 season already lived an outing with Patty, one of the sisters of Margin that unveiled his lesbianism. By the way, it will be Marge who lives one of the most bizarre situations of the season and with a nod to the LGTBI community: in a chapter titled "Orange is the New Yellow", will enter prison for leaving Bart playing alone in the park one day when it was more irritating than usual. Apparently as commented by the executive producer of the series the episode is inspired by real events, the story of a mother who was arrested for leaving her son playing in the park while going to work.

In short, the new season of "The Simpsons", which is loaded with new features, will have as one of its main protagonists the endearing and liberated Smithers.

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Poliamor, an alternative to the couple?

EDITORIAL GAYLES.TV.-   The couple as we know it is still a relatively recent social construction. The myth of romantic love was born in the West not so long ago, at the beginning of the 18th century Daniel Defoe claimed that the marriage was "legalized prostitution" and it was not very wrong if we considered that the usual thing was to arrange marriages between families, to change daughters for land or for animals, a practice that certainly continues in many non-Western countries. But with the birth of the ideal of romantic love to the subject of the contract pure and hard is added sentimental sauce with all the good but also everything negative that behaves.
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Jealousy, possessiveness, the concept of infidelity, abuse, and submission are often given in the name of that sacrosanct concept of infatuation. To such an extent the couple as we know it is a social invention, which the human species is the only one in nature that applies the concept of sexual monogamy, although it is true that there are cases of social monogamy like some couples of birds. Science has demonstrated beyond doubt that the idea of ​​fidelity is absolutely artificial and distances us from our most basic animal instinct. In fact, on the planet today, there are various social models that break our monogamous structure: the polygamy of the Arab countries or the Mormons is known, but we know less of the polyandry that is the inverse situation where the coexistence between a woman and several men or matriarchal structures still in force in which groups of women live with their children and only occasionally receive their lovers.

Faced with this situation, voices are beginning to emerge and people who bet on another model, polyamory, a tendency to rise but not just accepted socially. Last week at the University of Coimbra and within the framework of the congress "Queering Partnering" we talked about the "Intimate Project" that, with the financing of European Research Council, aims to make an analysis of the different forms of relationship and coexistence of the LGBTQ community in Spain, Italy and Portugal. One of the main conclusions was that homosexuality has greater social acceptance than non-monogamy for the simple reason that homosexual couples reproduce the traditional model.
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What does suppose a true revolution of coexistence, sexuality, affections and relationships, ultimately of the social scheme, is what is called polyamory. A good definition is given by Giazú Enciso, activist, researcher and psychologist at the University of Barcelona where he published his thesis with the title of "Polyamory, affections and emotions": "a definition of Polyamory can be that of a relationship of more than two people at the same time. Of love and commitment, and not necessarily sexual. Where all the people involved know and agree to be in that relationship. "  That is, it would not be simply to raise promiscuity to the category of social structure, not to fuck as many people as possible, but to love more than one person at the same time and that has some kind of legal recognition.

There are already several groups and associations of both play and advocacy that advocate not limiting certain rights to a particular type of relationship and for this they ask for legislative changes. Karen Moan, spokeswoman for the group "La Madrid" says: "We do not believe in marriage as an institution, although we respect those who choose it. Our efforts, as activists, are more in line with ensuring that legal custody of a child can have more than two people, or that poly unions have the same rights as domestic partners. "

It is a delicate and multifaceted subject, with many controversial aspects, not only the legal but also the psychological, sexual and anthropological to mention only a few. But what is clear is that models of coexistence are constantly changing and with all certainty in the future we will hear a lot about what for many @ s is already being a real alternative, polyamory.

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No to homophobia in sport

GAYLES.TV.-  From yesterday 31 of March until next 4 of April different stars of the Australian sport participate in the campaign "Homophobia? Knot me ", Something like "Homophobia? I do not" which aims to raise awareness against homophobia present in sport. The athletes, belonging to different disciplines, will wear rainbow-colored bows in the competitions in which they participate during the weekend.
homophobia sportThe results of a survey carried out last year by 2015 "Out On The Fields" showed results that clearly show how homophobic behavior, both by practitioners and amateurs and sports professionals, is a serious problem that affects different sports disciplines around the world .

It is the case that the 80% of respondents to the survey claim to have experienced or witnessed homophobic acts. It is not surprising if we consider that the 84% recognizes that homophobic type jokes on the pitch are heard "often" or "all the time". On the other hand almost the 50% considers that the sports culture does not accept the LGTBI community.

If we focus on gay men, no less than 73% say that homophobia is more present in team sports. In fact, there is officially not a single openly gay player on any of the top teams in the different Australian leagues. Obviously they do exist but the fear of judgment that public opinion may make prevents them from living openly their orhomophobia and sportsexual orientation.

Those who wish to join this campaign to combat homophobia in sport are asked to contribute by wearing rainbow laces in any type of sports facility at least during the days of the campaign.

An initiative that Gayles.tv applaud hoping that has the maximum impact and follow-up.

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Gay key choruses

The choirs of gay men are becoming more frequent

GAYLES.TV.- It will be for the passion of the gais for musicals or because testosterone calls testosterone, but in recent years have been proliferating the choirs of gay men.

First were the great American cities as San Francisco, New York, Boston o Los Angeles, but the phenomenon spread across Europe in cities like London o Paris and came to homeland. Mallorca, Madrid o Barcelona They joined fashion and the experience is being very successful.
The repertoires are usually very varied but always with a firecracker wink that usually triumphs in shows. Choreographies and costumes also become important, which tend to be quite different from classical choirs, providing touches of humor and color. In addition to the musical part, it is used to claim rights LGTB + and the collective becomes visible.

gayles.tv Who's gonna love me now?We recommend you watch the reports "Barcelona Gay Men's Chorus, voices from the heart"And"Los chicos del Coro ... Gay Men of Madrid".

And we are also looking forward to the premiere of the documentary "Who's gonna love me now?By the Heymann brothers. This British-Israeli co-production won the Audience Award for Best Documentary in the Panorama section of the 66th edition of the Berlinale.

It tells the story of Saar Maoz, an HIV-positive Israeli gay man who flees his conservative family and goes into exile in London. The film contrasts the difficulties of his family acceptance and the new life he has built as a member of the London Gay Choir.

 

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BDSM: Pleasure and pain

EDITORIAL GAYLES.TV.-  We have put an end to the eastern with his heartbreaking images, his self-inflicted penances and his painful Friday. And the curious attraction that the vision of Crucified and Painful Christs broken by grief exerts is curious.

There is a Czech proverb that ensures that "Pleasure and pain lie down in the same bed" and it is not clear if it has a metaphorical or literal sense. The interpretation is a little to the consumer's liking: if we talk about feelings it can be understood that love is always accompanied to a greater or lesser degree of pain because nothing is forever and the only thing that remains is the change, that is, later or earlier that which today produced usGay anal hookYour pleasure will end up making us cry.

But today we want to talk here about the literal sense, the relationship between pleasure and pain. BDSM, bondage practices or, more simply, the sadomasochism had become part of the list of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, but it was withdrawn from it and today we can speak of a growing social acceptance of this type of practice. For many couples, regardless of their orientation, power games, submission, and pain are part of the relationship. But we can still talk about people who only get pleasure from engaging in extreme sexual activities in relation to pain.

Just a few days ago Shangay.com published a list of erotic toys for gays and what drew attention was that several of them seemed designed to play with pain: nipple forceps, anal hooks that seem to come from the props of "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre," anal spreaders that could be in any machine shop ... And all with the qualification of that "no gay should obviate."

But is there a scientific justification for that pleasant attraction for pain? Apparently yes. First pleasure and pain share the area of ​​the brain where they are generated, the line that separates them is very small and both primary sensations activate the same brain circuit and release dopamine. Dopamine is a brain chemical that generates a pleasant drug-like sensation. In the face of trauma or extreme situations, serious news or accidents, the body produces high doses of dopamine that dampen pain and generate a pleasant sensation of relaxation and well-being. For this reason, by causing pain, we also produce that feeling of alleviating the suffering that we associate with pleasure.
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A scientist called Leknes recently conducted a paper in which the universities of Oxford and Oslo. This group of researchers has succeeded in showing that the brain behaves differently when the same pain of moderate intensity is compared with a 'worse' or more intense pain or with a 'better' or more bearable one. The participants in the experiment felt that moderate pain as pleasant when compared to a more intense one. At the brain level, greater activation was observed in the reward circuit that includes the orbital and ventromedial prefrontal cortices. That is, by relieving the pain there was a greater reward and the pleasure did not lie so much in the pain itself as in the relief that comes from being released from it.

In short, we could say that practices that associate pain and pleasure should not be seen as bad or good, as desirable or demeaning. We simply can not apply a moral standard to talk about them, they must always be the result of a shared activity that both sides accept, something that is part of the intimacy and that only is for those who practice it.

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50 + LGTB Report, the state of our seniors

The 50 + LGTB report analyzes the situation of older people in the collective

GAYLES.TV.- A study promoted by the University of Barcelona, Enllaç Foundation and Barcelona's town hall analyzes the needs of the lesbian, gay, transsexual and bisexual elderly people who live in Barcelona. The objective of the report is to deepen the knowledge of this community and find new spaces and ways of action. Laura Pérez (Councilor for Life Cycle, Feminisms and LGTBI of the Barcelona City Council), Violeta Quiroga (Director of the 50 + LGTB report) and Adela Boixadós (Researcher of the report 50 + LGTB) tell us the conclusions of the study.

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Total Passion Friday

GAYLES.TV.-  Today we celebrate the Good Friday or Passion Friday. Of passion…. You have to see what the meanings of the words are! Because passion defines that tremendous pain that the processional steps exude and also the uncontrolled desire that attracts and unites the bodies in love battles unrelated to sacrifice, the ciriGay Christand the hoods.

But the truth is that few things arouse emotions as found as a saeta ripping the silence at dawn before the passage of a bleeding Christ or a desolate Virgin. Saeta etymologically is an arrow that stuck in the heart of the penitents. And to all this beauty is not at all indifferent the gay collective, especially in the south of Spain.

It is known that a century ago a homosexual butler of the brotherhood of the Macarena transformed the decoration of the passage and the complements of the brothers who carry it, beginning a trend of Mannerist aesthetic. Since then many have been homosexuals who approach brotherhoods and brotherhoods, who turn to the care and design of cloaks, jewelry and floral arrangements until they take control of the aesthetic slope of the steps.

Meanwhile, the Church looks the other way before the condition of homosexuals of some of those responsible for the celebrations of Holy Week as long as, however, do not make public ostentation or use of their rights because then they show their true face and it is not precisely that of compassion, but rather that of intransigence and homophobia. It was the case of Victorio & Lucchino  who for six or seven years were wearing out of devotion and freeVittorio Luchino Passe the images that every Holy Tuesday leaves in procession through Seville with the brotherhood of San Esteban. When they decided to marry in March of the 2007 that privilege was taken from them. It seems that it was not a problem for the Church to live together in sin, but to contravene the position of the bishops on the subject of homosexual marriage was not very funny to the clergy.

In any case, the attempts of the prelates to disassociate popular devotion from homosexual groups seem destined to fail, whether they like it or not, passion, Holy Week, tear, folklore of the thing and why not? devotion, are very common. And if anyone doubts that he walks tonight for Triana.

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Ugly lesbians, handsome gays?

EDITORIAL GAYLES.TV .- Micromachisms, lesbophobias and other subtle, tired and repetitive aggressions sometimes take the form of compliments or compliments, comments that end up being wolves in sheep's clothing, low blows that hurt like a past bull and that we do not even notice when they are sneaked into us .

I refer to the typical topic of the un-feminine appearance of lesbians, the descriptions of ugly, left, trucker, firefighter. The innocent and supposedly well-meaning question “Are you really a lesbian? But if you put on makeup, you wear a dress, a skirt, you use a hair straightener ... " So apparently there are women who are "too pretty to be lesbians." Or the other version, that of "Hey, it does not matter who you sleep with, but with how beautiful you are you could get more out of it, be a little more flirtatious."
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The image, profile, appearance and temperament of lesbian women have been for centuries the worst of the worst: lesbians envy men and their attributes, we are ugly, we do not groom ourselves, we neglect clothes, hair and thank you that we wash. The collective imagination reserves a gray, denigrating and unattractive space for lesbians, there is a social inability, regardless of the cultural level or ideology, to understand lesbianism simply as a sexual, emotional or affective option.

But really What lies behind that conception? For in a way it condemns it to an option that dispenses with the patriarchal model, which does not need a man to be. Because at the other end of the topic LGTBI is the image of the gay who is supposed to be handsome, sensitive, with pasta, he takes care of himself, goes to the gym, arranges himself, uses cosmetics, takes care of his house and knows how to cook. Let's take it from "Are you sure he is not gay? He's so handsome and so charming that I'm sure his aunts do not go. " is another stereotype that insults both gays and heterosexuals.

It is so obvious everything that seems to lie that we continue falling in the trap, it is so indecent that it is not understood that we do not reveal or what is worse, that when in public one talks about the masculinity of the lesbians, some they are justified bringing up to famous or known that "in spite of being lesbians" are pibones. Painful.

And to end the topic is the "false lesbians", the advertising that start comments like "you'll tell me what bars are going" or "they are actresses, they really are not." Or worse still those of the lesbian porn that are difficult to assume without a gastric protector but they are better because basically they serve to feed the masculine fantasies. Yes, gay porn is a repertoire of bronzed bodies, cared for, bundled, what abounds more abound!

Stereotypes are, besides cruel, false and absurd, weigh as a slab on everyone, whether we are gay, lesbian, transsexual or bisexual, of whom it is said that they do not define themselves because they are incapable of assuming their homosexuality.

What's up? That all heterosexual men are dirty, left, igaygnorantes and look beer belly? And they, the straight women, are all super feminine, they manage, they are beautiful of death? Obviously not.

It is not a question of denying anything, of course there are women with a more masculine appearance and manners, whether they are lesbians or not and of course they are within their right to be one and their attractiveness will depend on who judges them, which for tastes were made. colors. And obviously there are gay men of all kinds and fur, handsome and ugly, delicate and rough, careful and sloppy.

The phenomenon of visibility of celebrities and celebrities is contributing to overthrow some of these stereotypes, but we run the risk of falling into another trap, that "famous but attractive buns" and those of battle, those of the street, those of the bars of aunts, no.

It is important not to forget that we are entitled to our image, it is important to denounce the topic whenever we meet withl, it is important to finally claim that we are diverse, different and that nothing and nobody should label us because, after all, the only thing we share is and with nuances, the sexual option.

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Madrid approves the Law of Transexuality

GAYLES.TV.- In a historic day for the Region of Madrid and especially for the group composed of transsexual people, the Assembly of Madrid has approved the Law of Identity and Expression of Gender and Social Equality and Non-Discrimination of the Community of Madrid.

Better known as the Comprehensive Law of Transexuality, the text that had been consensualAssembly of Madridor with transsexual groups, was presented by PSOE, Podemos and Ciudadanos as a response to a previous bill presented by the regional government and that in its day was overthrown by the opposition in full. The law has been approved without the votes of the PP that has abstained, that is to say, with the 78 votes of the opposition that suppose the absolute majority of the camera.

This is the first law of the Community of Madrid that does not have the support of the regional government but that gets approved by the opposition and is a gold pin this week that practically began with the celebration of the Day of Trans Visibility .

One of the main novelties that the text gathers is the fact that ensure the physical integrity of intersex children until they are mature enough to define their identity. This is an attempt to avoid «that they are operated on in their childhood to assimilate them to the normative pattern of man or woman without knowing what the identity of said is Transsexuality Lawperson "and the wording adds," Any surgical intervention that assimilates the minor to an identity can be a true traumatic castration. "

The vote and its subsequent approval has been celebrated by assistants to the act that, from the seats of guests, have displayed transsexual flags while the deputies and deputies of PSOE, Podemos and Ciudadanos applauded standing posts. The president of the Chamber, Dove Adrados, has asked the ushers to remove the banners and banners without the situation has reached more.

Madrid joins this decision to other autonomous communities that already have specific legislation on transsexuality, specifically Canary Islands, Andalusia, Basque Country, Navarre and Extremadura, with the peculiarity that the rule whose main objective is "the full social integration of transsexual people", considers as subjects of law all persons residing in the Community of Madrid regardless of their nationality.

We can not but congratulate all the people involved and especially those people who with their struggle and tenacity have made this reality possible.

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The Church vetoes gay cinema in Italy

GAYLES.TV.- You read the news of the censorship of the movie "Weekend" in Italy and you need to look at the calendar to see if you've been wrong in the century and it turns out that we are not in the 21st century but in the thirteenth. And it is that what is happening in the country that calls itself "the homeland of art" is simply scandalous.

Until recently, every parish in Italy owned a movie theater in which it screened whatever seemed most appropriate. At present this is no longer the case, but a clause is maintained that requires many of the lay distributors by contract to abide by the decisions and "suggestions" of the Episcopal Conference. That way those films that do not meet the criteria of moral that marks the Church end up by not arriving at the pWeekendRojection With the clergy we have met.

This is the case neither more nor less than "The Danish girl" or "Spotlight", winner of the Oscar for best film and narrating the investigation by a group of journalists from "Boston Globe" of sexual abuse committed by members of the clergy with children. The Church's rating was "complex film" and was not distributed.

The most recent case is the "Weekend" of Andrew Haigh that was released without problems makes 5 years ago and that, taking advantage of the pull of the last film of Haigh "45 years", had led to the production company Theodora Films to be rescheduled and distributed in 1.100 Italian cinemas. But it turns out that can only be seen in 10 because the Episcopal Conference has called it "Problematic, indecent, not recommended, useless, scabrous and procacious". And all, why? Because it tells the story of two men who after meeting one night in a bar spend the weekend together, an experience that will mark their lives forever. The Bishops' Commission has recognized that the "B" classification that they have given to "Weekend" is due to the homosexual theme and the use of drugs by the protagonists.
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The film has obtained since its premiere the recognition of several film festivals in which it has been awarded, but it is not something that seems to impress in the least the bishops. The question would be: How is it possible that the Church continues to carry such weight in the Italian film industry? Is that censorship valid in the 21st century?

Can the leaders of a creed, with all respect for their believers and practitioners, condition the culture of an entire country? It does not seem that the answers to these questions are simple, but perhaps what is most surprising is that Hollywood with all its power and the Italian distributors, cross their arms before a situation that generates, surely, significant losses.

While the Italians see diminished the most basic right in terms of freedom of expression, which is the free access to any kind of cultural property.

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A border love story

GAYLES.TV.- Sometimes it is good to distance oneself from the big headlines and the big issues, park the legal regulations, homophobia, diversity and everything that LGTBI information gives of itself every day to reach the detail, in the daily , in the small / large stories of love and struggle that many people live to be able to stay together.

This is the case that concerns us today. History tells us about Tom Swann, a former US marine of 58 years who suffers from AIDS and an advanced blindness and who in May of the 2015 met the Mexican Guillermo Hernández, of 21 years. Tom and Guillermo fell in love and decided to start a life together in a caravan installed in Rancho Mirage. The last 24 of December, while celebrating Christmas and Guillermo's birthday set the date of their wedding for Valentine's Day. But bad luck meant that 4 days later Guillermo was arrested for violating Tom Swannthe ban on access to a casino.

The young Mexican man is serving a sentence in a prison of the Office for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) where he was forced to enter after having a history of possession of drugs and for not having attended the probation controls. His deportation is scheduled for next week. Given the situation they were in, the couple decided to marry in the detention center, thus becoming the first homosexual couple who marries inside a prison. The ceremony was held at the immigration center of Calexico, California, where Guillermo is being held.

The crimes attributed to him are minor, but have prevented the boy from renewing the immigration permit he had for coming to the US when he was 7 years old, known as DACA. That's why the couple's lawyers are reviewing the case to try to stop the deportation of Guillermo scheduled for the next March 23.

Tom has stated that if they deport Guillermo, he plans to sell the caravan and move to live with his husband in the city of Mexicali and added: "Guillermo should not be deported, it was three minor crimes he committed and he has no one in Mexico , our immigration system is terrible. "

There will be those who think Guillermo deserves to be punished for his past mistakes, but does not everyone deserve a second chance? We hope that justice will find a way for the couple to continue happily with their life together.

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Lesbians from «Meetic»

GAYLES.TV.- So we are going to start the week with something light and is that, finally, the network of contacts "meet" has decided to include in its advertising an LGTBI couple, specifically a lesbian couple.

Usually we bring you here the spots of companies that have us in mind in their campaigns, but in this case we are especially happy, because I had nolesbian kiss meeticmeaning that a page dedicated to contacts and appointments that has sections for gays and lesbians, did not take them into account at the time of advertising.

It is likely that you have already seen the spot that is part of the campaign that claims that "If you do not like your imperfections, someone will like them" and the truth is that it is difficult to find the girls in the spot, ah, it turns out that it is very messy! The voice over says it: "Ay Martita, there are things that do not change, your leonera for example!" Pity, because Martita is like to send her a wink.

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5 tips for getting out of the closet

EDITORIAL.- This week we brought you a video of a boy telling his father that he was gay over a cup of coffee. Are you thinking of leaving the closet and do not know where to start? Are you afraid of the consequences? Do your friends know it but not your family or vice versa? Coming out of the closet is a very personal decision that everyone must make or not according to their needs, convictions or vital moment. On the other hand, it is not the same to do it at 15 years old in a not very tolerant school environment or at 40 if you are married or do it public at work, with your parents, in a city, in a small town. There are as many possible outlets as there are individuals and although you can have an opinion on the subject, you should not sit in a lecture on whether or not to do so, each with his life.
Dad, mom, I'm gay

Anyway, there is something that is common to most gays and lesbians and is that normally one day does not come out of the closet and that's it, we spend our lives in genitive, going out, visualizing. Either because we change jobs, because we join a new activity of leisure, because they introduce us to unknown people. Obviously, it is not always necessary to record the entry of our sexual orientation, but sooner or later the subject ends up coming and decides to decide whether we pretend or we limit ourselves to showing who we are at risk of suffering misunderstanding or rejection. The good news is that there is more and more acceptance and fortunately you can start living without having to "disarm", simply because there are people who have never been inside.

But if it is not your case and you are thinking about doing it, here are some common sense tips that can help you.

  1. Do not play catastrophic movies ahead of time, the chances are that they do not react very badly or even that they are happy that finally you share something that already intuited.
  2. The cotton test. Start with your best friend, among other things because if you do not know yet what kind of friendship is that? If you react badly you can keep changing friends and if you take it well you already have an accomplice.
  3. First of all, keep calm. There are people for everything and some parents may fall from the cherry when you say it and join San Quentin, you calm down, as if it were not with you. If they scream, they cry and they tear their clothes, you stay like a buddha, they will pass to you and if you enter the cloth only consecome outYou will make things worse.
  4. Do not obsess over the right time. It is not necessary to be solemn about the stick "We have to talk", normally it is much better if it comes up "spontaneously". Take advantage of a program on TV on the subject, or a comment on a news item or just be original and take a chance. Who can react badly to a birthday cake with 18 candles and the text "by the way, I'm gay" or "I'm them" ...? You blow out the candles and ask "what, do we toast?"
  5. Finally, if you feel you are tired of hiding and leading a double life but you move in a hostile environment (especially if you are a teenager), try to advise you and seek help in associations or publications. The Internet is full of references and lists of places where they will be happy to lend a hand.

But above all take your time, it does not come from a day, nor from a week or even months, it's about internalizing that you have the right to be who you are and to live your life openly, without cabinets and without lies. When you feel the force of that conviction inside you, then yes, kick the closet door and go outside to breathe.

Luck!

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"Haru", the dream of Flavia Company

NEWS.- Since yesterday 9 we can already find in the bookstores "Haru", the last and perhaps one of the most anticipated novels of Flavia Company, or as she herself states on her blog: “Haru is also my dream. The miracle that life has had the generosity to give me ”.

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And is that this book, written by one of the most recognized voices of the current literature, is not another title in his career is, in a way, the book of his life. With the son 35 and those that Flavia has published and goes on sale just when they are 35 years of the appearance of his first title, that endearing work of youth that already surprised by its quality, "Dear Nélida" which, by the way, will be reissued at the end of April by editorial Eme.

"Haru" is the name of the protagonist, a young archer who after dying her mother, enters a school where 5 will spend years of her life and in which, through the learning of certain disciplines such as meditation, the shot with a bow or classical writing, you will enter the art of life with its chiaroscuros and contrasts, with everything that life itself gives us and takes away while it molds us. A novel framed in the oriental culture and tradition that in the day-to-day story tells us about a complete life or as we read on its back cover "after reading it, life can be read differently".

It should be noted the exquisite care given in the details of its edition by the Cathedral editorial. From the minimalist design of the cover that has run in charge of Marina Company, Flavia's sister, even the used paper that makes us recover the feeling of the book as an object of desire, something to read but also to smell, to feel, to feel. A treasure in the background and in the form.Flavia-Company - Haru

In short, a book that through the inner journey of a young woman enters into a philosophy of life, a reflection on love, life and death. The author herself defines it in an interview with Efe: «This is the novel of a life and represents what I want to write. Always, when you finish a book, you say that it looks like what you wanted to write; as well, this is what I wanted to write and I wrote it to create a place to live".>

We leave you with the booktrailer of "Haru"Whose music has been composed by Flavia herself and also with the interview that Gayles.tv made her and that you can enjoy again following the link, "Flavia Company, the alchemy of literature".

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Andy Wachowski declares transgender woman

GAYLES.TV.- The film director Andy Wachowski, creator next to its sister Lana of works like the trilogy of "Matrix" and of the recent foray into television of "Sense8", declared Tuesday that she is a transgender woman. The announcement was made public in a statement to "Windy City Media", a Chicago media center specializing in LGTBI topics.

In this way Andy, who from now on assumes the name of Lillyfollow in the footsteps of her sister Lana Wachowski which long ago revealed her status as a transgender woman. From now on, the critics, the media and the public in general must stop using the term "the Wachowski" and adopt the "Wachowski sisters" byLana and Andy Wachoskito refer to the couple of creators.

Lilly Wachowski She is 48 years old at the moment, two years younger than her sister Lana, acknowledged that she took the step out of fear that it would be the press who would reveal her story, “When you live as a transgender person it is difficult to hide it. I just wanted, needed some time to get my head in place and feel comfortable. Being a transgender person is not easy. We live in a mostly forced and gender binary world. This means that if you are transgender you have to face the harsh reality of living the rest of your life in a world that is openly hostile to you"Lilly Wachowski argued.

Fortunately, the director said she had the unconditional support of her family and the means to afford medical and therapeutic treatments.

The lyricism of Lilly's statement is found in the phrase "My reality is that I have been 'transitioning' and will continue to do so all my life." A bit like "we transition" all of us in different areas of our lives. Well, welcome to the transit and the passage of Lilly to make her reality visible and we will leave you with the report "Sense8, an orgy for the senses", on the exceptional Wachowski series.

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Celebrate the March 8?

EDITORIAL.- We cannot, we must not “celebrate” the Winners will be announced in March as a party, rather we should commemorate, remember, spend a few minutes thinking about the 146 women who died in the New York Triangle Shirtwaist shirt factory fire 25 March 1911. And it's not about spoiling anyone's party, it's about having thewe can do it present history so as not to have to repeat it, it is about preventing the shopping centers from trivializing the facts until turning them into a cloying motive more than consumption, it is also about the women who are growing up, someone tells them what happened so that do not fall into oblivion, but above all, it is about not letting down your guard and keep fighting for full equality.

Because if the girls, adolescents and young people are not made aware of their situation, they will chronify it. We can not bequeath a world with wage differences. "To equal work, equal salary" is not a motto of a vintage poster, it is a current issue that we must claim. Because gender-based violence begins in institutes and social networks and it is necessary to educate in the clear principle that more control does not equate to more love and jealousy is the main argument of possession. The victims of gender violence do not fall from the macabre figure of half a hundred. In Spain the 52 life spanned women in the 2012, 54 in the 2013, 53 in the 2014 and 57 in the 2015.  Many more women have died at the hands of their partners than victims of terrorism in this country and, it is evident, that this femicide has generated far fewer parliamentary debates or deserved covers in the press.

Women killed the March 8 in New York

For all this we want to remember that the 146 women of Triangle Shirtwaist, were victims of abuse, exploitation and impunity, because those responsible for the shirt factory had closed all doors, stairs and exits to prevent theft and altercations. The majority of those killed were young immigrant women of Jewish and Italian origin between sixteen and twenty-three years of age. Many died victims of fire and asphyxiation, others, unable to escape the burning building, jumped from the eighth, ninth and tenth floors to the street. The paradox of history meant that this accident happened exactly 6 days after the first time the International Working Women's Day with rallies in several European countries. All the claims of that day, except the right to vote in most countries, are still valid today.

The field LGTBI it is still a reflection of society and as such reproduces the best and worst of it. With glorious exceptions, misogyny wears the skin of lamb and tolerates, when it does not discriminate the presence and the role of lesbians in the collective. Armand de Fluvià affirms that the position of the "L" heading the initials LGTBI does not stop being a bit like that of "the ladies first". Frankly, nor do we forget, nor do we want to be ceded, thanks.

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An exit of the viral wardrobe in Taiwan

Gay viral video in Taiwan.

GAYLES.TV.- There are many ways to get out of the closet and not all are easy to deal with, especially when it comes to communicating it to your parents.

McCafé, the establishments of McDonalds specialized in offering varieties of cafeteria and pastry in premises with a cozy atmosphere, they have launched a gay friendly advertising spot that is running like wildfire on social networks, come on, what we call a viral video.

In the announcement we see a father and his son, a young man writing on his coffee mug a message for the father to read: "I like boys". The father simply sighed and walked away from the table without saying a word, leaving the boy stunned and distressed. He soon returned with his own drink and taking the pen added a few words to the text that his son had written, the resulting phrase is: "I accept that you like the boys". The excited boy can barely contain the tears. In 90 seconds we are told a simple and emotional story that also causes a lump in the throat.
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Since its publication, the spot has been shared thousands of times and has been seen by millions of people. But not everyone has reacted so positively. Chang Shou-yi, Secretary-General of the Taiwan Alliance, a body that brings together religious groups for the protection of the family, has urged consumers and parents in particular to boycott McDonalds. In a statement to the press, he accuses the fast food chain of openly promoting homosexuality and adds that, “The Alliance opposes all forms of advertising that rude our children about sexual behavior. We condemn and call for a boycott of all companies that are polluting the next generation ”.

Taiwan is one of the most gay-friendly areas in Asia with seven cities accepting home registrations for gay couples, but same-sex marriage is not legal. In 2013, a marriage equality bill passed the first test in Parliament, but has since been stalled under pressure from a small but powerful and organized Catholic minority.

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Trans papers, just for trans?

EDITORIAL.- The increasingly common presence of transsexual characters in cinema and television series has brought an issue to the fore: Why are transsexual characters not played by transsexual actors and actresses?
The Danish girl Eddie Redmayne

And we already have controversy in sight, with defenders and detractors, with extreme positions that defend to death the white or black forgetting that there are 256 shades of gray. The claim has its origin in this moment in the interpretation of the character of Lili in "The Danish Girl" by Eddie Redmayne. For much @ s it is splendid, spectacular, for another one rubs the histrionismo in some of the scenes. Be that as it may, the choice of the actor won the repulsion of transsexual collectives who considered it inappropriate and even dangerous for the role to be interpreted by a man. Let's briefly enumerate the arguments they raise:

  • Do what perpetuates the inequality situation faced by the trans community in the film industry. For the casting of "The Danish Girl" actors and trans actresses were presented, but the role was assigned to a man.
  • Choose a man for the role of a trans woman feeds the confusion between transsexualTransamerica Felicity Huffmandy transvestism. In some films like "Transamerica" ​​the interpretation of the transsexual rests in Felicity Hoffman, there is correspondence in gender between character and actress, both are women. In fact the role of Einar before transforming into Lili could have been interpreted by a woman.
  • The interpretation by a man feeds the imitation of "the physical" without entering so much in the psychological profile. And the only form of transsexuality that is considered acceptable is the one that gets confused between the collective cisexual, which jumps from the male to the female profile. At no time is contemplated the expression of other non-binary identities.

The list of grievances continues and are probably true and justified, but the question would be: Do we want transgender actors and actresses to be relegated to interpreting only transgender roles? Perhaps Laverne Cox lacks interpretive talent to play a woman's role? or are we going to resign ourselves to that splendid Jamie Clayton de Sense8 Are you only offered trans roles? They may seem like absurd questions, but the demands of the transsexual collective can end up being a double-edged sword. Wasn't Shakespearean theater performed exclusively by men in both male and female roles? The same situation occurred in the Japanese kabuki theater, in which young boys performJamie Clayton Sense 8They played the roles of women.

We do not intend to question the claims of the trans groups, only clarify that the interpretive art is and has always been that, the ability to be otr @, to incarnate another being, man, woman, hetero, trans, no matter what or who assumes a role and there is the possibility that asking transsexual people to interpret transsexual characters are limiting their interpretative possibilities. And is that not position is not well seen, not taking sides is considered cowardly, we have abandoned at the bottom of a drawer the flag of neutrality, the average term, the agreement, the consensus or at least the "except honorable exceptions". It has to be very something, a sac, seamless, tea or coffee, Barca or Madrid, active or passive, nocturn @ diurn @, beach or mountain. You have to get wet, make it clear on the side of what or who you are. But there are issues for which the extremes do not work, because they start from erroneous postulates that are dismantled to which they are subjected to a minimum of analysis, but we point to their cause because it is cool, because How are we not going to claim the rights of a minority, especially if it is the LGTBI collective?

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The series "Dolls" comes back with more force

Second season of the series Dolls.

GAYLES.TV.- You will all remember the first season of "Dolls" to which Gayles.tv dedicated the story "Dolls, online group therapy" that you can recover by following the link. The first season, which consisted of 5 chapters, has been an absolute success with more than a million and a half views on YouTube.

Inma Olmos and Carlota Sayos they return to the charge with the project of a second season in which 6 anticipates chapters of about 30 minutes of duration each with diffusion through Internet.

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But for this they have asked the help of all fans and fans of the series with the intention of raising the necessary funds that allow them to face the expenses of catering, makeup, clothing, location, rental of camera and lighting, rental direct sound and postproduction, props, transportation and fuel. The system has been through crowdfunding, through a page of Verkami. The initial amount to be collected is 4000 € in a period of 40 days, which would allow to run a few chapters, but the series needs more and once that goal has been achieved, a second goal is set: to reach the 6.000 € that would be destined to shoot more chapters and so on until reaching the budget for the six expected chapters.

Regarding content, we continue in group therapy with Makiel, Sandra and two new additions They are going to give a lot of play. Laura and Carla They will bring new follies, stories and emotions to the group. Eva, the unorthodox therapist, leads the group in their personal way and style that you already know. As the creators declare, "In general, the characters continue to expose their affective-sexual conflicts and project their new blockages onto other new characters, while at the same time they see the solution reflected, all of which goes through extreme situations that allow for the change to be generated".

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On the other hand, they argue that the microfinance method is chosen because, «If the aid system does not help. If it does not start a new way of producing. If every day it is more difficult to shoot in the old way. How can stories be told today? One way is the Internet, and the only condition is that the viewer chooses you. "

The premiere of the new season, which has already started shooting, is scheduled for July. And while it arrives we will be able to see on social networks 15 videos with advances of what will happen in the second season.

We leave here the link to the page where you can expand the information and make your contribution that, however small, will be very welcome. And of course, to encourage you, we also bring you the first of the advances and the presentation video of the project, beautiful.

http://www.verkami.com/projects/13609#

Luck for all the team of "Dolls" in this new stage that we will all make possible with the diffusion and with our contributions. Oh, by the way, have rewards planned for people who collaborate, do not miss them!

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