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Where? No...

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What about me?

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What do you think? The nose?

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The nose. I\'ll be back.

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In 2017, thirty two drag queens
from the popular TV show...

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RuPaul\'s Drag Race arrived on peruvian soil.

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Sold out parties every month.

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When I was in high school,
I watched the show alone at home.

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I forced my friends to watch
at least one episode...

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in order to talk about it with someone.

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I had no one to talk about this.

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2017 was an spectacular year.

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If you asked me a few years ago,
I wouldn\'t have imagined...

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having them here, so close.

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I thought it was impossible.

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Because I didn’t feel that Peru
had a receptive community...

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for this kind of content.

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Because we still are a very
conservative society.

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People think it\'s ok to be gay,
but not to make a fuss about it.

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Don\'t be a guy and wear makeup
or paint your nails.

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I don’t know, maybe a girl suddenly
not wearing dresses.

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To have drag queens come and tell you:

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\"Truly, the way you are is fine
and you are perfect...

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and you should be loved\".

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I think that\'s very liberating.

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It\'s important.

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I feel that all my friends were
very intrigued about this.

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They started questioning themselves,
even if they didn\'t understand it.

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They started to listen.

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Hey friend, tell me more about this.

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What are drag queens?
And I was like..

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Dude, be ready.

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Peru still is one of the most conservative...

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and homophobic countries in the region.

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This is the chronicle of an
unsuspected phenomenon.

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Not even in my craziest dreams...

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did I think I would meet so many
drag queens that I watched for years on TV.

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I never thought I would be
so close to them.

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For any kind of artist,
Peru is never its first choice.

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So I never thought that Peru
could be the beginning of all of this.

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All these drag queens
that I watched online...

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and that seemed so unreachable.

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Suddenly, all of them were here in Lima.

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Yeah, here eating some cebiche.
Here at this mall.

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Here at the beach.
And I was like... what?!

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It kept growing.

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At one point it was like, what?

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What\'s going on?
Eight drag queens at the same time?

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So, you\'re already recording?
Oh my god!

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Whatever I had to do,
whatever it cost, I had to see them.

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There were no limits.

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Stay there! Stay there!

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I realized how many people
were fans in Lima.

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I saw that all of us knew
all the songs by heart.

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I was astonished.

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I never thought that so many
people watched this.

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Salserin and drag queens.

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Those are my two loves.

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DRAG INVASION

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WE ARE ALL BORN NAKED,
THE REST IS DRAG

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Handsome!

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Hug me please!

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Who\'s that?

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- Who\'s that?
- It\'s an artist that performs as a drag queen.

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Her drag name is Valentina.

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How\'s the people?

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I\'m so happy.

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My roses.

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I\'m only missing the red M&Ms
and the champagne.

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A little...

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CHRIST LOVES YOU

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DON\'T BE A DRAG, BE A QUEEN

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We all eat, we all sleep or stand up.
Either men, women, heterosexual...

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bisexual, transgender. A woman like me.
We are all the same.

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If I wear all these sequins and sparks
is because I feel like a flag.

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Like a little trophy for the community.

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I like to be in front and demonstrate
that we are much more than a stereotype.

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We have art, talent and do a lot of things.

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And these parties are a part of that.

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They bring together gay
and heterosexual audiences...

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who are left astonished with what we do.

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It\'s a way to break the mold.

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I\'ve been going to pride parades
for many years now.

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And the one in 2017 definitely
was the most crowded one.

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Many more people than before.

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And they were more open to play.

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Because not everyone wants to go dressed
as a drag queen or drag king.

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But at least they were open to play...

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and try things that they normally
couldn\'t do, and why not?

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I felt a big difference.

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(crowd prays)

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THE LOVE OF GOD UNITES US ALL.

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For a long time in my life,
I didn’t go to parades because...

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of many things.

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First, I didn\'t want people to see me
and recognize me and say:

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\"Hey, that dude is gay!\"

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Or that my family found out.

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Or some not so close friends.

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I also think that it was due to
self-discrimination...

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and against other people
in the gay community.

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Because in the parades...

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you could see drags or queer people.

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But you grow up and get informed.

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And you start knowing yourself better.

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You realize that it’s something
that society imposes...

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and you replicate against you
and your peers in the community.

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When I realized that...

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and started loving myself...

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I have to accept that. However harsh it sounds.

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Only then I start going to the parades
and don\'t care if someone sees me...

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or thinks that I look too queer,
too fem, too manly, too loud or whatever.

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We still have a complicated life
due to the discrimination in the country.

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So, to go out to the streets
supporting your community...

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is a brave act.

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#DONTMESSWITHEQUALITY

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IT’S NOT WHAT YOU WEAR,
IT\'S WHO YOU ARE.

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In that window, there is a lesbian!

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Peru is taking its first steps
in accepting the LGBT+ community.

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But there\'s a long road ahead...

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to the full acceptance of LGBT+ rights.

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If you are a man wearing tiny shorts,
people still yell at you.

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That happened to me the other day.
Three times.

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I’m still a little scared.

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There are some things
that you can control...

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like where and when you are moving.

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But...

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there are other moments
in which you don’t know.

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You can’t walk in certain places,
there is always a risk.

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A few years ago, I had a horrible experience.

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They opened a church next to my house.

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So, one day, this... pastor or something.

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He followed me all the way,
only because I looked different.

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He yelled at me, saying that
I could be saved if...

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I let go of Satan.

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Only because I looked different.

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I was wearing a tank, showing
all my tattoos, my hair was shorter.

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It was hard.

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I had to get into a store so that
the man left me alone.

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A mechanic that I greeted frequently
helped me when I wanted to go out.

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When I was going out, he told me to wait.

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Because the man was hiding behind
a tree across the street.

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That isn\'t someone trying to teach you
about his religion.

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It\'s something more.

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When I went out of the store,
the last thing that he yelled was:

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\"Fucking butch!\"

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I don\'t know what kind of religion,
which is supposed to be all about love...

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allows that.

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How much does the community trust
in government institutions?

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In the police?

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Nothing. Absolutely nothing.

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I\'ve met great cops, but sadly
the majority has a problem.

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And it’s not even their fault,
it\'s a government\'s problem.

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Cops, guardians...
It\'s hard to trust them.

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If someone suffers discrimination
or abuse or a hate crime...

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and should be able to report to the police,
they prefer not to.

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You start thinking, maybe...

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If I report it, nothing will happen.
Or worse, it could hurt me.

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Here. We are.

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Trans resistance!

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EQUITY AND RIGHTS
FOR ALL THE PEOPLE

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The tolerance spectrum has widened.

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But there is a lot to do.

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Because being tolerant
doesn\'t mean that you accept it.

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But at least people don\'t beat
each other in the streets.

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In that sense, between peers...

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Because if we talk outside the community,
there\'s still violence.

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You mean, between gays.

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- Because the streets are still violent.
- Yeah, indeed.

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Between gays,
the discrimination isn\'t as violent.

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But you believe the streets are
still hostile for the community.

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Here in Peru? Of course.

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Definitely.

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There\'s something very distinctive
about the Peruvian community...

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- That caught my attention.
- What caught your attention?

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- That stole Cynthia’s heart.
- What stole your heart?

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The Peruvian LGBT+ community is very open...

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despite the stereotypes that still exist
in our Latinamerican countries.

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They received us with open arms.

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And their drag community is beautiful!

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I noticed that and I applaud it.

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There are other countries that are
supposedly more open...

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but when you walk on the streets,
they yell at you...

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duck, faggot...

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I don\'t know how they call gays here.

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Pussies, queers. Bu-bu, cha.

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Whatever.

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In other countries that you think are more
accepting, they yell at you.

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But here, they haven\'t.

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So far. Nothing.

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Not even straight people.

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We were talking about homophobia.

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And they said that Peru was one of the
least homophobic countries they had visited.

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That they never heard any
homophobic slurs in the streets.

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Even in drag.

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What do you think about this?

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I think they were lucky!

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That they didn\'t meet any
homophobic people in the streets.

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Because...

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I don\'t know.

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I really don\'t know.

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They probably didn’t get any
slurs because they are...

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white or african-americans tourists.

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I think that could be it.
The fact that they are tourists.

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We have special respect for foreigners,
more so than peruvians.

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So tourists are the best, for us.

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(Distant slur)

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(Distant slur)

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(Distant slur)

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Please, calm down.

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You can stay here if you
don\'t bother anyone.

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People tell us that we shouldn\'t be this way.

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That we should modulate our voice
orcontrol our hands.

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That we have to control ourselves
with so many parameters...

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of how someone has to behave.

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So you can\'t be yourself.

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Even though that self is amazing
and people should love you that way.

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And if they don\'t, well fuck them.

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It was awesome to be invited.

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The time we shared backstage.

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And they always said that
we looked so pretty.

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I\'m a female fish.

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I chose Georgia.
It was like naming a daughter.

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I wanted it to start with a G,
like my name Gerson.

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And Hart is because of Roxie Hart.

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Actually, because of Mario Hart.

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I\'m kidding: Roxie Hart.

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I was between Velma Kelly and Roxie Hart.

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But I felt closer to Roxie,
because she\'s sweet...

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but has a bitchy side because
she murdered someone.

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I had performed at a few parties before this...

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but I hand\'t told anyone that I did drag.

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I was scared of what they could say.

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Some people stopped talking to me.

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But maybe it was for the better,
because they weren\'t really there for me.

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It’s funny. Sometimes people
can\'t stop watching me and...

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believing in the illusion.

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Wow, it\'s a man behind all that.

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That has another life and
i\'s just performing.

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It\'s all so magical and I love it.
All the glitter and stuff.

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With each party,
I started to realize that...

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what we do here in Peru
is not so distant from what they do.

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We have great talent here.

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The difference is that they are on TV
and we aren’t.

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My name is Anthony.

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My girl friends call me Tony.

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Put some glitter on and it\'s Tany.

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When my cousins see me in drag
and ask me where I\'m going...

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I tell them I\'m starting the party.

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\"Why are you painted?
Why do you dress as a woman?\"

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I try to educate them.

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It\'s different to be transgender.

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I\'m making art.

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I\'m a gay boy who does drag.

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How are you feeling?

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Lovely, Cristina Corazon!

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Yes guys, don\'t look so close!

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We\'re accompanied by
Jujubee and Tyra Sanchez.

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Do you understand what I\'m saying?

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- Yes.
- I love it!

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Say hello to everyone here.
How\'s everything going?

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Are you enjoying tonight or not?

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How\'s everyone here?

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I speak a little spanish.
I studied in California for 7 years.

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I love you.

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Hi, how are you?

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My name is Tyra Sanchez...

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and I\'m beautiful.

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Maybe we don\'t speak the
same language, but...

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we know a show is a show.
A gig is a gig.

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In the end, we do the same.

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We try to be proffesional.

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Each one shows something different.
And gives everything on stage.

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The greatest reward is
the crowd going crazy at the end.

00:39:14.130 --> 00:39:16.760
There is a part of the show,
I don’t know if you can tell...

00:39:16.930 --> 00:39:19.470
when I stay still...

00:39:25.100 --> 00:39:29.230
and I love watching people
with their eyes glowing.

00:39:29.480 --> 00:39:33.400
They probably didn\'t come
to the party to see me.

00:39:34.150 --> 00:39:40.120
But this is my moment to conquer them.
And show for Peru.

00:39:49.580 --> 00:39:54.380
IF YOU\'RE NOT WEARING NAILS,
YOU\'RE NOT DOING DRAG.

00:44:07.050 --> 00:44:07.880
Hi!

00:44:11.010 --> 00:44:12.260
What going on?

00:44:14.770 --> 00:44:15.770
Scandal!

00:45:05.980 --> 00:45:07.730
I\'m just relaxing here.

00:45:08.150 --> 00:45:11.740
A relaxed cucu is a cucu
that can perform well onstage.

00:45:15.830 --> 00:45:18.700
We are representing the
Latinamerican community.

00:45:18.700 --> 00:45:21.420
We are representing the Latin RuGirls.

00:45:21.670 --> 00:45:23.250
We all have different styles of drag.

00:45:23.710 --> 00:45:24.960
Different...

00:45:25.880 --> 00:45:27.800
eras of drag.

00:45:28.550 --> 00:45:31.470
- Some are older.
- And others are new...

00:45:31.470 --> 00:45:33.140
and don\'t know what they are doing.

00:45:34.300 --> 00:45:37.560
Well, I\'m only fifteen.
I hope she\'s not talking about me.

00:45:38.720 --> 00:45:40.390
No, granny Cynthia.

00:45:41.060 --> 00:45:43.940
I’m very proud to be here with you...

00:45:45.860 --> 00:45:49.610
because we travel so much...

00:45:50.030 --> 00:45:52.700
and sometimes you need
that person that tells you...

00:45:55.240 --> 00:45:58.580
Being together here is...

00:45:58.660 --> 00:46:01.160
a reward for what we do.

00:46:01.500 --> 00:46:04.460
Thank you very much for being here.

00:46:28.020 --> 00:46:30.730
I think that the TV show has done a lot.

00:46:30.730 --> 00:46:33.400
Not only for drag queens, but for gays.

00:46:33.570 --> 00:46:36.530
You can open up and be yourself,
whatever that is.

00:46:39.450 --> 00:46:44.370
I think that there were so many people
that felt weird because of how...

00:46:44.370 --> 00:46:46.040
they dressed or how they behaved.

00:46:46.540 --> 00:46:52.420
Then they joined this community and
met people just like them.

00:46:54.010 --> 00:46:55.590
And felt like a family.

00:46:55.930 --> 00:47:01.640
Thanks to this I met a lot of people
and lived so many wonderful experiences.

00:47:01.930 --> 00:47:04.140
It helped me love myself.

00:47:04.680 --> 00:47:09.820
And accept myself.
Because it gave me courage.

00:47:11.150 --> 00:47:14.360
To accept myself just how I am.
Because I couldn\'t before.

00:47:14.610 --> 00:47:17.860
But after watching them, I understood
that it\'s ok to be like this,

00:47:18.410 --> 00:47:20.660
It taught me how to love myself.

00:47:21.410 --> 00:47:25.210
It’s ironic, because that\'s what
the show is about.

00:47:25.660 --> 00:47:28.170
If you can’t love yourself,
how are you gonna love somebody else?

00:47:32.840 --> 00:47:38.430
One thing is to be a queer and
have to deal with a masculine society.

00:47:38.680 --> 00:47:43.220
And it\'s different to be queer
and go to a party...

00:47:43.220 --> 00:47:47.100
where you know nobody will judge you.

00:47:47.890 --> 00:47:49.520
You\'re going to a drag show!

00:47:50.480 --> 00:47:57.610
So you can wear heels, a wig, makeup.
You can wear a blouse or a shirt.

00:47:58.150 --> 00:47:59.160
Anything.

00:47:59.360 --> 00:48:00.530
No one will judge you.

00:48:00.530 --> 00:48:03.540
And if someone does, he\'s wrong.

00:49:15.730 --> 00:49:18.860
What I love the most
about peruvian fans...

00:49:19.150 --> 00:49:22.530
is their politeness,
welcoming and kindness.

00:49:23.160 --> 00:49:26.280
They received us with arms wide open.

00:49:26.950 --> 00:49:28.450
Just as if it were our home.

00:49:28.540 --> 00:49:29.870
That\'s important for us.

00:49:30.750 --> 00:49:32.370
And I\'ll take it in my heart.

00:49:33.380 --> 00:49:36.710
From the community, the cucu fans
and the followers of the show.

00:49:37.340 --> 00:49:42.050
The euphoria and the affection is huge.

00:49:42.550 --> 00:49:45.430
They take pictures, hug us,
give us presents.

00:49:45.680 --> 00:49:47.890
They stay with us in the apartment.

00:49:49.980 --> 00:49:51.310
That was Cynthia!

00:52:18.330 --> 00:52:21.170
CALL ME MOTHER

00:52:49.450 --> 00:52:51.870
How many people from Lima Peru
are in the house today?

00:52:51.910 --> 00:52:53.120
A round of applause!

00:52:55.030 --> 00:52:59.120
How many from other cities in Peru
are in the house?

00:53:01.290 --> 00:53:04.250
How many people from South America?

00:53:06.250 --> 00:53:10.300
And how many are fans of RuPaul Drag Race?

00:53:13.800 --> 00:53:16.600
I’m happy because today...

00:53:16.600 --> 00:53:20.690
it\'s nine months that
I no longer have liver cancer.

00:53:31.530 --> 00:53:32.700
We can do it!

00:53:33.660 --> 00:53:34.660
It\'s possible.

00:53:42.080 --> 00:53:49.170
If you have a relative or you are
going through a difficult situation...

00:53:49.880 --> 00:53:52.010
give them a positive energy, joy and motivation.

00:53:52.880 --> 00:53:56.430
You will see that it\'s the best medicine.

00:53:56.800 --> 00:53:59.220
And that person will feel better.

00:54:21.960 --> 00:54:22.830
Little Bird.

00:54:26.500 --> 00:54:28.250
Could you answer some questions?

00:54:29.380 --> 00:54:31.760
- Yes, but easy questions.
- Ok, easy questions.

00:54:32.340 --> 00:54:39.010
Nowadays, we are making an impact
in every system of society.

00:54:39.430 --> 00:54:42.980
Heterosexuals. Families. Kids.

00:54:43.310 --> 00:54:47.980
When I watched the show with her,
it was another opportunity to play.

00:54:48.520 --> 00:54:49.940
What do you like about drag queens?

00:54:50.980 --> 00:54:52.780
That they dress up as women.

00:54:54.070 --> 00:54:58.200
We painted and dressed as Alaska,
as a joke, as a game.

00:54:58.490 --> 00:55:01.290
When she came to Peru, I told her.

00:55:01.580 --> 00:55:04.580
But she couldn\'t go.
Because underage can\'t go to parties.

00:55:05.000 --> 00:55:07.580
She was a bit upset, but told me:

00:55:08.710 --> 00:55:11.460
If you meet her, tell her I said hi
and I\'ll be happy.

00:55:11.590 --> 00:55:14.420
So we started making these videos
with her dressed as Poundcake.

00:55:15.840 --> 00:55:18.890
They look alike, they have the same hair.

00:55:18.970 --> 00:55:23.980
So when a friend that worked for the
agency saw the video...

00:55:23.980 --> 00:55:30.020
he asked me if she could meet Alaska
as the real size version of the doll.

00:55:30.230 --> 00:55:32.320
I asked her if she wanted to do it.

00:55:33.780 --> 00:55:35.490
She agreed, but if I came with her.

00:56:47.810 --> 00:56:48.890
I didn’t understand well.

00:56:48.980 --> 00:56:53.060
But I loved seeing her in person.

00:56:53.840 --> 00:56:58.000
She was very shy at school,
which caused her some problems.

00:56:58.580 --> 00:57:02.580
But when she was there, she let go.
I\'d never seen her like that.

00:57:04.690 --> 00:57:07.510
Maybe drag queens are not mainly for kids.

00:57:07.990 --> 00:57:09.380
But there are elements that work for them.

00:57:09.690 --> 00:57:13.720
To be able to perform without being yourself.

00:57:14.740 --> 00:57:18.020
To wear a wig, a coat and be able
to say that you\'re a character.

00:57:18.500 --> 00:57:20.240
It\'s the same.

00:57:21.180 --> 00:57:22.610
You could be 2 years old or a hundred.

00:57:23.880 --> 00:57:25.380
Look how brave she is doing that.

00:57:25.380 --> 00:57:31.300
Maybe if I do the same, I could let go
of this prison that’s holding me.

00:57:32.290 --> 00:57:36.030
And there is no age limit for that.

00:59:58.740 --> 01:00:01.740
I’m an average mom.
I’m 43 years old.

01:00:01.850 --> 01:00:06.870
I’m married with kids. I have a life
full of responsibilities.

01:00:07.030 --> 01:00:08.650
A repetitive routine.

01:00:09.650 --> 01:00:10.950
I love my family.

01:00:12.020 --> 01:00:18.210
But RuPaul\'s Drag Race is my moment.

01:00:18.450 --> 01:00:22.370
The moment when I take off my wig...

01:00:25.720 --> 01:00:28.260
let go and live freely.

01:00:30.110 --> 01:00:33.780
It gives me life and strength to continue.

01:00:34.910 --> 01:00:37.370
It makes me happy.

01:00:38.040 --> 01:00:43.990
I always say I’m a heterosexual woman
in her forties, a married mother...

01:00:44.460 --> 01:00:46.880
but on the inside, I\'m a drag queen.

01:00:56.610 --> 01:00:59.130
That day, the party was full.

01:00:59.560 --> 01:01:01.520
It had never been that crowded.

01:01:09.900 --> 01:01:12.500
For me, that was like...

01:01:12.980 --> 01:01:15.640
I don\'t know how to describe it, really.

01:01:16.360 --> 01:01:20.350
It was the universe that
made her look at me.

01:01:39.260 --> 01:01:40.660
I was going through a very bad time.

01:01:42.110 --> 01:01:46.010
I was taking care of a loved one,
who was very sick.

01:01:46.930 --> 01:01:48.840
She\'s no longer with us.

01:01:50.030 --> 01:01:51.570
She was in a very delicate condition.

01:01:52.170 --> 01:01:55.410
My grandma and I usually were
at home alone in the afternoons.

01:01:56.580 --> 01:01:58.620
What did we do to have fun?

01:01:58.830 --> 01:02:01.220
We watched RuPaul on Netflix.

01:02:02.070 --> 01:02:04.160
She was always intrigued.

01:02:04.920 --> 01:02:07.810
She asked me: is that a man or a woman?

01:02:08.570 --> 01:02:09.760
It\'s a man.

01:02:11.300 --> 01:02:12.790
But why is he dressed like that?

01:02:12.790 --> 01:02:14.100
He\'s acting!

01:02:14.490 --> 01:02:16.400
Then she saw him as a guy
and was even more confused.

01:02:17.250 --> 01:02:18.510
Wasn\'t he a girl before?

01:02:19.000 --> 01:02:20.470
He\'s not a girl. He\'s a drag queen.

01:02:22.140 --> 01:02:25.010
It was amazing, because she was
over 80 years old.

01:02:26.280 --> 01:02:27.980
And she understood it perfectly.

01:02:45.040 --> 01:02:53.040
As a good fan of drag queens,
you know the moves, the steps...

01:02:53.630 --> 01:02:57.980
you have watched the documentaries,
the movies, because you like it.

01:02:58.870 --> 01:03:02.290
I wanted to impress Bianca.
I had to make something different.

01:03:02.590 --> 01:03:07.280
I wanted to make her laugh and enjoy it.

01:03:07.280 --> 01:03:11.300
And that she knew why I was there.

01:03:20.280 --> 01:03:22.260
-Had you vogued before?
- Never.

01:03:22.630 --> 01:03:23.630
Only in my dreams.

01:03:44.160 --> 01:03:46.310
It was one of the best nights of my life.

01:03:48.450 --> 01:03:50.540
Every time I remember, I smile

01:03:51.320 --> 01:03:55.770
I have my crown at home. Every now
and then, I take it out and see it.

01:04:05.210 --> 01:04:07.470
It\'s a treasure, for what it represents.

01:04:07.470 --> 01:04:12.500
The fact that I shared a stage
with Bianca is amazing.

01:04:13.410 --> 01:04:16.770
I couldn\'t believe all that people chanting my name.

01:04:16.770 --> 01:04:19.070
It\'s an energy I can\'t explain.

01:04:25.800 --> 01:04:31.010
Our task as drag queens is to
make people forget their problems.

01:04:31.190 --> 01:04:37.650
I can be having a difficult moment,
but doing a show makes me forget about it.

01:04:38.290 --> 01:04:43.180
And we leave homophobia outside,
drag queens and audiences alike.

01:05:00.320 --> 01:05:02.200
IF YOU CAN\'T LOVE YOURSELF...

01:05:02.320 --> 01:05:05.790
HOW CAN YOU LOVE SOMEBODY ELSE?

01:05:39.940 --> 01:05:45.710
All the lovers, that have come before...

01:05:46.260 --> 01:05:53.430
they don\'t compare to you.

01:05:53.680 --> 01:05:57.260
Don\'t be frightened.

01:05:57.260 --> 01:05:58.940
Just give me...

01:05:59.510 --> 01:06:02.750
Just give me a little bit more.

01:06:03.120 --> 01:06:05.740
They don\'t compare.

01:06:07.370 --> 01:06:10.470
All the lovers.

01:06:13.530 --> 01:06:15.940
I thought that I could lose my job.

01:06:16.740 --> 01:06:18.280
Because I didn\'t know how
they would react.

01:06:18.790 --> 01:06:19.890
It was so big...

01:06:20.070 --> 01:06:21.590
that people started to hear about it.

01:06:21.590 --> 01:06:25.580
So on Monday, my boss
said he wanted to talk to me.

01:06:27.150 --> 01:06:30.180
He said: I\'m gonna hug you,
because you\'re getting married.

01:06:31.350 --> 01:06:34.470
He congratulated me.
But until then, I hadn\'t said I was gay.

01:07:05.510 --> 01:07:09.920
When Oliver, my husband now, and I talked
about getting married...

01:07:10.310 --> 01:07:12.400
we always mentioned the proposal before.

01:07:12.740 --> 01:07:17.760
Oliver always beats me with details,
because he has an amazing imagination.

01:07:18.430 --> 01:07:21.760
I knew he would surprise me.

01:07:21.760 --> 01:07:24.100
Because he\'s much better
than me with these things.

01:07:30.490 --> 01:07:34.690
During that part of the show, I was hidding
in a room next to the stage.

01:07:34.690 --> 01:07:36.690
Holding the microphone,
shaking, very nervous.

01:07:36.920 --> 01:07:40.410
Waiting for the moment when
I had to go on stage.

01:07:40.710 --> 01:07:43.120
I hadn\'t told anyone.

01:08:07.440 --> 01:08:11.210
I never imagined he would propose
in a party in front of thousands of people.

01:08:11.530 --> 01:08:17.120
Because usually Oliver is shy
with public exposition.

01:08:17.850 --> 01:08:19.390
So it never ocurred to me.

01:08:21.130 --> 01:08:24.900
For more than seven years,
I have been lucky to be with you.

01:08:26.100 --> 01:08:29.470
You are the one that supports me in life...

01:08:29.470 --> 01:08:31.820
and pushes me when I need it.

01:08:32.960 --> 01:08:37.650
You are my best friend,
my lover, my sidekick..

01:08:37.790 --> 01:08:40.730
my confident, my all.

01:08:43.030 --> 01:08:48.190
That’s why today I’m here,
in front of all this people...

01:08:49.500 --> 01:08:51.270
to ask you a question.

01:09:06.000 --> 01:09:07.600
Would you make me the happiest man?

01:09:08.060 --> 01:09:09.900
Would you marry me?

01:09:12.570 --> 01:09:16.520
I watched around and everybody was crying.

01:09:17.070 --> 01:09:24.140
The staff, the local queens, the DJ,
the camera man, everyone.

01:09:26.810 --> 01:09:30.760
And Renzo was so surprised,
that after I proposed...

01:09:32.040 --> 01:09:34.070
he didn\'t answer.

01:09:45.440 --> 01:09:46.580
I still can’t describe it.

01:09:47.570 --> 01:09:51.180
I can put into words
what I felt in that moment.

01:09:52.790 --> 01:09:54.530
We had been together for 8 years.

01:09:55.540 --> 01:09:57.840
And even though it was obvious
we would get married...

01:09:57.840 --> 01:10:00.550
that we would travel to
Buenos Aires to get married...

01:10:00.870 --> 01:10:04.020
I didn\'t think he was able
of something like that.

01:10:04.220 --> 01:10:05.220
Never.

01:10:05.220 --> 01:10:08.060
And to be stading next to
our favorite drag queen...

01:10:08.570 --> 01:10:11.510
with all the eyes of the world watching.

01:10:11.870 --> 01:10:13.670
Today, I can\'t rewatch that video.

01:10:13.670 --> 01:10:17.020
Because it makes me feel so many things.

01:10:17.480 --> 01:10:20.880
It was a huge milestone,
not only in our lives...

01:10:21.380 --> 01:10:22.970
but for many people.

01:10:23.520 --> 01:10:26.780
They shared that moment with us.

01:10:27.080 --> 01:10:29.840
They felt our ove.

01:10:30.160 --> 01:10:31.930
You made me remember these things...

01:12:09.160 --> 01:12:10.720
Keep going!

01:12:10.910 --> 01:12:15.940
And whatever people say,
don\'t give a fuck.

01:13:17.730 --> 01:13:20.280
I don’t think we\'ll have
a year like that again.

01:13:24.430 --> 01:13:25.880
We are all like: fuck gender!

01:13:25.880 --> 01:13:27.170
All for diversity.

01:13:27.170 --> 01:13:28.170
There\'s hope.

01:13:29.520 --> 01:13:31.650
It’s not going to happened again.

01:13:31.650 --> 01:13:34.700
And I can\'t believe this happened in Peru.

01:13:39.410 --> 01:13:42.210
If you can\'t love yourself,
how are you gonna love somebody else?

01:13:42.440 --> 01:13:44.190
That phrase that sounds
so simple and logical.

01:13:44.530 --> 01:13:48.620
They repeat it again and again,
and we use it between us.

01:13:50.550 --> 01:13:53.100
Love yourself as you are,
and everything is going to be fine.