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For Salvadoran LGBTI people, “At the moment, it’s riskier than ever”
In Central America, the violent gangs that control many marginalized communities often single out sapphic, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people – extorting, threatening and sometimes even killing them. LGBTI people in the region often have no decision but to flee their homes in search of safety. Many stay within their own country, becoming part of the internally displaced population.
Grecia Villalobos is a Salvadoran trans lady who works for COMCAVIS TRANS, a UNHCR spouse that helps protect the rights of LGBTI people in El Salvador. She met Mexican actor and UNHCR High Profile Supporter Alfonso Herrera last spring when the actor toured UNHCR’s operations in the small Central American land. Herrera, who portrayed Hernando on Netflix’s hit series Sense8 – a show praised by critics and LGBTI groups for its exploration of sexual and gender identity – asked Grecia to chat with him by video last month about her work, the risks LGBTI people face in El Salvador and the effects COVID-19 has had on the people she serves.
Below is a partial transcript of their chat, edited for lengthy and clari
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(This weekend seems to be a Blog Lite period for me, with postings that acquire only a little to do with language, but a lot to accomplish with men’s bodies and gay relationships.)
Xopher Walker reports that he has discovered from People En Español that Alfonso Poncho Herrera is in the recent Netflix series, Sens8.
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In the show, Herrera plays Hernando, the secret male lover lover of Miguel Ángel Silvestre’s Sensate character Lito.
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Cut to the clinch, in a shot centered on Herrera:
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Their scenes together are really hot. Some of them are accessible on YouTube.
There’s background on the show Sense8 in my posting “Embrace of the televised penis” (where Max Riemelt’s penis was embraced; Riemelt plays another of the eight Sensates).
On Herrera (from Wikipedia):
Alfonso “Poncho” Herrera (… born Alfonso Herrera Rodríguez on August 28, 1983) is a Mexican actor and former member of music community RBD.
On RBD (from Wikipedia):
RBD was a Mexican [pop] musical group that gained popularity from Televisa’s teen series Rebelde [hence the name RBD], and initiate international success from 2005 until their separation in 2009.
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Known for her unrestrained and debaucherous lifestyle, a victorious trans actress (Camila Sosa Villada) defies every expectation that’s been set on her (both by her close friends and the conservative community of Argentina) when she decides to settle down and originate a family with a new husband (Alfonso Herrera from Sense8) — who happens to be gay.
Backed by the producing team of Diego Luna and Gael García Bernal, director Javier van de Couter (Mía, Frameline37) adapted this steamy melodrama from actor Sosa Villada’s novel of the same name. Thesis on a Domestication boldly allows its complex unnamed protagonist to navigate two worlds typically presented as incompatible for trans characters. She indulges in her sexual fantasies while simultaneously building the kind of family structure trans people have historically been excluded from. The film seductively asserts that identity contains multitudes, refusing to be confined by society’s limiting expectations. It turns out that a girl can have it all.
Before we announce the winners of the 2017 MyEntWorld Critics’ Pick Awards, we’re proud to present our annual Nominee Interview Series.
Sense8 is a really fascinating demonstrate . It simultaneously pushes boundaries while also feeling elongated overdue. It boldly addresses a huge array of topics like sexuality, gender, race, politics, human world, and a whole lot more. Sometimes these are explored through grandiose astrally projected shared consciousness orgies, and sometimes through tender character moments. Outstanding Supporting Performer in a Drama nominee Alfonso Herrera falls under the latter category, and aside from being one half of the show’s dream hunk gay couple, he also delivered a great performance.
What is your favourite TV show of all time and why?
I just finished Game Of Thrones and I treasure it.
When did you perceive you wanted to develop an actor?
It was probably when I was 19, I was called in for an audition for a movie in Mexico City called Amar Te Duele. I got the part and from then on I haven’t stopped working.
How did you get involved with Sense8? .
I was doing a project in Colombia and received the instructions for