Gay cartoonist honours boy who stood up to marching homophobes
Earlier this week we reported on the incredible moment when a 12-year-old boy tried to stop thousands of anti-gay protestors from marching against same-sex marriage in Mexico last weekend.
Gay cartoonist Julio Salgado has honoured the boy with a powerful piece of artwork about the inspiring event and, speaking to NBC about the artwork, 33-year-old Salgado said:
“Being Mexican and queer myself, when I saw that image I felt that I needed to honour that image by recreating it and putting in my own twist. I wanted to pay homage to that moment.”
Salgado was inspired by the iconic image photographed by Manuel Rodríguez who was watching the march that was in protest to President Pena Nieto’s proposal to legalise same-sex marriage across the country.
According to NBC, Rodriguez snapped the photo just as the boy was protesting and Salgado’s cartoon recreates the image. However in the cartoon, Salgado’s added a banner for the protestors which reads, “homophobia” and a flag for the boy that says, “From Mexico’s future, with love!”
Ultimately, Salgado’s main goal with the photo was to let people know that “there is still hope.”
He adds, “I really wanted to focus on the fact that this kid right here is almost representing a symbol of that youth are doing in Mexico. There are a lot of youth who are doing stuff over there to stop homophobia, and I’m just really proud.”
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