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maspalomas Pride by Freedom gave up a Tribute to the figure of Isabel Torres with the delivery of an Awardposthumously, which their cousins collected at the Gala held in the Plaza del Yumbo in which Agustín Méndez Santana, general secretary of the Yumbo Shopping Center, actress Lola Rodríguez and Lorenza Machín, actress and activist of the LGTBIQ+ collective, were also awarded, and Roberto Herrera, presenter and director of the program ‘Close to you’ of Spanish Television in Canary Islands.
Isabel Torres, who died in 2022, received this award “for her courage, contribution to visibility and for being a reference for the trans collective in the Canary Islands.” The actress from Gran Canaria achieved popularity for her portrayal of Cristina Ortíz in the television series ‘La Veneno’, a role that won her the Ondas Award in 2020. Isabel Torres had a long career as an actress and television presenter and was a benchmark for the trans community. In 1996, she was the first trans woman to achieve recognition of her gender identity in the national identity document (DNI) and almost a decade later, she became the first trans woman candidate for Carnival Queen of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. , city in which she was named Favorite Daughter.
The last day of the Maspalomas Pride program culminates today with the Musical Gala that will feature the Drag show by Funny Boys, Flamenco Fuego, Rainbow Gospel Choir and Kate Ryan.
2023-05-13 21:58:13
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