Pulled out of the abyss.

The most famous Spanish transvestite, Pedro Almodóvar’s partner and symbol of the LGBT movement, found the meaning of life in Christianity.

The name tells you something , La Movida Madrilena? All Spaniards know what it is. This term refers to the Madrid countercultural movement that emerged in public after the death of General Franco. These were belated echoes of the 1968 revolution that only appeared after the fall of Francoism. Only then was it finally possible to reach for the forbidden fruit with a sticker sex, drugs and rock and roll.

Prim artists from the so-called alternative scene, who declared their apolitical nature, at the same time demanded moral freedom, breaking taboos, and the possibility of exceeding all norms in art. Their weapons were irony, ridicule, and satire. The name of the movement was already a mocking word movida, related to Movimiento Nacional, which was General Franco’s main political institution.

Over time, underground musicians, painters, cartoonists, directors, photographers, poets and fashion designers began to enter the mainstream. The movement was losing its subcultural character and had become part of the commercial market of mass culture. Other artists achieved successful careers in Spain and abroad. The most famous face of this company today is the world-famous director Pedro Almodóvar, who immortalized the atmosphere La Movida Madrilena in his first two films: Pepi, Luci, Bom and other girls from the party a Labyrinth of passions.

All the sins of this world

The second most famous character of the movement was Fabio de Miguel, better known under the artistic pseudonym Fanny McNamara – singer, model, performer and actor. This eccentric transvestite, who was one of the key figures of Madrid’s gay underworld, was also an iconic figure La Movida Madrilena. In the aforementioned film Pepi, Luci, Bom and other girls from the party, played under the influence of transvestite drugs. In the next production Labyrinth of passions he played the role of a star of pornographic films.

Before his conversion, what was said about St. Augustine was that there was no sin that he did not commit. However, it is highly likely to say that the Spanish dandy and decadent was definitely „better“ than the author of the Kingdom of God in this competition.

Participants in drug orgies in Madrid nightclubs could say something about it. Of course, those who did not die of AIDS or overdose.

Fabio McNamara used to be described as a postmodernist because he did not recognize any hierarchies in art, constantly experimented, played with form, juggled styles and broke conventions. He also did not recognize any truth – in this sense was a representative of radical cognitive and moral relativism. His life was a constant search for emotional experiences, perceptions and impressions.

Sometimes postmodernism is referred to as a culture of exhaustion because it is based on the assumption that everything has already been and that nothing new can be invented. However, in the case of McNamara, the term takes on even further meaning. This culture exhausted all the possibilities it could offer him. He tried everything, and yet it did not bring him luck. Nothing satisfied the deepest desires of his heart. He fed his affects, satisfied his senses, but he had no joy in anything. The constant change of partners was a never-ending pursuit of happiness. However, other relationships did not bring happiness, because happiness cannot be found in opposition to nature.

And then there was conversion.