Adrián Avilés: ‘I always had that freedom to be who I was. I never had to come out of the closet’

The actor Adrian Aviles He affirms that he spends reinventing himself. “For me the most fun thing in life is to reinvent yourself, to have many lives in one life”, He says. And somehow this is allowed by the performing arts, from which he is constantly creating. Now bring your stand up called invented, a term commonly used within LGBT slang to refer to a person who has created their own reality and ‘figures’ it. It is a show that the man from Guayaquil presents in commemoration of the International LGBT+ Pride Day that is remembered this Tuesday.

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Self-love, personal anecdotes, self-discovery of sexual identity, the value of family support, are some of the premises of this play. “I talk a bit about how happy it is to be yourself and how much fun it can be to be that original. Obviously it is not easy, but it has many anecdotes that connect with the public”, Aviles says.

“It also talks about what it is to grow up, being gay. Also what it means to have the support of my mother, the first dates, the first kiss, the first time, the first trip to a disco. All those things that one had to discover and see are inside this stand up”, He adds about the scenic proposal that includes a musical show and robotic lights.

After almost two years without going on the Pop Up stage, this is the second presentation of inventedbut the first time that he shares so many personal experiences and anecdotes with the public. “It was incredible to receive such a welcome from the people. Seeing all my family in the front row, seeing that there is nothing more incredible than having all the support of your family. The participation of the people was amazing, the way they laughed, the way they nodded their heads.” it states.

He refers that this connection with the public is also given by that touch of reality that he himself stand up It allows. “The fact that you are there being vulnerable with the public, telling them things about yourself, towards people you don’t know but at that moment you manage to create a bond. You know that it is a part of you that has been overcome, that it is no longer a part that hurts you, that it is no longer a part that hurts you.”, adds.

The function of invented It is this Tuesday at 8:30 p.m. in Pop Up (Circunvalación Sur #405 between ébonos and diagonal, Urdesa). Admission is $10. You can purchase your ticket at www.popupteatro.com or theater ticket offices.

Activism from the arts

The arts is the trench of Adrián Avilés, who always finds the opportunity to deal with issues related to the LGBT+ community from his social networks or his characters. “The arts are a way of doing activism, it is the way in which you can capture your vision and you can turn it into something new so that people can enjoy it and live an experience”Explain.

Being an inspiration for another person, or becoming a company for someone who doesn’t know how to face their reality, are some of the things that motivate him to continue creating and multiplying the message and defense of having the same rights as a heterosexual person. “Once you give someone a dose of self-love, it’s wonderful to see how they transform.” defend.

“The fact that you can hold your girlfriend’s hand in the street is already enough, the fact that you can tell your parents how you are and what you feel is wonderful… because in the long run the only thing you want to celebrate is the made it possible for all of us to love whomever we want to love.” express.

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That is why he points out that this commemorative date, in addition to being filled with colors, pride and parades in some parts of the world, is a date that raises the flag for the rights of the community. “It goes beyond putting on a colorful suit and parading, it goes for all those people who in the past had to live it very hard, had to fight it, had to be arrested, had to be violated“, it states.

Avilés says that he always had the support and company of his parents in every decision of his life. “They never questioned my way of being, or they never imposed or denied me anything. I always had that freedom to be who I was. I never had to come out of the closet, as they say, because they always accepted what my essence was like.” details.

However, he savored the bad and cruel taste of homophobia when he encountered a society marked by prejudices; The hardest time of him was his college days. “At that moment I faced all the homophobia part, all the hate part in other people, the rejection”reveals.

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In her process of acceptance and exploration, her endearing character from La Kuki Entreríos was born. “She helped me a lot to take this message to more people and opened many doors that I needed or wanted to open at that moment, and she was this bridge to open the fact that people see that we exist, that we are going to continue here and that we are a fundamental part of society”bill.

At this point, he emphasizes the narrative used in Ecuador to make comedy with LGBT characters. “The way comedy is done [En Ecuador]I think it’s pretty old fashioned in a lot of ways. The fact that homosexuality is still used to make fun of, homosexuality is used to create characters that are just clowns who use their own sexual orientation to make fun of themselves.” express.

“The LGBTI community is much more than what television programs project now”delimits. (YO)