This Spoken Word Poem About Gender Will Give You Chills

Fabián Cháirez, a gay painter from Mexico, has ignited a firestorm of controversy in Mexico City over his latest exhibition, La Venida del Señor (The Coming of the Lord).

Hosted at the Antigua Academia de San Carlos and affiliated with the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), the collection of nine paintings blends religious imagery with homoerotic themes, a fusion that has sparked intense backlash from religious groups and conservative figures.