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Dec 2019
22m 54s

Drag queen de nacimiento (Born to Drag)

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About this episode

In 1980s Quibdó, a rural, Afro Colombian city, homophobia was a part of everyday life. But when Erlin Mena found the courage to put on heels and dance in drag, he helped create a thriving queer community that endures to this day.

A transcript of this episode is available at https://bit.ly/32MCbWZ.

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