Time capsule: Lorena Carpanchay, trans copla singer
From a time capsule, Claudinna Rukone invites you to talk with LGBTI+ artivists from Latin America.
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Interview: Claudinna Rukone
Production: Legüera for Agencia Presentes
To document the wonderful people the world deserves to know. That's the goal of this transvestite and trans blog. From a time capsule, Claudinna Rukone—a transvestite actress and activist—invites us to talk with LGBTI+ artivists from Latin America.
In the first segment, Lorena Carpanchay, a trans weaver, bagualera, and copla singer, from the Calchaquí Valleys (Salta, Argentina). Her story and her ancestral songs as activism and medicine: "Sometimes you need to not be sad."
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