Gay mariachi

At the beginning of he recreated the group, this time for more personal reasons. Because throughout all those years, I encountered several incidents of discrimination, bullying and homophobia. And so, Mariachi Arcoiris de Los Angeles was reborn. And in Los Angeles, California, part of the community and the culture is mariachi music.

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But Samaniego was young, inexperienced, he tells me, and too focused on his studies. After a few months, Mariachi Arcoiris fell apart. Samaniego kept playing mariachi for the next decade, but the homophobia never faded as he had hoped. He says he felt like he was playing a character during that time.

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