translated from Spanish: Film, art and music to celebrate International LGBTTTI Pride Day

Mexico City. With the aim of promoting diversity, inclusion and respect, the Secretariat of Culture of the Government of Mexico and its various agencies and institutions come together to offer artistic activities within the framework of the celebrations of LGBTTTI Pride Day, with a wide line-up with contents of film, music, art, conferences and other activities that are part of the permanent campaign #CulturaDiversa.The International LGBTTTI Pride Day, which is celebrated every June 28, was instituted in 1969 as a way to commemorate the Stonewall riots, in the neighborhood of Greenwich Village, New York, when the LGBTTTI community raised its voice against permanent discrimination , marginalization and violation of their rights.
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Since then, every year and around the world the feeling of pride of lgbtttti people traditionally marginalized and repressed is reaffirmed.” From the Ministry of Culture we work for inclusion, diversity and respect for freedoms; that’s why we embrace the struggle of the LGBTTTI community, for the recognition of diversity and against discrimination and homophobia in society. Living in full freedom is the engine of art, “said the Secretary of Culture of the Government of Mexico, Alejandra Frausto Guerrero.Read more: Literary issues in Sinapsisy Azul, at the José Limón International Dance FestivalIn accordance with the inclusion policy of the Ministry of Culture and as part of the permanent campaign #CulturaDiversa, in the month of pride this agency continues to promote the dissemination of LGBTTTI artists with a series of interviews that enhance the cultural expressions of sexual and gender diversity. On social networks you can enjoy the conversation with the Veracruz poet Rosamaría Roffiel, author of Amora, the first feminist lesbian novel in Mexico, published in 1989.Activities within the framework of the International LGBT PRIDE DayYou can know the study of Fabián Cháirez, chiapaneco plastic artist, who through her work, which includes painting, photography and scenic design, portrays sexual and gender dissidences, and faces machismo and racism in Mexico.Likewise, we interviewed Lía García, “La Novia Sirena”, performance artist and writer from Mexico City who through “artivism” fights against violence against trans people and the hypersexualization of their bodies. In turn, the Mexican Institute of Cinematography (Imcine), through its Platform FilminLatino will present a selection of short films, among them are: Maria Luiza (2019), Traviatas (2018) and Primavera (2016). The first is a Brazilian documentary that portrays Maria Luiza, the first transgender in the history of the Brazilian Armed Forces. While the second is a Mexican short film that tells of three trans women from three different generations in their struggle to belong and excel in society. Finally, Primavera tells the story of Fernando, who is attracted to his best friend Jaime, a playful boy who jokes about loving him very much, but is actually a prejudiced heterosexual teenager. In addition, the Imcine, in partnership with the General Directorate of Cinematographic Activities of the National Autonomous University of Mexico and through FilminLatino, presents the cycle: RABIOSX, 2nd edition. Cinema and LGBT+ Pride, with a billboard that starts on June 28 and is composed of films from Brazil, Spain and Mexico, which can be consulted at (https://www.filmoteca.unam.mx/ciclos_en_linea/ciclo-rabiosx-2da-edicion-cine-y-orgullo-lgbt/). The films will also be available at FilminLatino (www.filminlatino.mx) and at Filmoteca UNAM (www.filmoteca.unam.mx). Also, and as part of the #CulturaDiversa campaign, the platform Contigo en la distancia (contigoenladistancia.cultura.gob.mx) has available to the public more than 80 contents ranging from documentaries, conferences, exhibitions, plays, radionovelas, conversations and even concerts. Virtually, you can take tours of museum venues, such as the National Museum of San Carlos, where curator Mariano Meza Marroquín will explain to internet users why San Sebastián became an icon for the LGBTTTI community; you can also enjoy readings such as El beso del vampiro, by Ernesto Reséndiz Oikión, which tells the stories of a sex worker with homoerotic dreams. Internet users can review the photographic exhibition Lenchas y tomboys, which seeks to make lesbian women visible, or listen to the conference “Novo en el taxi de Manuel. Pioneros de la visibilización gay”, which addresses the approaches of the Mexican School of Painting in the 20s, which was linked to sexual diversity. For its part, and to promote non-discrimination, the National Institute of Fine Arts and Literature (INBAL) has prepared a special program, which adds artistic groups, presentations, exhibitions and virtual talks. For example, the José María Velasco Gallery will keep the exhibition Reinas en disputa open until July 11. The ability to decide for oneself, which poses an approach to diverse gender identities, specifically trans people (transsexuals, transvestites and transgenders). Through the work of 10 artists, it proposes a reflection on gender binarism; it is also a photographic and didactic approach on sexual diversity and trans people, which aims to open the debate to break down the prejudices and taboos that exist in society. To visit it is essential to follow the protocols for health care. The schedule is subject to epidemiological traffic lights. This same space will broadcast on its Facebook (www.facebook.com/Galería-José-María-Velasco-767185690076260) on Thursday, June 24 at 18:00 hours the virtual talk “Cartilla trans”, where Julio César Cervantes, deputy director of the Human Rights Commission of Mexico City, will address the creation of the trans card and the Human Rights of transgender people, transsexuals and transvestites. For children, on Saturday, June 26 at 11 a.m., the Museum of Modern Art will offer the children’s workshop “Come I tell you. Workshop of trans storytellers”, with activities aimed at children from 6 to 12 years old. In order to generate inclusive spaces for all children, this workshop is aimed at those who are stifled in a heteronormative society. Children interested in participating can register in the email educativos@mam.org.mx.El Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes will transmit through its Facebook on Monday, June 28 at 18:00 hours, the conference “The other multiple in images of Nahum B. Zenil and Julio Galán” in which they will talk about how these two artists through their works overturned their homosexuality and questions to gender norms.

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