Quel Pedra
17 Jan 2020 - 14 Feb 2020
The author portrays the reality of the transgender community in Cape Verde, its anxieties, fears and the challenges they face. It is intended to "confront the viewer with their prejudices, challenging the conventions and standards concerning the iden...
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Ambassade du Portugal à Bruxelles - 12 Avenue de Cortenbergh Avenue de Cortenbergh, 12 1040 Etterbeek 1040 Etterbeek
There is a legend in Mindelo, in the island of São Vicente, which says that those who sit in a specific stone in the neighbourhood of Font Flip, will became gay. It was in this neighbourhood that I met Steffy and seven of his friends: Edinha, Gi, Elton, Sindji, Susy, Henio and Jason. These boys, aged between seventeen and twenty-five years are transgender, inasmuch that they like to wear women`s clothing, make up, and to be called by women`s names. Faced by this specific situation in Cape Verde, and the significance of this stone, I decided to entitle this work Quel Pedra, which is Creole for That Stone.
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