<p>Hola! I’m Roberto and my episode is about re-invention...</p><br><p>I had a good job in Mexico, but I needed a change. So I said BYE BITCHES and moved to London. Seven years later... you can take the girl out of Mexico but you can’t take Mexico out of the girl. I have my roots in Mexico, as well as my new roots in London...</p><br><p>In my episode of Queer Roots and Routes, Amar shares a story about the hypocrisy of the police who wear Pride badges. Then Rob and Asad have a conversation about drag, coming out, and being fabulous. Their stories help me to see how I’ve reinvented myself in London, founding an organisation called <a href="https://www.numerodeserie.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Número de Serie</a>, partnering with artists and designers to improve awareness for HIV and sexual health.</p><br><p>If you need help reporting violence, a hate crime, or even something about the police, there’s a charity called <a href="https://galop.org.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">GALOP</a> which is the UK’s LGBT+ anti-abuse charity. <a href="https://galop.org.uk/resource/support-for-victims-and-survivors-of-domestic-abuse-and-honour-based-violence-in-spanish/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Támbien, aquí en español. </a></p><br><p><strong>You can find a transcript of this episode here </strong><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HT6Qwlyva2nqIsmDmwqg6c2Kz2ODYBnZNLkD4v5wYMg/edit" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>in text</strong></a><strong> and </strong><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-OViH0_7emo2G04Sq-uv9AEMbjEjo-qw/view" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>pdf</strong></a>.</p><br><p>Queer Roots and Routes is an Aunt Nell Production for The Love Tank, a not-for-profit community interest company that promotes health and wellbeing of under-served communities through education, capacity building and research.</p><br><p>Produced, edited and engineered by: </p><p>Tash Walker </p><p>and</p><p>Adam Zmith</p><br><p>Assistant producers: </p><p>Saaqib Afzal </p><p>José Carlos Mejia</p><p>Amardeep Singh Dhillon</p><p>Chase Edwards</p><p>Stanley Iyanu </p><p>and</p><p>Rad Konieczny </p><br><p>Creative design and artwork by:</p><p><a href="https://richardkahwagi.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Richard Kahwagi</a> </p><br><p>Music by <a href="https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Edoy/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Edoy</a></p><br><p><strong>Recorded at Pirate Studios in Dalston and Hackney Wick, east London</strong></p><br><p><strong>Executive producers:</strong></p><p><strong>Marc Thompson </strong></p><p><strong>and </strong></p><p><strong>Dale Taylor-Gentles</strong></p><br><p><br></p><p><strong>Sound effects from freesound.org.</strong></p><br><p><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-OViH0_7emo2G04Sq-uv9AEMbjEjo-qw/view" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Full credits and the episode transcript available here.</a></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
