Season 3 Episode 8: Freddy

About this episode

Freddy shares his coming-out story and discusses the support he found in queer social groups while challenging societal expectations.

En este episodio, Freddy habla de su propia historia de salir del closet; una postura valiente y poco común contra las expectativas familiares y sociales que incluye dar un acto de fe por el amor joven gay en el Internet. Freddy nos comparte cómo encontró apoyo en pequeños grupos sociales gay cuando era un joven estudiante de comunicaciones, lo que ayudó a protegerlo del estigma impuesto por sus compañeros y maestros en la ciudad de Oaxaca. Por último, Freddy comparte algunas ideas sobre el proceso general de “salir del closet” al preguntar por qué algunas personas “salen del closet” y otras no. In this episode, Freddy discusses his own coming-out story; a courageous and uncommon stance against familial and social expectations which includes taking a leap of faith for young queer love on the internet. Freddy shares with us how he found support in small queer social groups as a young communications student which helped protect him from the stigma enacted by fellow peers and teachers in Oaxaca City. Lastly, Freddy shares some insights into the overall “coming-out” process by questioning why some people “come-out” and others don’t.

People in this episode

Guest: Freddy

Topics covered

• coming out
• queer identity
• social expectations
• support groups

Keywords

• gay love
• Oaxaca
• stigma
• communications

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Season 3

Places: Oaxaca, Oaxaca City

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