Social activist and transvestite woman Marcella Monteiro told the importance of the LGBTQIA+ Parade in her life over the years, in an interview with CNN Radio on CNN no Plural.
The event returns to Avenida Paulista, in São Paulo, next Sunday (19), after two years, due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
For her, an expression of pride of this magnitude is important especially for young people and for those who are not yet where they belong.
“The LGBT youth within the Parade, the one who is alone, who his family and friends do not know about his sexual orientation, is displaced, but happy”, he reported.
“The Parade is when you have the real notion that who you are is not sin, as it is said in some religions; that you are beautiful, that it is not a crime to be who you are.”
When she started her journey, Marcella remembers that participating in the event, and seeing LGBT artists, gave her a “nice feeling that I was in the midst of people like me.”
“This is very important, especially for young LGBT people,” he said.
The activist, due to her trajectory, considers the simple fact of being alive to be a victory.
“I, as a black transvestite, almost 2 meters tall, people usually stone, put nicknames, being alive at 41 is a gain, since Brazil is the country that kills the most trans people. I am proud to be a transvestite.”
*With production by Rafael Câmara.
Source: CNN Brasil
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