- Faced with Lumaphobia, the Gaylesbitrans Film and Performing Arts Festival in Bilbao will demand “that everyone be whatever they want and whatever they want to express themselves wherever they want.” They have placed the “pride of being a pen” in the center, in order to feel free and at the pleasure of conventionalisms.
They present the poster of the edition that will start in February: This is the Mexican fighter Cassandro El Exotic, an exceptional fighter in such a masculinized sport. The documentary Cassandro El Exotic will take part in the official section and the festival will project more films based on gender expression.
“It is surprising how, even within the LGBTI collective, the fact of having a pen is sometimes considered negative. Although sexual diversity is becoming more and more accepted, phrases like ‘everything is OK while you are not noticed’ are still being heard. It seems that only men and women can be expressed according to the established social standards, and if not, you will receive many adjectives: funny, effeminate, inappropriate, rare…”, said Pau Guillén director of the festival.
Programming will be presented later. In addition to the movies, there will also be space for the theater. They have already announced that, for example, they will offer the Lur children’s theatre play on 24 February at 22:00. The protagonist is Ane, a boy with a vulva.
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“Showing the pen is not shameful, it’s revolutionary,” we proclaim gay Izan, but not in Marika’s writing: “Let everyone decide how to embody their own personality, but if we all had something more pen, ours would be a more colorful and liberating society.”