He kāne hana nui ʻo Michael Varrati. ʻO ka mea kākau, mea hana, luna hoʻomalu, mea hana, podcaster, a me ComicCon pūʻulu panela mau kahi mea e hana nei a ʻaʻole ʻo ia e loaʻa i kahi ala ʻē aʻe.

"ʻAʻole au makemake e noho mālie," ua haʻi ʻo ia iaʻu i kahi nīnauele hou. “ʻAʻole kēlā ʻo wau. Loaʻa wau i ka fidgety inā hana wau. Inā ʻaʻole wau e hana ma kahi hiʻohiʻona, e kākau wau i kahi kiʻi ʻoniʻoni pōkole. Inā ʻaʻole wau e kākau i kahi pōkole, e hana wau ma kahi pāʻōlani leo. Aia i loko o koʻu koko. ʻAʻole hiki iaʻu ke hana i kekahi mea. ”

ʻOiai ʻoiai ʻo ia e hana nui, akā naʻe, loaʻa mau iā ia ka manawa e kamaʻilio ai e pili ana i ka pilina ma waena o ke kaiāulu LGBTQ a me ka weliweli. I ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, hoʻolaʻa ʻia kāna podcast i kēlā kumuhana wale nō.

Make no ka haumia, aia ma kahi o hoʻokahi makahiki wale nō, hana pū ʻia me REVRY i kahi papahana kahe a me ka mea hoʻokaʻawale, a i kēlā me kēia pule aia kahi ʻāpana hou i hoʻolaʻa ʻia no ka haʻalulu i nā mea hana kiʻiʻoniʻoni, nā mea kākau, nā mea hana, nā mea hana, a pēlā aku.

Nui ka makemake o Varrati e pili ana i ke kumuhana a e like me kaʻu i ʻike ai i loko o kā mākou nīnauele ʻana, ʻaʻole ia ka kuko hana ʻole a kekahi mea hoihoi wale i ke kumuhana. ʻAʻole, e like me nā ʻano ʻē aʻe o kāna ʻoihana, hoʻohana ʻia kēlā kuko i ke ʻano o ka activism.

Ke hoʻokipa nei ʻo ia i kāna podcast a i ʻole ka Queer Horror Panel ma ComicCon, manaʻo ʻo ia ʻo ia kahi i kahi e manaʻo ʻia ai a hoʻoluliluli i nā mea i nā ala ʻoi loa āna i ʻike ai.

"ʻIke wau e pili ana kaʻu ʻoihana i ka weliweli mai ka mua mai i pili i koʻu ʻano aliʻi," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia. "Ua ʻike mau wau aia kahi loulou a hiki i ke kaiāulu aliʻi ke loaʻa iā lākou iho i nā kumuhana o nā mea ʻē aʻe a mākou e ʻike nei i ka weliweli. No laila, naʻu, ua hoʻolilo wau i ka hapa nui o kaʻu ʻoihana i ka hīnaʻi ʻana i kēia hale no ka mea ma laila wau e ʻike ai iaʻu iho a hiki ke loaʻa iaʻu iho. ”

Kuhi ʻo Varrati i nā pilina āna i ʻike ai i kona wā e ulu ana i nā huapalapala e like me Laurie Strode i Halloween. Ma nā ʻano he nui, he kūwaho ʻo Laurie i loko o kāna pōʻai o nā hoaaloha, akā ʻo kēlā ikaika i loaʻa iā ia mai ka waho i kōkua iā ia e ola.

Ua kuhikuhi ʻo ia ʻaʻole he mea hou ka ʻano aliʻi i kēia ʻano.

"Ua weliweli ia mai ka hoʻomaka," ua wehewehe ʻo ia. "E hoʻi i nā puke Gothic o ka Victorian Era a ʻike ʻoe carmilla ʻo ia e pili ana i ka vampire wahine wahine. Aia kekahi mau hua mele i loko o ka papa kilakila ʻO Frankenstein kiʻi ʻoniʻoni. ʻAʻole ia he mea hou. Ke hele nei a puni mākou e kamaʻilio e pili ana. ”

No nā mea luhi a hoʻonāukiuki paha i ka hana i kekahi mau lā, ʻōlelo ʻo Varrati ʻo nā leka uila a me nā leka i loaʻa iā ia ma ka pūnaewele mai ka poʻe ʻōpio a puni ka ʻāina e lilo ia i mea kūpono.

"E kiʻi koke wau i kahi leka e ʻōlelo nei he ʻōpio wau ma West Virginia a manaʻo wau ʻaʻohe mea e hoʻomaopopo iaʻu," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia. "He kāne au a ke nānā aku au i nā kiʻi ʻoniʻoni weliweli e hoʻomaikaʻi wau a manaʻo wau ʻo wau wale nō, akā lohe wau i kāu hōʻike me kahi mea e like me Jeffrey Reddick nāna i hana. hope Maui a kōkua ia iaʻu. ”

"ʻO 2018 kēia," hoʻomau ʻo ia. "ʻO nā wahine poʻokela wahine, ʻaʻole pono nā superhero ʻeleʻele e hōʻike i ka makahiki 2018. ʻO ia ka mea maʻamau. Makemake au i kahi kaikamahine wahine hope loa nona ka ipo wahine hope loa. Makemake au i kahi kiʻi ʻoniʻoni vampire me ka hiki like i kēlā e hiamoe ana loaʻa. Makemake wau i kahi kanaka trans e hoʻopakele iā mākou mai ka zombie apocalypse. ʻAʻole wale mākou makemake i kēia mau kiʻi ʻoniʻoni, akā pono mākou i kēia mau kiʻi ʻoniʻoni. "

Me he mea lā i ka makahiki 2018 e mau ana ka laha ʻana o nā ʻōlelo, eia naʻe, ma nā pōʻai conservative hou aku. Kāhea ʻia ka hoʻokomo ʻia ʻana o nā huapalapala LGBTQ a i ʻole nā ​​mea ʻuʻuku ʻē aʻe e like me ka hoʻokau ʻana i kahi papa kuhikuhi, ʻoiai inā he ʻano canonically queer, ʻeleʻele, ʻĀsia, a pēlā aku.

Kuhi kūpono ia, hoʻopuka i ka mea hoʻouluulu ma Varrati a me nā poʻe ʻē aʻe i ke kaiāulu ke hana ʻia kēia mau ʻōlelo e like me kahi laʻana, e pili ana i ka "The Walking Dead." I ka wā i hoʻolauna ʻia ai kekahi mau kāne male kāne i kekahi mau kau i hala aku nei a ma hoʻokahi manawa ua honi lākou * i kekahi i kekahi, ua lilo kekahi o nā lālā hoʻolohe manaʻo conservative i ko lākou mau manaʻo, me ka ʻōlelo ʻana he nui ʻaʻole lākou e nānā hou i ka hōʻike.

"Eia ka ʻaelike," ʻakaʻaka ʻo Varrati, "a ʻo kēia kahi e kolohe ai au. Inā ʻoe e nānā ana i kahi kiʻi ʻoniʻoni a i ʻole hōʻike kīwī a loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi pilikia aia kekahi poʻe leʻaleʻa i loko o ia mea, a i ʻole he poʻe ʻeleʻele a i ʻole nā ​​wahine wahine ikaika, a laila hele. ʻAʻole mākou e pono iā ʻoe. ”

Kuhi ʻo ia i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ua ulu ka poʻe liʻiliʻi e nānā ana i nā hōʻike kīwī a me nā kiʻi ʻoniʻoni ʻaʻole i hoʻokau ʻia iā lākou, a ʻo ka mea ʻē aʻe, ʻaʻohe manawa o nā hiʻohiʻona e nānā a manaʻo paha i ke ʻano o kā lākou hana.

"Akā ua ʻike mākou iā mākou iho i loko o lākou," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia. "Maʻaneʻi wau e haʻi aku ai i ka poʻe e manaʻo nei e hele nei nā" agenda "i kahi mamao loa i waho o lākou iho. E hoʻāʻo e hoʻohui i kahi mea like ʻole me ʻoe a loaʻa paha iā ʻoe kahi mea āu e makemake ai. ”

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I kēia manawa, ua nānā ʻo Varrati i ka hoʻokumu ʻana i ka ʻike i loko e komo pū ana kēlā mau huapalapala āna e makemake ai e ʻike, a hoʻolauleʻa i kēlā mau poʻe ʻē aʻe i ka ʻoihana e hana like nei.

"Ua nīnau ʻia wau i kēia mau lā he aha kaʻu e noʻonoʻo ai inā hoʻomaka kekahi i kahi podcast weliweli weliweli," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia, "a pane wau ke lana koʻu manaʻo ke hana nei lākou! ʻAʻole wau ka kāne weliweli kikino; ʻO wau kekahi o ke kaiāulu weliweli. ʻAʻole hiki i kekahi ke hāpai wale i kēia mau mea āpau. Pono mākou e kākoʻo kekahi i kekahi a noho pū me ia. "

Ke hoʻomaka nei ʻo Varrati i kāna pōkole weliweli weliweli i kēia kauwela. Kāhea ʻia Ua inu ʻo ia a ke kau nei ia ma luna o kahi kāne male i komo i ka therapy a nā kāne. ʻO Tiffany Shepis ke ʻano o nā hōkū kiʻi ʻoniʻoni ma ke ʻano he therapist nāna e ʻike he nui aku nā mea e hana nei me kēia mau kāne ma mua o ka maka o ka maka.

Ua hoʻolaha hou ʻo ia i kahi papahana hou me ka mea hana kauō a me ka mea weliweli aficionado Peach Christ. ʻO kēlā kiʻi ʻoniʻoni, i poʻo inoa ʻia ʻO Slay Gardens, kākau ʻia e Varrati a hoʻonohonoho ʻia no ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i kēia makahiki aʻe.

I ka pau ʻana o kā mākou ninaninau ʻana, ua hāʻawi ʻo Varrati iaʻu i kahi ʻāpana aʻoaʻo aʻu e manaʻo nei e pili ana i nā ʻano nui i ko mākou ola āpau i manaʻo wau e kaʻana like ʻia ma aneʻi.

"Mai hoʻokuʻu i kekahi e haʻi aku iā ʻoe ke kolohe loa a i ʻole e hoʻomaha ʻoe mai ka hakakā no ke kaulike; pono ʻole ʻoe. ʻO kēia kou ola. Hana pinepine ʻia ka mea nāna e haʻi iā ʻoe e hoʻokuʻi koke iā ʻoe i ka ʻaoʻao ke paʻa iā ʻoe. "