Michael Varrati murume akabatikana kwazvo. Iye munyori, mugadziri, director, mutambi, podcaster, uye ComicCon panhare inomiririra anogara aine chimwe chinhu chiri kuitika uye aisazove neimwe nzira.

"Handidi kugara ndakanyarara," akandiudza mune imwe hurukuro yapfuura. “Handizvo zvandiri. Ini ndinosemesa zvakanyanya kana ndisina basa. Kana ini ndisiri kushanda pane chimwe chinhu, ini ndinonyora pfupi firimu. Kana ndisiri kunyora ipfupi, ini ndinoshanda pane odhiyo yekutamba. Zviri muropa rangu. Ini handigoni kunge ndichiita chimwe chinhu. ”

Kunyangwe angave akabatikana sei, zvakadaro, anogara achiwana nguva yekutaura nezvehukama pakati penharaunda yeLBBTQ nekutyisa. Muchokwadi, yake podcast yakatsaurirwa kune iyo chete nyaya.

Vakafa nekuda kweFilth, iyo ingori inosvika rinenge gore, yakabatana neReVRY queer yekuparadzira chikuva uye muparidzi, uye vhiki rega rega pane episode nyowani yakatsaurirwa kumamhepo nekutya nevanogadzira mafirimu, vanyori, vagadziri, vatambi, nezvimwe sevashanyi vake.

Varrati ane shungu pamusoro penyaya iyi uye sezvandakawana mukati medu bvunzurudzo, hakusi kuda kwekusaziva kwemumwe munhu anongofarira chidzidzo ichi. Kwete, semamwe ese maitiro ebasa rake, kuda ikoko kunoiswa muchimiro chekushinga.

Kunyangwe arikugamuchira podcast yake kana iyo Queer Horror Panel kuComicCon, anonzwa kunge ari chaizvo kwaanofanirwa kunge ari uye achizunza zvinhu munzira dzakanakisa dzaanoziva.

"Ndinonzwa sekunge basa rangu rekutyisa kubva pakutanga chairo rakabatanidzwa nekuzivikanwa kwangu," akadaro. "Ndagara ndichiziva kuti paive nekubatana uye kuti nharaunda yenhema inogona kuzviwana iri mumisoro yehumwe hwatinoona mukuvhunduka. Saka kwandiri, ndapedza nguva zhinji yebasa rangu ndichirovera-keji pachinhu ichi nekuti ndipo pandinozviona uye ndinogona kuzviwana. ”

Varrati anonongedzera kuhukama hwaakanzwa iye paakanga achikura kuita mavara saLaurie Strode mukati Halloween. Munzira dzakawanda, Laurie aive wekunze kunyangwe mudenderedzwa reshamwari dzake, asi simba raakawana kubva pakuve kunze rakamubatsira kuti ararame.

Iye zvakare anonongedza kuti queerness haisi nyowani kune iyo genre.

"Iripo mukutya kubva pakutanga," akatsanangura. "Dzokera kumabhuku eGothic eVictorian Era uye unowana carmilla iri nezvevampire yevabonde. Paive ne queer mavara mune zvekare Frankenstein firimu. Hazvisi zvitsva. Tava kuda kutaura nezvazvo. ”

Kune zvese izvo basa rinogona kunge richinetesa uye kunetsa mamwe mazuva, Varrati anoti maemail uye mameseji aanowana online kubva kune vechidiki kutenderera nyika zvinoita kuti zvese zvioneke sezvakakodzera.

"Ini ndinowana meseji kamwe kamwe iyo inoti ini ndiri wechidiki muWest Virginia uye ndinonzwa kunge hapana anondinzwisisa," akadaro. “Ndiri ngochani uye pandinoona mabhaisikopo anotyisa zvinoita kuti ndinzwe zvirinani uye ndaifunga kuti ndini ndega, asi ndinonzwa mashoo enyu nemumwe munhu akaita saJeffrey Reddick akagadzira Kuguma Kwekupedzisira uye zvinondibatsira. ”

"Zviri 2018," akaenderera mberi. “Magamba echikadzi, magamba matema haafanire kuzarura muna 2018. Zvinofanira kunge zviri zvechivanhu. Ndinoda musikana wekupedzisira lesbian ane musikana wekupedzisira. Ndiri kuda ngochani vampire firimu ine imwecheteyo yekuwana iyo rukungurima had. Ini ndoda munhu wekutengesa kuti atinunure kubva ku zombie apocalypse. "Hatisi kungoda aya mafirimu, asi isu takafanirwa nemamuvhi aya."

Zvinotaridza senge mugore ra2018 kuti rhetori inoramba isina kuchinja, zvisinei, kunyanya mune mamwe madenderedzwa anochengetedza. Iko kusanganisa kwevatambi veLBBTQ kana zvimwe zvidiki kunowanzo danwa senge kusundidzira ajenda, kunyangwe kana hunhu hwakamira kunge hwakaipa, mutema, muAsia, nezvimwe.

Izvo, nenzira kwayo, inounza mumiriri muVarrati nevamwe munharaunda apo zvirevo izvi zvataurwa semuenzaniso, nezve "Vanofamba Vakafa." Pakaziviswa vaviri vevane ngochani mwaka yakati wandei uye pane imwe nguva ivo * vakafemereka * vakatsvodana vese, vamwe vevateereri vanoteerera vakaramba pfungwa, vazhinji vachiti havachaonesi shoo.

"Heino chibvumirano," Varrati akaseka, "uye pano ndipo pandinowana zvakanyanya. Kana iwe uchiona bhaisikopo kana terevhizheni uye iwe uine dambudziko rekuti kune vanhu vanogadzikana mairi, kana vanhu vatema kana vakasimba vakadzi mavara, saka enda. Hatidi iwe. ”

Anonongedzera kuchinhu ichocho chekuti vashoma vateereri vakura vachiona materevhizheni uye mafirimu anga asina kutarisirwa kwavari, uyezve, nguva zhinji dzaive dzisina mumiriri wevatambi vaitaridzika kana kunzwa sezvavakaita.

"Asi takazozviwana tave mavari zvakadaro," akadaro. "Ndiri pano kuzoudza vanhu vanofunga kuti" ajenda "dziri kuenda zvakanyanyisa kutora nhanho kunze kwavo. Edza kubatana nemunhu asina kufanana newe uye ungangowana chimwe chinhu chaunoda. ”

(kubva kuruboshwe kurudyi) Michael Varrati, Peaches Christ, Cassandra Peterson, naSharon Tsono paRuPaul's DragCon

Zvichakadaro, Varrati yakanangana nekugadzira zvemukati zvinosanganisira iwo mavara aanoda kuona, uye anopemberera vamwe vanhu vari muindasitiri vari kuita zvakafanana.

"Ndakabvunzwa munguva pfupi yapfuura zvandaizofunga kana mumwe munhu akatanga queer horror podcast," akadaro, "uye ini ndakapindura kuti ndinovimba vanoita! handisi ari queer horror guy; Ndiri chikamu chenharaunda inotyisa yenharaunda. Hapana anokwanisa kutakura zvese izvi ari ega. "Tinofanirwa kutsigirana uye kuvemo pamwe chete."

Varrati arikutsvaga yake yazvino inotyisa-comedy ipfupi muZhizha. Inodaidzwa Iye Anonwa uye inotarisa kune vaviri ngochani vakapinda kurapa kwevakaroora. Iyo firimu nyeredzi genre mainstay Tiffany Shepis semurapi anowana pane zvakawanda zvirikuitika nevaviri ava kupfuura zvinosangana neziso.

Iye zvakare achangobva kuzivisa chirongwa chitsva nemudhori muiti uye anotyisa aficionado Peaches Christ. Iyo firimu, yakanzi Slay Gardens, yakanyorwa-pamwe naVarrati uye yakagadzirirwa kusunungurwa gore rinouya.

Sezvo kubvunzana kwedu kwakasvika kumagumo, Varrati akandipa chidimbu chezano randinofunga rinoshanda kunhandare dzakawanda muhupenyu hwedu hwese zvandaifunga kuti dzinofanira kugoverwa pano.

“Usamborega chero munhu achikuudza kuti uri kunyanyisa kuita zvematongerwo enyika kana kuti unofanira kuzorora kubva kurwira kuenzana; haufanire. Uhwu ndihwo hupenyu hwako. Zvinoitika kazhinji kuti munhu anokuudza anokurumidza kukusundira kudivi iwe ukangonyarara nezvazvo. ”