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The GSL-Visión Magazine no. 7 Editorial – Life with a Lightness of Being
Finally, this month a special digital edition of the Visión magazine was published on Issuu.com. It was a difficult issue to produce during the lockdown working predominately isolated, and when necessary via video conferencing platforms. The magazine will not be printed this year.
The GSL-Visión Magazine no. 7
Editorial – Life with a Lightness of Being
Just as we started to put together this issue of the magazine, Covid-19 struck and I had to re-evaluate what that really meant, considering we were ultimately banned from simply walking freely outdoors. The freedom to be out was taken away from us all! Ironic isn’t it? After only six weeks on lockdown, people were upset about staying indoors, not allowed to publicly express themselves, which comes naturally. Let’s think about that for a minute, because as social beings, in terms of community when we celebrate, protest, or when in crisis, we come together.
As a result of the Coronavirus pandemic, I’ve had to refine this years’ theme, living life in Sitges with a lightness of being (in other words, living life unburdened of stigma, stereotype and social pressures for being ourselves). I looked for inspiration from the GSL objectives for this year—the start of the decade—and it was plain to see that we plan to make progress with optimism, equality and good health being central to our cause.
Today we are enthusiastic to say GSL has become more inclusive in its volunteers and membership, and has restructured its leadership for an even brighter future. The association continues to encourage and facilitate living and loving openly, wider acceptance of sexualities, and proudly enjoying good quality of life, which are hallmarks of living in Sitges, something we should all have. And you’ll see this in our increased number of annual events and activity across our social media platforms.
Every year we highlight the good and bad events in the LGTBI+ world which have occurred over the previous twelve months. This year we focus on staying safe, and primarily, moving forward into the 2020s.
All Inclusive, All Together
Una vida sin trabas
Justo cuando comenzábamos a armar este número de la revista, nos golpeó el Covid-19 y tuve que reevaluar lo que esto realmente significaba teniendo en consideración que, en última instancia, nos habían prohibido algo tan simple como caminar libremente por la calle. ¡Se nos arrebató a todos la libertad de salir afuera! ¿Irónico, verdad? Después de solo seis semanas de encierro, la gente estaba molesta por quedarse en casa, no se nos permitía expresarnos públicamente, algo que nos surge de forma natural. Pensemos en eso por un minuto, porque como seres sociales, en términos de comunidad, cuando celebramos, o protestamos, o estamos en crisis, nos unimos.
Como resultado de la pandemia de Coronavirus, tuve que recalibrar el tema de este año, vivir la vida en Sitges sin trabas (en otras palabras, vivir una vida libre del estigma, el estereotipo y las presiones sociales por ser nosotros mismos). Busqué inspiración en los objetivos de GSL para este año, el comienzo de la década, y fue fácil de ver que planeamos avanzar teniendo al optimismo, la igualdad y la buena salud como ejes centrales para nuestra causa.
Hoy nos entusiasma decir que GSL se ha vuelto más inclusivo con su voluntariado y sus asociados, y ha reestructurado su liderazgo para un futuro aún más brillante. La asociación continúa alentando y haciendo más fácil el vivir y amar abiertamente, la mayor aceptación de las sexualidades y el disfrutar con orgullo de una buena calidad de vida, que son características de vivir en Sitges, algo que todos deberíamos tener. Y esto lo veréis en el incremento de eventos y actividades anuales en nuestras plataformas de las redes sociales.
Every year we highlight the good and bad events in the LGTBI+ world, which have occurred over the previous twelve months. This year we focus on staying safe, and primarily, moving forward in the 2020s.
Cada año destacamos los eventos tanto buenos como malos del mundo LGTBI+ que hayan acontecido en los últimos doce meses. Este año nos enfocamos en mantenernos seguros y, principalmente, avanzar en la década de los 2020.
Todos incluidos, todos juntos,
Cheyenne
Sunday, 30 August 2020
A Sitges Sensation
A Sitges Sensation...
"EQUALITY: A Circus for All"
Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown doom and gloom and phases of reopening, we’ve been fortunate to have a small group of extraordinary acrobats come to Sitges and administer their sensual remedy.
Milano, Miguel, Stephane and Nico
Sitges, August 2020
The show is a welcomed diversion, an antidote from our ailing minds and world, if only for an hour of delight and entertainment. Their performances, all at once sexy, thrilling, and dangerous—takes place in the open-air schoolyard of Escola Pia de Sitges every week, Thursday through Sunday at 21.30, until the thirtieth of August.
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The schoolyard is the perfect open-air venue for the times. For the public, it is the central location, perfect temperature, safe social distancing, and occasion to enjoy a show. For them, the ability to tailor-make the seating of its venue to suit the crowd, whether it accommodates forty or seventy people.
Les Farfadais is the name of the group founded by Stéphane Haffner with his brother Alexandre on the streets of Paris back in 1998. The group had evolved into a company of 50 artists until the pandemic decimated the cruise line industry, which is predominately where the shows are performed. No longer afloat, they’ve had to leave the high seas.
At the helm of the EQUALITY show in Sitges, Stéphane navigates the streets of Sitges with his costumed cohorts Miguel, Nico, Milano, Kyle, and the lovely Emma tirelessly marketing the show; distributing flyers off-acrobatic duty, and remarkably after each performance!
Quite touching and heartfelt is the public address at the end of each show when Stephane explains how they have had to survive in these hard times—the inspiration for this circus for all.
Note:
September 2020 -- The run of the show has been extended to the end of September!
To Stephane and the troupe, THANK YOU for sharing your talents with us over this challenging time.
We hope you've enjoyed your time in Sitges.
Tuesday, 28 July 2020
Verano Gris
The days are once again as blue as only a Sitges sky could be. But looking closely beyond the joys of roaming outside of our four walls, there’s a reality present along our streets and in our minds. There’s nothing definitive, black or white. No clear season, just a grey summer...
The Summer Grey
The Summer Grey
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The GSL-Visión Magazine no. 6 Editorial – The Struggle Continues
The GSL-Visión Magazine no. 6
Editorial – The Struggle Continues
Where are we today?... Every year I state my appreciation of the lives we lead here in Sitges as being equal to those of heterosexuals. And for all intent and purposes, it’s true. However, the swinging pendulum of public opinion or sentiment in recent years—right or wrong, fortunate or woeful—in politics matters.
Many steps we’ve taken forward in the world, politically and socially, it appears, have been countered in many ways and most unfortunately, has unleashed a right-wing surge in global democracies.
It reminds me of Newton's third law, for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. The problem remains; we never started from a place of all things being equal.
Why can’t we embrace the effeminate boys and the gentle men? And embolden girls who walk a less glamorous path to becoming women who openly display their confidence and strength in a man’s world…
This June marks the fiftieth anniversary of the Stonewall Riots in Greenwich Village, in New York City, which launched the modern LGTBI+ rights movement.
And as a landmark in time, it behooves us to not lose sight of this pivot in history, with the focus of the goal of attaining equality—the time when the swinging pendulum finally rests in equilibrium.
The struggle continues...
All Inclusive, All Together
La lucha continúa
¿Dónde estamos hoy? ... Cada año manifiesto mi aprecio por el tipo de vida que llevamos aquí en Sitges equiparables a las de los heterosexuales. Lo cual es cierto bajo casi cualquier circunstancia. Sin embargo,
el péndulo oscilante de la opinión o el sentimiento públicos
en los últimos años, correcto o incorrecto,
afortunado o lamentable, importa en política.
Muchos pasos que hemos dado política y socialmente en el mundo, parece que han sido contrarrestados de muchas maneras y, desafortunadamente, han desatado un aumento de la derecha en las democracias globales.
Me recuerda a la tercera ley de Newton, para cada acción, hay una reacción igual y opuesta. El problema permanece; nunca comenzamos desde un lugar donde todas las cosas son iguales.
¿Por qué no podemos abrazar a los niños afeminados y los hombres amorosos?
Y a las chicas intrépidas que recorren un camino menos glamoroso que las lleva a convertirse en mujeres que muestran abiertamente su confianza
y fortaleza en un mundo de hombres ...
Este junio se cumple el quincuagésimo aniversario de los disturbios de Stonewall en Greenwich Village, en la ciudad de Nueva York,
que lanzó el movimiento contemporáneo de los derechos LGTBI+.
Y como hito en el tiempo, nos corresponde a nosotros no perder de vista este pivote en la historia, centrados en el objetivo de alcanzar la igualdad,
ese momento en que el péndulo oscilante finalmente descansa en equilibrio.
La lucha continúa...
Todos Implicados, Todos Juntos,
Cheyenne
Monday, 29 April 2019
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