Manuel Liñán’s “Viva!” reprents somethg new to mastream flamen dienc: a ank and joyful exprsn of gay inty.
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GAY MADRID & THE CHUE DISTRICT
* gay flamenco *
” reprents somethg new to mastream flamen dienc: a ank and joyful exprsn of gay Liñán and his pany, Jerez, Spa: om left, Jonatan Miró, Hugo López, Mr. Liñán, who is gay, dancg has bee a way to exprs who he is. “I n dance wh the same force, or more, than any man” she Mola is a lbian a field which female homosexualy is still mostly unr the radar.
EL LADO MáS GAY L FLAMEN
But unr the dictatorship of Francis Fran, drag went unrground until the 1960s, when began to make a eback, “ the sphere of gay parti and shows, exclively for cross-drsg performers.
The flamen cric Estela Zatania said an email that the late years of Fran’s le and for a time after, Spa had a law — Ley la Peligrosidad Social (or law of social endangerment) — that rulted persecutn and jail for immoral behavr, and which was ed maly to target homosexuals. Fifteen years have passed sce beme one of the first untri the world to legalize gay marriage, spe the strong opposn of the Roman Catholic Church.
Liñán may be a celebrated and award-wng flamen artist, but he said he and his dancers have been subjected to homophobic tnts both the profsn and onle. For Li��n, who is gay, dancg has bee a way to exprs who he is.