QUEER, ILL + OKAY is an experimental performance series that creates brave new narratives, reimagines potential of queer community, and shatters stigma.
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Excited and filled with possibility to support and contribute to this new era. Thank you for your work @ZeppaKreager
Excited and filled with possibility to support and contribute to this new era. Thank you for your work @jomalleydillon
Excited and filled with possibility to support and contribute to this new era. Thank you for your work @SymoneDSanders
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Last night, @QIOkay honored #WorldAIDSDay with an event @mcachicago about Los Frikis in Cuba, many who intentionally injected themselves with HIV so they could have a better life in the government-sponsored sanitarium... or so they thought. @WindyCityTimes
“Theatre needs to be transformative. I really appreciate themes that force you to commit.” - Krystal Ortiz
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“To have #AIDS was a fashion statement.” - Vladimir Ceballos
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“I found out about #LosFrikis during a trip to Cuba about three years because my friend had tattoos, long hair and piercings. We kept getting called “frikis” in which we thought translated to hipsters.” -Krystal Ortiz
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“There were waves: people wanted to be with there loved ones, reject the government, seek freedom and more.” -Vladimir Ceballos
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“I lived through all of this and it was very difficult to love rock music during that ‘special period.’ It was a death sentence” -Vladimir Ceballos
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“The frikis didnt want to kill themselves, they wanted to fuck with the government.” - Vladimir Ceballo
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“The first people that injected themselves, some of them had already died by the time I got the camera to interview them. The first group wanted to be interviewed bc they wanted to resist the government.” -Vladimir Ceballos
#WAD2018 #queerillokay #mcachicago #losfrikis
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In partnership with @QIOkay, join Gerson Govea and Yoandra Cardoso on November 30th as they explore their former membership in Los Frikis, a group of punks in Cuba who intentionally seroconverted to become HIV+ to avoid life on the streets. Tickets: bit.ly/2KrRbMt
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Estaré este viernes con Queer, Ill and Okay, una organización que le brinda apoyo a artistas con VIH. Si estás en Chicago, ven al Museum of Contemporary Art para ver una historia en vivo de Radio Ambulante. @radioambulante @mcachicago @qiokay mcachicago.org/Calendar/2018…
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Update: HIV/AIDS testing will be on site at the MCA tomorrow as part of our talk with Los Frikis, courtesy of our partners Lurie Hospital & @QIOkay. More info: bit.ly/2JEU3HR
"We gave ourselves AIDS to liberate ourselves from society and those laws about obligatory work, and live in our own world," Luis Enrique Delgado, a friki. Hear from Los Frikis on 11/30 at @mcachicago w/ @radioambulante mcachicago.org/Calendar/2018…
"At the sanatorium, you would eat three times a day... Some rooms had air conditioning,” -Luis Trelles of @radioambulante buff.ly/2Ac8Jrc Hear the story of Los Frikis who gave themselves HIV in hopes of a better life on 11/30 at @mcachicago Tix: buff.ly/2Ai72IP
On 11/130 at @mcachicago @radioambulante is back with Los Frikis ! Listen to their story from 2015 on Los Frikis here: wnycstudios.org/story/los-fr… and register for the discussion: mcachicago.org/Calendar/2018… @WNYC @Radiolab
