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Destined for Bullfighting, He Chose To Revolutionize Flamenco Instead–by Dancing in Drag

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A man in drag wearing a blue and gold dress dances in the middle of a room. Sitting around the perimeter of the room and clapping along are five other men in drag. The walls are covered in gold decorations and framed pictures.
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After decades of hiding feminine impulses, a renowned Spanish dancer comes out to defy convention by...

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In the film “Flamenco Queer,” by Ana González and Frederick Bernas, a queer man’s lifelong passion for flamenco comes out after decades of hiding feminine impulses in a conservative society with rigid cultural traditions.

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