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		<title>¡Viajando por Iberia con pareja!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 06:45:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ignacio Ortiz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Si en algún momento has deseado visitar España con tu pareja, hazlo ya. Yo lo hice y no sólo fue una segunda luna de miel de los cuerpos, sino también un reencuentro de las mentes y los espíritus. Hay lugares súper gay dónde te puedes alojar, pero nosotros escogimos un Hotel-Boutique: Hotel Opera, frente a la casa de la Opera [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://xQsimagazine.com/2013/03/18/viajando-por-iberia-con-pareja/img_0739-9/" rel="attachment wp-att-4915" title="IMG_0739"><img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-4915" title="IMG_0739" src="http://xQsimagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/IMG_07398-1024x682.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="682" /></a>Si en algún momento has deseado visitar España con tu pareja, hazlo ya. Yo lo hice y no sólo fue una segunda luna de miel de los cuerpos, sino también un reencuentro de las mentes y los espíritus.</p>
<p>Hay lugares súper gay dónde te puedes alojar, pero nosotros escogimos un Hotel-Boutique: Hotel Opera, frente a la casa de la Opera de Madrid y a un paso de la estación de metro del mismo nombre.  Muy cerca del Palacio Real, este hotel está ubicado en pleno centro histórico de Madrid y lo tienes todo cerca: Chueca (el barrio gay), La Gran Vía, Museos increíbles como el Museo Del Prado, El Museo Reina Sofía o el Thyssen-Bornemisza.  La fuente de Cibeles, la Puerta de Alcalá y la Puerta del Sol. El servicio está hecho a la medida y la recepción es desde “punto de cuchicheo” (¿por qué no?) hasta guía turística, ¡todos son súper simpáticos!</p>
<p>¿Te gusta el arte? ¿Qué te parece el cuadro “Las Meninas” de Velázquez o el cubismo en su máximo expresión con “El Guernica” de Picasso? Claro también Dalí estaría presente,  o Rubens, si lo clásico te viene más. Todo esto está disponible en los museos cercanos a este Hotel y que tú y tu pareja pueden disfrutar.</p>
<p>¡Por supuesto que te quieres ir de compras! Ofertas hay por doquier, pero hay dos lugares que no puedes dejar de ir: el centro comercial “El Corte Inglés” y  la tienda de ropa “Springfield”. Si les dices en el Corte Ingles que eres de América y quieres aplicar por el reembolso de impuestos, te proporcionan el documento necesario para presentar en el aeropuerto a tu regreso y poder recuperar los impuestos que, como no residente, tienes derecho a que te sean devueltos.  Springfield es una tienda de ropa, dónde los dólares extra que pagues… ¡Créeme que valdrán la pena!, pues nadie tendrá esa camisa tan chula y hermosa que tú has traído del viejo continente.</p>
<p>Cuando estés en cualquier ciudad, o antes de partir, checa en internet los conciertos disponibles. A nosotros nos tocó ver a Ana Belén en Madrid, en el teatro Español y a Miguel Bose en Sevilla en el Auditorio Rocío Jurado ¡Qué delicia ver a esos artistas casi mitológicos y poder gozarlo con la persona amada! Por cierto, si quieres disfrutar de una cena romántica, musical  y “dar el do de pecho”, visita el Café de la Opera de Madrid, donde encontrarás una combinación única: excelente cocina y el mejor canto lírico. Los meseros son cantantes profesionales que ciertamente te dejarán con la boca abierta…</p>
<p>Las experiencias culinarias en España pueden ser extraordinarias. Hay múltiples restaurantes con estrellas Michelin.  Ten en cuenta que en algunos de ellos  se requieren meses de espera para obtener una reservación y podrías quedarte con las ganas, como fue  mi caso con el restaurante “El Celler de Can Roca” en Girona-Costa Brava, con una espera de 6 meses para obtener una reservación… así que cuidado con las reservaciones y sé previsor.</p>
<p>El Club Allard, es un restaurante maravilloso, cerca del centro histórico y escondido en un edificio de cerca de 100 años de antigüedad.  Su chef Diego Guerrero, galardonado con dos estrellas Michelin, te dará sorpresas visuales y placeres gastronómicos fuera de este mundo.</p>
<p>Hay otros casos como el del restaurante “41 grados” del chef Albert Adriá (hermano de Ferrán del famoso restaurante “El Bulli”) dónde algunas veces su comida ya ha sido recreada por otros chefs y la nota de sorpresa se pierde. Pero en otras ocasiones, el genio surge y uno agradece a ese mago de la cocina por la fiesta que explota en nuestros paladares, todo en la misma experiencia. Este restaurante esta en Barcelona y en esta ciudad, aparte de la comida, no puedes perderte la arquitectura de Gaudí, máximo representante del modernismo, y el arte de Miró o Tapiez, pues ambos tienen fundaciones, y a su vez museos.</p>
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<p>Se me está yendo el espacio y aún les tengo que decir de nuestros viajes en tren por vías de alta velocidad (AVE-Renfe). Te levantas temprano, tomas tu tren y en una hora estás en Toledo, ciudad considerada Patrimonio de la Humanidad. Su Catedral gótica es impresionante con su colección de arte: Caravaggio, El Greco, J. De Rivera, etc.  Y después de explorar esta magnífica ciudad gótica tienes que subir a tomar un café o aperitivo al Parador de Toledo para ver el atardecer. ¡Nada más romántico!</p>
<p>Desde Madrid hasta la preciosa ciudad de Sevilla son dos horas y media en tren. Y también hay que explorar su catedral y subir a su azotea para poder disfrutar de una maravillosa vista panorámica. El paseo cerca del río Guadalquivir, El Alcázar, El archivo de indias y la Torre de Oro son puntos necesarios en tu guía. ¿Quieres un tipo de dónde comer bien en Sevilla? El hotel EME (¡sensacional!) Tiene un bistro llamado “Santo”, está en la calle y es a veces abrumador, porque la mayoría de los restaurantes son así, pero si lo encuentras, verás la diferencia.</p>
<p>Creo que al final del viaje, lo que más pena da es abandonar una país donde la gente es súper cálida, siempre platica contigo y ven cómo te pueden ayudar. En lo personal yo siempre me andaba perdiendo, así es que siempre andaba pidiendo ayuda… ¡Genial! Además, en España, donde el matrimonio gay es legal desde el año 2005, sientes que no es necesario ir a un restaurante gay, o a la zona gay o al bar exclusivamente gay para sentirme cómodo…  Toda España me hizo sentir así, a gusto, contento y esas fueron las mejores vacaciones que jamás pudiéramos tener… ¡Olé!</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>P.D: Cuando decidimos quedarnos en el Hotel Opera, jamás nos imaginamos :</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<ol>
<li>Que la suite iba a tener todas las amenidades y el lujurioso espacio que uno necesita para relajarse.</li>
<li>Que el personal era no solo profesional, sino también súper simpáticos (y guapos).</li>
<li>Cuando decidimos hacer viajes de uno o dos días, fue el único hotel que se prestó a cuidarnos las maletas.</li>
<li>¡Qué vistas, Dios mío¡ Ya sea viendo el atardecer mientras estás en el jacuzzi, o tomando el café por la mañana, estas vistas son de ensueño.</li>
<li>El hotel tiene un café el cual sirve un delicioso Club Sándwich y Hamburguesas. Créemelo, las vas a necesitar. Aparte, el resto… Bueno, tú descúbrelo.</li>
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<p align="center">Hotel Opera</p>
<p align="center">Cuesta de Santo Domingo, 28013, Madrid<a href="http://xQsimagazine.com/2013/03/18/viajando-por-iberia-con-pareja/img_0739-4/" rel="attachment wp-att-4905"><br />
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+34 915 412 800 <a href="http://www.hotelopera.com/">http://www.hotelopera.com/</a></p>
<p align="center">Para más información sobre España, contacta con la Oficina Española de Turismo en Los Angeles  <a href="mailto:losangeles@tourspain.es">losangeles@tourspain.es</a>,</p>
<p align="center">(323)658 -7195 <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.spaininfo.com/">www.spaininfo.com</a> </span></p>
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		<title>Mikel Erentxun &#8220;24 Golpes&#8221; (English)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 04:13:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ignacio Ortiz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If there’s someone that knows how to get the most out of rhythm patterns in order to create a story and give us a rock &#38; roll classic, that’s Mikel Erentxun. He has given our community these kinds of classics before: On his CD Acróbatas there’s a song that is absolutely gay –Desde el trampolín- and once you hear it, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://xQsimagazine.com/2013/03/17/mikel-erentxun-24-golpes-english/espana-photo/" rel="attachment wp-att-4890" title="Espana photo"><img class="aligncenter  wp-image-4890" title="Espana photo" src="http://xQsimagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Espana-photo.png" alt="" width="18" height="20" /></a>If there’s someone that knows how to get the most out of rhythm patterns in order to create a story and give us a rock &amp; roll classic, that’s Mikel Erentxun. He has given our community these kinds of classics before: On his CD Acróbatas there’s a song that is absolutely gay –Desde el trampolín- and once you hear it, it doesn’t let go. This is a gay song performed by a straight singer. And that’s because he gets to collaborate with the lyricist J.L. Corman, who happens to be gay.</p>
<p>And it’s at this moment that we understand why so many of the songs by Mikel Erentxun have that untouchable ambiguous quality; the artist himself can tell you in a subtle or obvious way that he idolizes Morrisey and David Bowie, Leonard Cohen or Johnny Cash. And all of the above is tangible in this production.</p>
<p>When he decided to make 24 Golpes, Mikel went for the minimum, musically speaking: recording analog, basing as much as possible on guitars and voice. And his lyrics, although familiar, now are more polished.</p>
<p>The song Intacto is a juxtaposition between the music and the lyric. A perfect balance: romantic without being too sweet, sweet without being sticky.<br />
“…Every absence, every time you give yourself. Everything that I love about you.”</p>
<p>The song 24 Golpes is an homage to Johnny Cash, while in the song Samurai we can clearly see the hand of Henry Hirsch (Lenny Kravitz’ usual collaborator). What an amazing producer! Srta. Soledad puts the artist in a frame of touching vulnerability. This song has that slow rhythm, and for all of us that have had a broken heart, we know that this song is just one instant in those endless uneasy nights that only She, Srta. Soledad will accompany us.</p>
<p>Mikel Erentxun always has been a friend of the community, giving us his support, but above all, amazing music that we gays and lesbians can relate to since its music does not have gender.</p>
<p>If you want to see Mikel Erentxun live, check his tour schedule in his web page:</p>
<p>http://www.mikelerentxun.ws/tour.php</p>
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		<title>Mikel Erentxun &#8220;24 Golpes&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Mar 2013 01:40:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ignacio Ortiz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Si hay alguien que sabe cómo sacarle el jugo a los patrones rítmicos para crear toda una historia y darnos un clásico de rock n roll es Mikel Erentxun. Como comunidad, ya nos ha dado este tipo de clásicos: En su disco Acróbatas hay una canción absolutamente gay -Desde el trampolín- y una vez que la oyes, te envuelve para [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<pre><a href="http://xQsimagazine.com/2013/03/01/mikel-erentxun-24-golpes/mikel-erentxun-24-golpes-portada/" rel="attachment wp-att-4871" title="MIKEL ERENTXUN  24 GOLPES portada"><img class="wp-image-4871 aligncenter" title="MIKEL ERENTXUN  24 GOLPES portada" src="http://xQsimagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/MIKEL-ERENTXUN-24-GOLPES-portada.bmp" alt="" width="308" height="311" /></a>

Si hay alguien que sabe cómo sacarle el jugo a los patrones rítmicos 
para crear toda una historia y darnos un clásico de rock n roll es Mikel 
Erentxun. Como comunidad, ya nos ha dado este tipo de clásicos: En su 
disco Acróbatas hay  una canción absolutamente gay -Desde el trampolín- 
y una vez que la oyes, te envuelve para no dejarte ir. Esta es una 
canción gay cantada por un hombre hetero. Y es que uno de sus 
principales colaboradores es el letrista J.L. Corman, quién sí es gay.
Entonces entiendes el por qué muchas de las canciones de Mikel 
adquieren una calidad bastante ambigua; el cantante mismo siempre te 
deja saber de manera sutil u obvia que cantantes como Morrisey o David 
Bowie son sus ídolos, al igual que Leonard Cohen o Johnny Cash y que 
siempre están presentes en esta producción.
Al grabar 24 Golpes Mikel decide quedarse con lo mínimo, musicalmente 
hablando: Sonido análogo, guitarras y su voz. Pero ante el sonido 
minimalista lo confronta con una lírica que habíamos visto antes, 
cierto, pero mucho más pulida.
La canción Intacto es una yuxtaposición entre la música y la letra, un 
balance perfecto: romántica sin ser muy dulce; dulce sin ser empalagosa, 
“…cada ausencia, cada entrega. Todo cuanto amé de ti”.
24 Golpes es un homenaje a Johnny Cash y Samurái es un homenaje a 
¿quién? La verdad es que esta canción está tan bien hecha, que es aquí 
donde se ve la mano del productor Henry Hirsch (quien usualmente 
colabora con Lenny Kravitz). Srta. Soledad nos ubica al artista dentro 
de un marco de palpable vulnerabilidad. Esta canción no lleva prisa y 
para todos los que nos han partido el corazón, sabemos que esta canción 
es solo un instante en esas noches de desosiego en que sólo Ella, La 
Srta. Soledad nos acompañará o acompañó.
Mikel Erentxun siempre ha sido amigo de nuestra comunidad y nos ha 
demostrado su apoyo, pero sobre todo nos ha dado música de alta calidad 
con la que nos podemos identificar, puesto que no tiene género.
Si quieres ver los conciertos de Mikel ve a su página web:
<a href="http://www.mikelerentxun.ws/tour.php" target="_blank">http://www.mikelerentxun.ws/tour.php</a></pre>
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		<title>Reseña: Eugenia León &#8220;Agua de beber&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2012 18:40:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ignacio Ortiz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cuando esta cantante saltó a la fama al ganar el Festival OTI Internacional en el año 1985, esta cantante tuvo que compartir dramáticamente su triunfo pues el terremoto de la Ciudad de México que había pasado en esos mismos días, desbastó a la población y no sólo fue el triunfo personal del ganar tan prestigiado concurso, mas dilapidando con su [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_4791" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://xQsimagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/eugenia.jpg" rel="shadowbox[sbpost-4790];player=img;" title="eugenia"><img class="size-medium wp-image-4791 " title="eugenia" src="http://xQsimagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/eugenia-300x300.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="300" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Eugenia León, &#8220;Agua de beber&#8221; (EMI Music México, S.A. de C.V.)</p></div>
<p>Cuando esta cantante saltó a la fama al ganar el Festival OTI Internacional en el año 1985, esta cantante tuvo que compartir dramáticamente su triunfo pues el terremoto de la Ciudad de México que había pasado en esos mismos días, desbastó a la población y no sólo fue el triunfo personal del ganar tan prestigiado concurso, mas dilapidando con su actuación, también por consecuencia fue el darle un poco de alegría a una nación desconsolada.Con nuestra comunidad también ha sido generosa: En el 2004 fue coronada Reina de la Marcha Gay y se pronunció en contra de la discriminación de nuestra comunidad y en el 2010 volvió a participar en un macro concierto durante el pronunciamiento político que se iba a realizar durante la Marcha del Orgullo Gay de ese año y dio su presentación en el Palacio de Bellas Artes de la Ciudad de México.Musicalmente hablando Eugenia nunca se ha quedado estancada, bien sea interpretando desde Agustín Lara o Armando Manzanero, siguiendo por el tango hasta música norteña pasando por la grandilocuencia de Corazón Mexicano un CD grabado en 1998 y en el cual hace dueto con el tenor Ramón Vargas y son acompañados por la orquesta sinfónica de la Ciudad de México, esta interprete sabe utilizar su voz para sacarle provecho tanto a la canción como a su estilo propio en una mancuerna perfecta, y en este disco no se ha quedado atrás, pues primero nos presenta estas canciones brasileñas: el bossa nova, traducidas al español que aunque modernas, tienen una sensibilidad bastante clásicas. las mismísimas Astrud Gilberto o Elis Regina, le darían el visto bueno. ¿Por qué estoy seguro de ello? Porque nada menos que Ivan Lins le endosa el disco.</p>
<p>Pero olvidémonos de nombres y hablemos de música puesto que su interpretación de &#8220;Samba de Verano&#8221; es dulce y sensual mientras que &#8220;El Pato&#8221; es súper fresca y juguetona. Cuando llegamos a &#8220;Yo Sé Que Voy a Amar&#8221; (Eu Sei Que Vou Te Amar) pareciera que llegáramos a un bolero más, pero sin embargo la manera tan diestramente que improvisa Doña Eugenia haría que el mismísimo Ken Burns estuviera orgulloso pues ésta es una bossa nova jazz estándar y lo hace en español.</p>
<p>¡Brava maestra!</p>
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		<title>Reseña: Ana Belén &#8220;A los hombres que amé&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jun 2012 18:11:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ignacio Ortiz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Esta cantante española cuya carrera empieza desde los años sesenta, sigue tan vigente como nunca. No en vano ha sido nominada dos veces al Grammy Latino (por “Peces de Ciudad” en el 2002 y “Anatomía” en el 2007). Mas ¿qué pasa cuando uno se echa encima la labor de renovar clásicos, por ejemplo “El Breve Espacio en que no Estás” [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_4618" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 310px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-4618" title="AnaBeleÌn" src="http://xQsimagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/AnaBeleÌn-300x300.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="300" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Ana Belén, &#8220;A Los Hombres que Amé&#8221; (Sony Music Latin)</p></div>
<p>Esta cantante española cuya carrera empieza desde los años sesenta, sigue tan vigente como nunca. No en vano ha sido nominada dos veces al Grammy Latino (por “Peces de Ciudad” en el 2002 y “Anatomía” en el 2007). Mas ¿qué pasa cuando uno se echa encima la labor de renovar clásicos, por ejemplo “El Breve Espacio en que no Estás” de Pablo Milanés, u “Ojalá que te Vaya Bonito” de José Alfredo Jiménez? Pues nada, que una mujer con tantas tablas sale triunfante, desplegando estilo propio ante trova cubana o ranchera mexicana por igual.</p>
<p>El argentino Fito Páez dio autoría a “11 y 6” una balada rock y en la cual Ana nos lleva con su voz en un viaje tan lindo que parece casi cinematográfico. Y el dominicano Juan Luis Guerra aporta su granito de arena con “Razones” poniéndole ese rico sabor caribeño. Pero los españoles son el grueso de esta grabación y el difunto Antonio Vega (del desaparecido grupo Nacha Pop) es homenajeado con su canción “A Trabajos Forzados” con una interpretación cruda, sin tapujos y vulnerable.</p>
<p>Claro que también le acompañan otros músicos indispensables como Víctor Manuel, su compañero sentimental desde hace cuarenta años, contribuyendo con una romántica “Canción Pequeña”; que logra sorprender musicalmente. Tampoco podían faltar Miguel Ríos, Joaquín Sabina y Joan Manuel Serrat, innegables compañeros de batalla de nuestra admirada Ana.</p>
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		<title>Interview with &#8220;Wildness&#8221; Director Wu Tsang</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Premiering earlier this week at SXSW, &#8220;Wildness&#8221; serves as a portrait into the world that is the Silver Platter, Los Angeles&#8217; oldest trans Latina bar, as it becomes home to a group of newcomers in search of a place to call their own. Director Wu Tsang &#8212; a trans-identified queer 30 year old artist/performer of Chinese and Swedish descent &#8212; [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://xQsimagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Wu_Tsang_Lo.jpg" rel="shadowbox[sbpost-3796];player=img;" title="Wu_Tsang_Lo"><img class="alignleft  wp-image-3799" title="Wu_Tsang_Lo" src="http://xQsimagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Wu_Tsang_Lo-217x300.jpg" alt="" width="152" height="210" /></a>Premiering earlier this week at SXSW, &#8220;Wildness&#8221; serves as a portrait into the world that is the Silver Platter, Los Angeles&#8217; oldest trans Latina bar, as it becomes home to a group of newcomers in search of a place to call their own. Director Wu Tsang &#8212; a trans-identified queer 30 year old artist/performer of Chinese and Swedish descent &#8212; took some time from his busy schedule at SXSW to answer a few questions for <em>xQsí</em>.</p>
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<p class="p1"><strong>XQSÍ: As someone who is not Latin@, when producing this film, how did you ensure you were being culturally competent in covering the stories of a community that is normally marginalized because of race, gender (identity), class and immigration status</strong>?</p>
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<p class="p4">WU TSANG: I tried to tell the story from my perspective, as someone who came to the Silver Platter as an outsider, who became very involved through organizing a party at the bar called Wildness. The film tries to deal directly both with points of cultural understanding and difference, especially in language. Both in life, as a person who hangs out in that space, and as a filmmaker, I try not to be anyone other than who I am, with contradictory layers of race/gender/class identity. I&#8217;m not much of an ethnographer; my background is as a performer, which makes me inclined to wanna participate and collaborate &#8212; to learn by doing more than observing. So the film is actually more like a patchwork of many creative hands and voices. That said, I don&#8217;t claim it&#8217;s an accurate &#8220;representation&#8221; of everybody involved. The magical realism of the talking bar for example, was conceived to make it obvious that the story is subjective. Over time, I&#8217;ve even been told by some that I &#8220;got it wrong&#8221; but that kind of folds into the question of what community is, and what the limits are of being able to fully/accurately represent through film.</p>
<p class="p1"><strong>XQSÍ: As story tellers, we often have responsibility to those whose stories we are telling. Is there any particular reason why the film is not translated to Spanish in the same way that it is translated into English?</strong></p>
<p class="p1"><strong></strong>WT: Actually my intention has always been to subtitle the film in both languages, so that it can be viewed simultaneously. But we were literally so pressed to finish, I wasn&#8217;t able to incorporate Spanish subtitles for this version (so secretly what&#8217;s screening in Austin is the almost-finished version). As soon as I return to LA I&#8217;m going to finish subtitling before the LA premiere. I&#8217;ve been kind of fascinated by what it means to actually &#8220;finish&#8221; a film. The other day someone said &#8220;films are never finished, they just stop.&#8221; They get cut off, freezing a moment in time. I&#8217;ve been screening rough cuts of Wildness to different audiences for over 2 years, seeking dialog about the core representational issues. It&#8217;s far from perfect, but I hope it creates the possibility for continuing those dialogs.</p>
<p class="p1"><strong>XQSÍ: Unlike many documentaries that are limited to a single story arch, &#8220;Wildness&#8221; covers a diverse array of topics ranging from gentrification, immigration, safe spaces, appropriation, etc. Why did you feel it was important to tell the story in this manner?</strong></p>
<p class="p3">WT: Around the time Wildness started 4 years ago, I remember being into the idea of trans resistance, and basically asking myself, &#8220;what could this movement look like?&#8221; I was inspired by images of past civil rights movements, gay liberation etc &#8212; but at the same time I had no way to connect those images to my own experiences. As Wildness grew and developed into a living thing, life sort of took over, and real political urgencies sprung up that were immediate and personal. I began to see/feel a different understanding of my situation, and the situations of my friends at the bar, whose struggles around trans and immigration stuff were so interconnected, there was really no way to separate those issues. And then in trying to represent them through film, my position as the filmmaker, and as an artist working in a rapidly gentrifying neighborhood, those positions were also inseparable from telling the story. So I try to weave all these things together, hopefully in a way that&#8217;s true to how they&#8217;re complicated in real life.</p>
<p class="p3"><strong>XQSÍ: There are moments in the film when I just cringe at the outward manifestations of <span class="domtooltips">cissexism<span class="domtooltips_tooltip" style="display: none">The system of attitudes, beliefs, and biases where cisgender/<span class="domtooltips">cissexual<span class="domtooltips_tooltip" style="display: none">Identifying with the gender assigned at birth. (Not transgender)</span></span> gender identities and expressions are normalized and valued, and transgender and gender-variant identities and expressions are erased and pathologized.</span></span>, transphobia, and transmisogyny by the Wildness clientele. Why did you choose to include these moments?</strong></p>
<p class="p3"><strong></strong>WT: Including the uncomfortable parts was essential to bring audiences on the journey with me, and enable them discover and make their own conclusions as I once had to do for myself&#8230; At a certain point in the editing process, my strategy became about including whatever I had initially (often unconsciously) wanted to hide. Some of these parts are still even hard for me to watch. But that kind of self-evaluation and honesty is what drives the story.</p>
<p class="p3"><strong>XQSÍ: If Wildness had not reached the level of popularity it had, would you still wish for it to have continued?</strong></p>
<p class="p3">WT: At this point, I&#8217;m not able to do any more alternate-universe fantasizing about Wildness, because making the film was so much about opening my eyes to the material and dealing with the reality of what the party was, what happened, the aftermath, etc. When Koky got his job back, they did ask us to come back. I still sometimes talk to him about doing Tuesdays again. But I know it is sort of a dream, because all of us Wildness organizers (including myself) have really different lives now. We travel a lot for art &amp; music projects, we&#8217;ve had some amazing opportunities. It&#8217;s painful to admit that, but it also feels important to admit that, like following through on all the metaphors and implications of the story. That&#8217;s also not topresumethat our lives are somehow better, but that the conditions are so different, and were so different to begin with. The Silver Platter opened up a space for unlikely coalitions and meaningful relationships. It was fragile, tenuous, and real. Without that space, it&#8217;s hard to recreate those possibilities, but I hope that the film will create similar crossroads in a different way, for other people, living in a lot of different places.</p>
<p class="p3"><em>Wildness will screen for the final time at SXSW on<strong> Thursday, March 15</strong> <strong>at 1:15 pm at Violet Crown.</strong> For more info visit the <a href="http://schedule.sxsw.com/2012/events/event_FS12485">SXSW schedule.</a></em></p>
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		<title>Preview of &#8220;Inspired: The voices against Prop 8&#8243; by Charlie Gage</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Premiering in Chicago at the 2012 Peace on Earth Film Festival, Illinois expat Charlie Gage’s “Inspired: The Voices Against Prop 8” chronicles the events that proceeded the 2008 passage of California’s Proposition 8, a ballot initiative that sought to amend the state Constitution to define marriage as being only between a man and a woman. Once passed &#8212; by a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Premiering in Chicago at the 2012 <a href="http://peaceonearthfilmfestival.org/">Peace on Earth Film Festival</a>, Illinois expat Charlie Gage’s “Inspired: The Voices Against Prop 8” chronicles the events that proceeded the 2008 passage of California’s Proposition 8, a ballot initiative that sought to amend the state Constitution to define marriage as being only between a man and a woman. Once passed &#8212; by a 5% margin &#8212; Prop 8 essentially reversed a state Supreme Court ruling that had legalized marriage equality months before.</p>
<p>Gage’s first full-length documentary, “Inspired” comes to Illinois at a very opportune moment. With Illinois State Representatives Greg Harris, Deb Mell and Kelly Cassidy having filed the Religious Freedom and Marriage Fairness Act &#8212; a bill that if passed would allow same-sex couples to marry &#8212; now is the perfect time for the Illinois lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) community to begin the difficult discussion of how to ensure its passage.</p>
<p>Told through mixture of interviews with activists and organizers and raw footage from the protests that flourished all over Los Angeles, “Inspired” analyzes the events that lead to the passage of the anti-LGBTQ measure and the subsequent movement in reaction it. Candidly introspective, the documentary painfully demonstrates the multitude of ways in which racism and inter-group discord among the key players in the Angelen@ LGBTQ movement played a factor in the passage of Prop 8.</p>
<p>The documentary is not without its faults, however. For a film that ambitiously attempts to showcase the multitude of voices that grew out of the opposition to Prop. 8, there are voices that are noticeably absent or muted. <a href="http://eqca.org">Equality California</a>, the statewide LGBTQ organization that headed the fight against ballot initiative, conspicuously absent, only present through third party references. Additionally, with an over-representation of men in the interviews, there is little opportunity to discuss how issues of <span class="domtooltips">sexism<span class="domtooltips_tooltip" style="display: none">The system of attitudes, beliefs, and biases where femaleness and femininity are inferior to maleness and masculinity.</span></span> may have played out during the planning and implementation of the campaign against Prop 8, despite statistics that show more female same-sex couples had married than male during the brief period it was legal in California.</p>
<p>Yet despite its flaws, “Inspired” masterfully documents the awakening of a community that had long been perceived as dormant and complacent.  Through personal interviews and live footage of the community’s palpable anger, Chicago’s audience will taken to a city far on the other side of the country &#8212; with different faces and organizations &#8212; but with a similar desire for equality.</p>
<p><em><strong>&#8220;Inspired: the Voices Against Prop 8&#8243; will be screening at the <a href="http://www.explorechicago.org/city/en/supporting_narrative/attractions/dca_tourism/Chicago_Cultural_Center.html">Chicago Cultural Center</a> this Saturday, February 25th at the Peace on Earth Film Festival. For more information visit <a href="http://peaceonearthfilmfestival.org/">www.peaceonearthfilmfestival.org</a></strong></em></p>
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		<title>Preview of Haven&#8217;t I Seen You Somewhere Before by Erasmo Guerra</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Written by journalist and Lambda Literary Award recipient Erasmo Guerra, Haven&#8217;t I Seen You Somewhere Before?: And other stupid things I&#8217;ve said in my search for love and sex documents the &#8220;romantic misadventures&#8221; of the gay SouthTexas native. Despite taking place in a time before social media, location-based smartphone apps, and online cruising&#8217;s ubiquity, Guerra&#8217;s stories artfully resonate with contemporary [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://xQsimagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Cover.jpg" rel="shadowbox[sbpost-3451];player=img;" title="Haven't I Seen You Somewhere Before"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-3475" title="Haven't I Seen You Somewhere Before" src="http://xQsimagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Cover-200x300.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="300" /></a>Written by journalist and Lambda Literary Award recipient Erasmo Guerra, <em>Haven&#8217;t I Seen You Somewhere Before?: And other stupid things I&#8217;ve said in my search for love and sex</em> documents the &#8220;romantic misadventures&#8221; of the gay SouthTexas native.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Despite taking place in a time before social media, location-based smartphone apps, and online cruising&#8217;s ubiquity, Guerra&#8217;s stories artfully resonate with contemporary readers. Taking them along for a trip, he unabashedly shares tales of heartache and desire while remaining faithful to his journalist background, providing proof that sometimes there is no greater story than which is true.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><em> Haven&#8217;t I Seen You Before?</em> is a self-published work and is available digitally for purchase via <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Havent-Somewhere-Before-Stupid-ebook/dp/B006OEMZJ0">Amazon</a> and <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/havent-i-seen-you-somewhere-before-and-other-stupid-things-ive-said-in-my-search-for-love-and-sex-erasmo-guerra/1108035931">Barnes &amp; Noble</a>.</p>
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<p><em>¡Sissy Puede!</em></p>
<p>The radio kept dying as Pajarito and I drove through desolate back roads from White Sands to Albuquerque, New Mexico. But each time Katy Perry’s “Teenage Dream” blasted through the static, I sang along to her punchy anthem to adolescence.</p>
<p>While the song had been riding Billboard’s top spot for weeks, we still heard news of gay teens taking their lives.</p>
<p>By all accounts, I shouldn’t have made it either, growing up a closeted kid in the ‘80s. My dreams, like those of many gay youth, had always been deferred.</p>
<p>I was born on the remote South Texas border, where Mexican-American men like my father tattooed themselves with ink-soaked straight pins, and most families drove rust-bitten pickup trucks because we couldn’t afford much else. I secretly wanted to be behind the wheel of a ragtop Cabriolet. Guys like me were said to have “broken hands.” Which might’ve just been a threat about what would happen to us if we were open about who we were.</p>
<p>But everyone was targeted. On the school bus, the elementary school kids were forced to fight one another like roosters and even the corduroy jacket-wearing members of the Future Farmers of America were derided as the Future Faggots of America.</p>
<p>Home was no escape. Most of the bullying I endured occurred there. The middle child, I was teased by my older sister and younger brother for being a sissy. I thought I was being trendy, rolling around the house in my sneaker-skates, blue satin shorts and mesh tank-tops.</p>
<p>My mother, who grew up in a family of ranch hands, tried dressing me in cowboy boots and Levi’s. She kept an eye on my mannerisms, reinforcing behavior that she said befitted the “hombrecito” or “little man” she wanted me to be.</p>
<p>My father was more aggressive. Raised in a rough, south-side barrio of Mexican immigrants, he wished his own father was a violent bar brawler—not the poet that he was. Fear, my father believed, was the only way to command respect.</p>
<p>He once told me that he used to nearly smother his younger siblings with pillows in order to “toughen them up.”</p>
<p>And he was still a bully as a parent. When my brother and I complained about impossible chores, like loading and unloading a haul of one hundred bales of hay for the horses he kept, he cruelly joked that he had three girls in the family.</p>
<p>My father had dropped out of high school at 17. He joined the army, studied for his G.E.D., and after returning from a tour in Korea, he took a few night classes at the local junior college through the G.I. Bill. Until he quit that, too.</p>
<p>As a kid, I used to go through his college things. I read “Working” by Studs Terkel and learned about the Kinsey Report in his Psych 101 textbook. I studied his spiral-bound notebooks, where, in the margins, he doodled the pointy “S” logo for that Suzuki motorcycle he always wanted. All of my father’s abandoned dreams inspired me to get out and go to college, too. He should’ve been thrilled with my academic ambitions, but many nights he bellowed at me over dinner as he gripped yet another Lone Star beer: “Don’t think you’re better than me.”</p>
<p>I never said I was. But then I never said I wanted to be like him either. Did he think I looked down on him as a blue-collar telephone repairman?</p>
<p>Looking back, I’d like to think he did want me to be better, and his rages were his way of preparing me for the brutal road ahead.</p>
<p>Decades later, on that car trip through New Mexico, my boyfriend of three years and I pulled into a gas station in a small town where nothing else seemed to be open at 9 p.m.</p>
<p>We raided the aisles, snatching up Red Bulls, bags of chicharron and chipotle-flavored Cheetos.</p>
<p>At the counter, a chubby kid with the tell-tale swoop of a faux hawk, rang up our snacks as he worked the graveyard shift. Maybe he wasn’t gay. But he was different in this all-too-familiar middle of nowhere. More than anything, it’s the isolation that kills, the aloneness that leads you to think suicide is the only way out.</p>
<p>I tried to catch the kid’s look when he asked if I wanted a bag, but the woman—either the store manager or his mom—watched us.</p>
<p>I wanted the kid to know that unlike the silly refrain of Katy Perry’s hit song, you weren’t condemned to be “young forever.” I wasn’t going to promise that adult life was perfect—only possible.</p>
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		<title>Una historia de amor: &#8220;El casamiento&#8221; por Aldo Garay</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ganadora del premio Biznaga de Plata (Premio Especial del Jurado) en el 14º Festival de Cine de Malaga, &#8220;El casamiento&#8221; es la última película del realizador uruguayo Aldo Garay, el cual ya tiene en su haber otras como &#8220;La Gloria de Hércules&#8221; y &#8220;Señorita Candidata&#8221;. “Esta es la historia de &#8216;El casamiento&#8217;, una historia sencilla y tierna de gente común que [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ganadora del premio Biznaga de Plata (Premio Especial del Jurado) en el 14º Festival de Cine de Malaga, &#8220;El casamiento&#8221; es la última película del realizador uruguayo Aldo Garay, el cual ya tiene en su haber otras como &#8220;La Gloria de Hércules&#8221; y &#8220;Señorita Candidata&#8221;.</p>
<p><a href="http://xQsimagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/8gra.jpg" rel="shadowbox[sbpost-2971];player=img;" title="8gra"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-2983" title="8gra" src="http://xQsimagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/8gra-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" /></a>“Esta es la historia de &#8216;El casamiento&#8217;, una historia sencilla y tierna de gente común que tuvo la suerte de encontrarse en una plaza…”</p>
<p>Así es como termina la sinopsis de la página oficial este documental que cuenta la historia de amor y compañerismo de Julia, una mujer trans de 65 años, e Ignacio un hombre de 75 años, ex obrero de la construcción. Ell@s se conocieron hace 21 años en la víspera de navidad en una plaza de Montevideo y como ambos estaban solos decidieron pasar juntos las fiestas y desde ese momento han compartido sus vidas.</p>
<p><a href="http://xQsimagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/1gra.jpg" rel="shadowbox[sbpost-2971];player=img;" title="1gra"><img class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-2978" title="1gra" src="http://xQsimagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/1gra-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" /></a>En el año 1993, Julia se realizó una operación de afirmación de género en el Hospital de Clínicas (que desde hace décadas es donde se realiza de forma gratuita cirugias de afirmación de género a personas trans) y así convirtiéndose en la segunda uruguaya en someterse a la cirugia. Pero recién, en el 2005, Julia fue reconocida por el Estado en su condición de mujer permitiendo su cambio de sexo registral. Gracias a esto es que Julia e Ignacio se pueden casar.</p>
<p>“Quisiera casarme como una dama antigua, con una capelina y vestido largo”, así es como Julia <a href="http://xQsimagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/2gra.jpg" rel="shadowbox[sbpost-2971];player=img;" title="2gra"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-2979" title="2gra" src="http://xQsimagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/2gra-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" /></a>se ve a sí misma para el día de su boda, ilusionada de ser reconocida como una mujer de derechos plenos pero desde el lugar más sencillo como son ella e Ignacio.</p>
<p>&#8220;El casamiento&#8221; fue exhibida recientemente en el 10° Festival de Cine de Montevideo que se realizó a finales de octubre el cual además de ésta tuvo otras películas de temática LGBTQ como las italianas &#8220;Tengo algo que decirles&#8221; y &#8220;¿Diferente de quién?&#8221; y la francesa &#8220;Como los demás&#8221;.</p>
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		<title>Review: &#8220;Photos of Angie&#8221; by Alan Domínguez</title>
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		<dc:creator>Audrey Silvestre</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When Allen Andrade was found guilty for the murder of Angie Zapata, his conviction became significant to hate crime legislation because “Colorado was the first state to pass a hate crime statute in 1998…but Angie’s murder was the first time the murder of a transgender person was prosecuted as a hate crime in the U.S.” &#8220;Photos of Angie&#8221; is a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When Allen Andrade was found guilty for the murder of Angie Zapata, his conviction became significant to hate crime legislation because “Colorado was the first state to pass a hate crime statute in 1998…but Angie’s murder was the first time the murder of a transgender person was prosecuted as a hate crime in the U.S.”</p>
<p>&#8220;Photos of Angie&#8221; is a documentary directed by Alan Domínguez. It follows the life and death of Angie Zapata, a young trans woman who was found by her sisters, beaten to death in July 2008 in Greely, Colorado. This documentary stands out as it tackles multiple issues like media representations of trans folks through media coverage of the trial, family struggles, unity, and hate crime legislation.</p>
<p>As the story of Angie unfolds, we learn about her life and tragic death. We get to know Angie, a loving sister and daughter who lived her life fearlessly. We also see the way her killer’s defense team blames the victim by claiming that Angie was deceitful because she did not reveal her trans identity to Allen Andrade (her killer). It’s this “lie” that supposedly prompted Andrade to react in a violent manner and ultimately beat Angie and leave her to die. The media also reinforces a transphobic narrative by displaying scandalous headlines that incorrectly refer to Angie as “him” or inhumanely refer to her as “it.” The documentary shows how GLAAD intervened and took an active role in teaching the media and community about trans issues.</p>
<p>The film raises a lot of questions. The successful prosecution of Angie’s death as a hate crime may have seemed like a celebratory moment, due to the precedent the hate crime legislation in Colorado would have on future cases. I ask: was this really a moment to celebrate? While the legislation places protection on marginalized individuals, it simultaneously subjugates more people of color in to the prison industrial complex.</p>
<p>According to the <a href="www.ccjr.org">Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition</a>:</p>
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<li>In Colorado Latin@s account for 17.1% of the population, but represent 19.4% of people in state prison.</li>
<li>African-Americans make up 3.8% of the population, but represent 19.4% of people in State Prison.</li>
<li>Anglos are 74.5% of that state’s population but only 46% of the prison population</li>
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<p>Additionally, hate crime legislation do not place real protections on anyone, since we first have to experience violence before the courts can do anything. The solution, therefore, does not lie with the criminal justice system. The solution lies at home, calling out our family and friends when they make homophobic, racist, transphobic, sexist, etc. remarks.</p>
<p>I am by no means advocating that people should not be held accountable for their actions, especially when these lead to violence against our community. I am, however, suggesting is that we seek alternative solutions and envision and practice a place where anyone can be free to be who they are!</p>
<p>¡Para Angie! Rest In Power!</p>
<p><strong>“Photos of Angie” is now playing at the <a href="http://reelingfilmfestival.org/">Reeling International Film Festival</a> at the Chicago Filmmakers, 5243 N. Clark Street, on Friday, Nov. 11 at 7 pm.</strong></p>
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