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The Mister Gay Chile event is another big deal for us, especially when Pablo Salvador won the International Mr Gay Competition in 2009.
In November we have another annual parade called Open Mind Fest, which is one big electronic street party, sponsored by Movilh. It’s called the Marcha del Orgullo and takes place on the last Saturday in June. The gay Pride Parade in Santiago is pretty big and has been going strong since 2006. Hanging out with the HILARIOUS drag queens at Farinelli gay bar in Santiago Are there any big gay events or parties in Chile? It was truly a beautiful and very satisfying moment: his face went pale white and he hasn’t made any homophobic comments to me ever since. He just stood looking at me in horror, not knowing what to do and backed off. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also” “But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. I pointed to my right cheek and told him to do it, then told him I would offer him the other cheek – a reference from Matthew 5:39 from the Bible, meaning I would not swoop to his level: He responded by threatening to punch me for being disrespectful to him and to God. I eventually plucked up the courage to confront him about it. More recently, an uncle kept making nasty homophobic comments at family gatherings, reciting verses from the Bible, which hurt me a lot. I can almost excuse them because that is generational, so we’ve reluctantly learnt to live with each others’ differing opinions of life. Luckily, I’ve never been victim to any homophobia growing up.Īfter coming out, I experienced homophobia from family members, especially the older generation. La Moneda Palace in Central Santiago lit up with rainbow lights for IDAHO on Have you ever experienced any homophobia growing up? He is recognized as one of the Top 50 diversity figures in public life. Stieb went on to run the LGBT organization called Fundación Iguales and is now a politician running for a seat in Congress. Our path to change really started to get going in the 2000s, especially in 2010 when former President Sebastián Piñera had an openly gay man and famous Chilean activist, Luis Larraín Stieb, as his PR expert. This is also why LGBT laws are not as advanced as it should be in Chile compared to some of our neighbors. This has caused public opinion to shift in our favor, and in turn, Chilean society evolved to accept us, realising we did not choose to be this way.Ĭhile is still, of course, very conservative, which is the main reason I didn’t come out until my mid 20s. During those times people simply did not believe gays even existed! Since those awful days, the Chilean LGBT community has started to gain more visibility: by encouraging more public debate about LGBT issues and increasing awareness about us. I was a young boy during the Pinochet regime, when homosexuality was completely suppressed. Ivan out and proud cooking sopaipilla fried pastries What’s it like growing up gay in Chile?