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Coming Home and Coming Out in Chile

By Lisa on May 17, 2012 . 0 comments

"A desert wasteland next to the beach." That is how my guidebook described Arica, a small city in the middle of nowhere Chile. It was 2001, and I was looking up the place where I would spend the next two and a half years with the Jesuit Volunteers Corps (JVC). Fresh out of college, I agreed to live anywhere in the world. They sent me to Arica, Chile. While JVC and everyone at home knew I was gay, I could tell right away that I would not be able to come out to my Chilean colleagues. At the time in 2001, divorce was not even legal in Chile due to the overwhelming influence of the Catholic c
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You Are Invited to Our Homecoming Party!!!

By Lisa on May 14, 2012 · 0 comments

After 250,000 miles, 12 months, and 1 engagement, we are coming home! We’d love to celebrate with you as soon as we arrive. Thanks to Michele Lago Events, we’re going be back at Rebel Bar for one big celebration. Please mark your calendar for June 13th at 6pm!

Argentina Leads World in Ground-Breaking Identity Law

By Lisa on May 10, 2012 · 0 comments

Argentina has led the world again in LGBT rights, this time focusing on the transgender community. Yesterday, legislation passed allows a legal change of gender by simply filling out a form. This is a progressive step – To change your gender, most countries require a medical diagnosis, letters from therapists, and often medical intervention. But [...]

Supergay Maria Rachid leads Argentina’s Equality Movement

By Lisa on May 8, 2012 · 0 comments

If you want to get a tough job done, find a lesbian. Maria Rachid, former president of the Argentina LGBT Federation and current legislator in the city of Buenos Aires is one of those power lesbians who makes it happen. She was the leading voice behind Argentina’s 2010 campaign for marriage equality which included full [...]

Video: Lisa’s Birthday in Gay Brazil

By Lisa on May 3, 2012 · 0 comments

For my birthday this year, I had the amazing luxury of picking a country to begin my 33rd year of life. I knew exactly where I wanted to go: Rio de Janeiro. Not only is Rio the home of the world’s largest art deco statue of Jesus (quite fitting since 33 is, after all, the [...]

Gays versus Religion: My Journey

By Jenni on May 1, 2012 · 0 comments

Six years ago, I found myself sitting in a cramped living room surrounded by the pastors and elders of my church. The mood in the room was somber. I could tell that one of the church elders, a good friend of mine with whom I had traveled to China on a missions trip, had been [...]

Supergay TV Celebrity Jean Wyllys Campaigns for Equality in Brazil’s Congress

By Lisa on April 26, 2012 · 0 comments

Just how many people know of Brazilian Supergay Jean Wyllys? In 2005, 50 million Brazilians voted for him to win the popular reality TV show Gran Hermano, Brazil’s version of Big Brother. That’s only 13 million short of the number of Americans who voted for Obama during our national presidential election. Instead of opting to [...]

“Be Safe”

By Lisa on April 24, 2012 · 0 comments

This trip has plenty of reasons to make our families nervous. We are two women traveling in the developing world carrying thousands of dollars of computer and camera equipment. Where we’ve been, robbing us would probably feed an entire family for a year. And let’s not forget the risk of traveling in countries where homosexual [...]

Supergay Andre Fischer: Queer Brazil’s Media King

By Lisa on April 19, 2012 · 0 comments

When you think of mainstream television programs like Ellen, Glee, and Modern Family, you can see the power of the the media to change American societal attitudes towards LGBT individuals. To learn about queer life in Brazil, we met with media guru Andre Fischer. Supergay Andre is director of Mix Brazil, the largest LGBT media [...]

Ready for the Red Carpet

By Lisa on April 17, 2012 · 0 comments

What would you do if you were not afraid of failure? As a therapist, this is one of my favorite questions to ask clients when they talk about career changes. Of course, it is a much harder question to ask myself. When we left for a year on a mission to document stories of Supergays [...]