Gabriel, Explorer, Lima, Peru

photo by Kevin Truong

Gabriel, in his own words: To be gay/lesbian/bi/transgender in Lima is a challenge. A challenge with your family, with your friends, and with yourself. Here it is very dificult to be free.

My first challenge in my life was tell my mom that I’m gay. The successes was her approval.

(With regards to coming out) The last year I put in scene the play “P.A.T.R.I.A”, in that play we talked about, what does it mean to be a Peruvian? And I talked about to be a gay man in Peru. A few years ago I was talking to friends and mom about my sexual orientation, but never felt free to talk about it in this way with everybody.

The gay comunnity in Lima is like Peru: Diverse and fragmented

My advice (to my younger self): Feel free to be yourself and don’t be afraid.”

2 thoughts on “Gabriel, Explorer, Lima, Peru”

Jem October 19, 2014 at 1:19 am

Kevin, thanks for sharing about folk in other places. It is always interesting to see pictures and hear stories of other people’s lives and what they face. Best wishes to you, Gabriel. An explorer, wow! Would be very interesting to know more about your life. Thank you for sharing.
Alejandro Rivera October 19, 2014 at 8:22 pm

I keep my eyes wide open now even more since you are telling stories about gay people in Latin America. Great!! I hope you can visit my country, not sayig interview me, but yeah, come to México =)

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