Bring out your Pride | María del Monte, Boris Izaguirre and the atonement of RTVE

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RTVE

atoned for their sins this Saturday.

2022 had to arrive, we had to go through a pandemic and they had, although it may not seem like it, to change many things so that finally

, the

, would dare to broadcast live the great Pride party

the Pride

in Madrid.

It has cost, but, as they repeated so much yesterday during the broadcast, it is one more step, one more advance, one more achievement earned.

María del Monte

, on the crest of a wave after coming out of the closet a few weeks ago at the LGTBIQ+ Pride proclamation in Seville, and

, more than an expert in these matters, were in charge of conducting a several-hour special that was It

aired both on

and

and that after a long time the audience fell at the feet of public television.

And is not for less.

Spain

is one of the countries with the

, and this despite the fact that this year we have dropped quite a few positions, but in Spain public television, which is supposed to broadcast the great events of our society, has never,

broadcast in conditions, as God commands and as other events broadcast, the

.

That's how we were.

Is there any festive event as colossal and of such informative and television magnitude as the

?

Yes, of course there is.

From the demonstration for Women's Day, through the Cavalcade of the Three Wise Men, to the Parade for Hispanic Heritage Day.

Why did they and

have had to wait until 2022 for public television to broadcast it, preparing a special to rise to the occasion?

Well, the answer lies in the claims that marked each and every one of the interventions of the guests in the

special and of the people with whom the reporters on the street and on floats spoke:

, the motto of the header of the Parade.

I don't know how many times the need to normalize, to make visible, to show

was repeated during the

RTVE

as a kind of penance from public television for having taken so many years to prepare and broadcast an event, a great party that not only deserved to be placed on the same level as others, but surely has more need than others in that it is issued, in which it is seen.

RTVE's first time

It has had to reach the General Content Directorate of public television

for

to be received by San Pedro in purgatory.

Or, rather, for

to realize the big mistake it had been making for so many years.

Because beyond the

, which were many, of connection, of production,

to the presenters, or guests, or each other... Beyond the

and hodgepodge throughout the special produced by the great party that was being lived just below the set of

-Mistakes from the first time?- And what is surprising when it comes to public television, the really important thing was not only that

broadcast the

but that

gave voice and visibility to the entire group.

And, of course, with a

and a

who were more than up to the task of the first public broadcast of a

.

athletes

, journalists, writers, artists, drags, trans... The reporters collected the testimony of "everyone, everyone".

All the voices were heard, all the claims, all the needs, all the rights achieved and those that remain to be achieved, all the claims.

did not leave anyone out, neither the most comfortable, nor the most uncomfortable.

From what was obvious and is always heard, to the controversial and what occupies the debates.

Because the objective, in the end, was that everyone's television

and be seen by the 70-year-old woman who, dying of heat, spends the afternoon at home accompanied by the television, to the child who is at home and it's his parents who have the TV on in the background.

And in the absence of knowing the audience that the

special was able to achieve on a Saturday afternoon and in the summer, the reality is that the audience data should, have to, matter.

The importance of the change of script of

with the retransmission of

whether it has a large or small audience, goes much further.

It goes that as a journalist from the house said during one of the connections with the

float : "It is wonderful that

is broadcasting this

and that people feel that

is with them."

No need to add anything more.

This had to be the objective of

and I think that was the heart of the broadcast yesterday afternoon.

Because the

collective is - this "is" is very important -, it is there and public television could not continue to ignore or ignore it.

"Broadcasting Pride on La 1, live, for the first time has been a great success and I hope that

will continue to do so every year";

"Everyone's TV, everyone's pride.

";

"What pride has been done by

today with the broadcast of Pride. This is the public television that we need. Reclaiming and diverse";

;

"Thank you

for the first broadcast of

".

And like these dozens, and dozens, and dozens and dozens of comments that applauded and praised

's decision to broadcast

.

Really, what is important is audience data?

The audience is important, of course, but what

achieved this Saturday exceeds any audience rating.

He managed to represent, he managed to respect, he managed to make visible what until

, which is said soon, he had ignored.

An immense Maria del Monte

But if the decision to broadcast the

was praised by countless viewers,

was even more so .

The artist was capital in each of her interventions.

She did not stop claiming love, respect, being who she is without having to explain, without having to hide...

"I want to tell all the people that love is what moves the world,"

started at one point during the broadcast, causing applause from the spectators and those present on the set.

"(...) that we try to move from the heart, with the heart, which is the one that is never wrong. And that when we all move for love and understand that the word love is the most beautiful thing in the world, all this will end, the day of the

will be a day of celebration and not a day of vindication".

And he continued:

Today we must draw attention, because

. When a boy or a girl does not have to sit down to confess to their parents, when they simply have to say, my boyfriend's name is Daniel or my girlfriend is calls Aurora. So, this day will be playful and for celebration."

In fact, before the special went to

, a little before 9:00 p.m.,

asked

if her life had changed since the Seville Pride proclamation where she openly acknowledged her homosexuality.

did not hesitate in her answer: "

. For example, when a boy approached me today he told me 'my grandmother is a big fan of yours and she saw you the other day. I have a boyfriend and after your proclamation it is the first time that my grandmother has asked me how my boyfriend is doing.'

The entire speech of

during the broadcast ran along the same path, she was not the protagonist, nor her coming out, nor becoming more of a protagonist than a presenter, she only wanted to claim the 'live and let live', the 'love, or not, but let love', the "is there something more beautiful than the right to love?

".

Ultimately, respect.

Hearing these words on public television, in the

week

, in which

has thrown itself like never before, is triumph, it is expiation, it is penance, it is the way in which public television has decided to apologize for something that should have been done a long time ago.

In fact, the day it is not news that

is going to broadcast a special about

, that day a little more progress will have been made.

But there is still much to be done and each small and each big step opens one more door towards a freedom that hopefully one day will not have to be claimed.

And for this to become a reality one day, what

did yesterday is necessary, the words of

are necessary, the words of

on the set of

asking that the same values ​​that are instilled in sport be instill in all aspects of life, also in love and in being, the words of

, recounting how as a child he wanted to be invisible so that they would not call him a "faggot", and yesterday sitting down with his shirt with that "faggot " written very large, and the words of so many participants in the

to which

gave voice.

Because yes, because the first broadcast of

on

was a party, it was a celebration, it was a salsón -look with what art

's trap when asked about

's speech last

night before - but it was much, much more.

Because above all it was to make the trite phrase

come true more than ever .

This Saturday, yes it was everyone.

Better late than never.

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