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Jun 2019
24m 38s

El activista

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About this episode

When Danilo Manzano came out to his family, they didn't accept his sexuality and asked him to hide it from the world. But a key friendship would inspire Danilo to not only embrace his identity publicly, but to become an outspoken activist for LGBTQ rights in Ecuador.

A transcript of this episode is available at https://bit.ly/3GiRRPn.

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