Life as experienced through my eyes

Todo está prefabricado, preordenado, preprogramado y sobretodo, predispuesto. Es todo un reto vivir en armonia con nuestro propio ser intrínseco y esencial, bombardeadas/os constantemente de basura que incrementa la avaricia, la envidia, el consumismo y la insasiable sensación de vació. Cual es tú acto del día para contrarrestar este sistema opresivo?

The first act of violence that patriarchy demands of males is not violence toward women. Instead patriarchy demands of all males that they engage in acts of psychic self-mutilation, that they kill off the emotional parts of themselves. If an individual is not successful in emotionally crippling himself, he can count on patriarchal men to enact rituals of power that will assault his self-esteem. Bell Hooks Also, I am in Bogotá, having quite a lot of fun. This is my last stop before I go back to Medellín, work and other affairs that require my attention.

Favor leer artículo recomendado: http://www.elheraldo.co/opinion/columnistas/cinturones-de-castidad-para-alto-prado-52263

Les presento a Lizzy, una lesbiana comediante. Bastante divertida. Lizzy the Lezzy

Why I'm so passionate about women's rights: http://thefbomb.org/2011/12/why-im-so-passionate-about-womens-rights/

Esta ley ampara a todo tipo de poblaciones minoritarias, incluyendo a la población LGBTI y recién se ha puesto en efecto en diciembre, aquí está la noticia completa: http://mx.ibtimes.com/articles/16979/20110831/congreso-colombia-ley-discriminacion.htm

I've been thinking about this a lot, but I still don't know exactly how I feel about the whole debacle. Marriage...marriage is something sometimes quite subjective. But, on a legal realm it offers a lot of recognition, visibility and validation for the LGBTI population in every city in every country accross the globe. However, isn't this really just a huge distraction? Don't get me wrong, it's probably very important for a lot of people, but since the whole equal rights movement is on different levels in each country, we need to learn to prioritize in order to combine our efforts and work together. For instance, here in Latin America, particularly in Colombia we are REALLY behind in the times in terms of respect, acceptance and most important, understanding. Here, in Colombia, there's still a lot of work to be done in order to transform people's minds about what it really means to be Trans*, gay, bisexual, lesbian, not to mention, most people I know and ta...