El activista
Duolingo Spanish Podcast
Duolingo
4.5 • 14.9K Ratings
🗓️ 20 June 2019
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
When Danilo Manzano came out to his family, they didn't accept his sexuality and asked him to hide it from the world. But a key friendship would inspire Danilo to not only embrace his identity publicly, but to become an outspoken activist for LGBTQ rights in Ecuador.
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| 0:00.0 | A quick warning. |
| 0:04.0 | Today's episode may be triggering for some listeners or inappropriate for younger audiences, |
| 0:09.8 | as it deals with violence against the LGBTQ community and other mature subject matter. |
| 0:16.2 | Listener discretion is advised. |
| 0:21.3 | The Nilo Manzano has a memory from when he was seven years old that stayed with him for |
| 0:26.0 | the rest of his life. |
| 0:27.8 | He was 1994 and he was watching a soccer game on TV with his dad, two brothers and his |
| 0:33.3 | younger sister. |
| 0:35.5 | During the game, two players were kissing on the mouth. |
| 0:45.2 | Immediately my father woke up. |
| 0:49.6 | He looked at his three children and made the signal of the cross. |
| 0:56.0 | That means he made a cross with his hand as if to bless them. |
| 1:00.3 | His dad's reaction to the two men kissing on TV was a clear message to the Nilo that |
| 1:05.6 | he thought this was wrong. |
| 1:07.5 | But I didn't see the problem. |
| 1:11.6 | The Nilo saw the two men kissing and thought it was the most natural thing in the world. |
| 1:18.6 | Bienvenidos and welcome to the Duolingo Spanish podcast. |
| 1:21.8 | I'm Artina Castro. |
| 1:23.9 | Every episode we bring you fascinating, true stories to help you improve your Spanish |
| 1:28.3 | listening and gain new perspectives on the world. |
| 1:31.6 | The storyteller will be using intermediate Spanish and I'll be chiming in for context |
| 1:35.9 | in English. |
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