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What a tear jerker! This one was an eloquent episode that really pulled at my heartstrings, especially for Andres and the other people who were tortured. Check it out.
This episode is highly linked to LGBTQIA rights, religion and the choque cultural that comes with it. The episode focuses on rights / religion in Ecuador.
This episode is highly linked to LGBTQIA rights, religion and the choque cultural that comes with it. The episode focuses on rights / religion in Ecuador.
Holy moly...really intense and disturbing episode. It is so unimaginable that this kind of torture occurs and is considered common practice in parts of the world. I don't want to say too much in terms of the details because each listener should hear the story unfold in the episode. I'm always so dumbfounded that religion becomes the catalyst for human suffering. The reason I loved RA so much is that we get to hear the intimate narratives directly from the people experiencing what's being reported. It was really heart-warming to hear the evolution of Andrés' mom's acceptance of him. She went from putting him through 5 years of homosexuality conversion "therapy" to accepting him exactly as he is and telling him that he no longer has to carry the weight of struggling to be someone else. That moment when Andrés tells his mom that she has truly demonstrated to him what love is was really impactful. If only it were more obvious to the world that this is what we all need to heal. I think this episode would be really meaningful for our students. Living in Southern California, they are, by and large, surrounded by progressive thinking on this issue and it's important for them to hear accounts of how culture, religion, and politics in other places in the world limit the rights and well-being of LGBTQIA people.
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