QUEER PRIDE

A QUEER artist of mixed roots from Gibraltar and Andalucia spoke out about his latest single ahead of the release of an EP later this year.

Saint Torrente said his ballad Adam talks about the devastation following the loss of intense love.

“The name Saint Torrente came from my last name, Torrente, and I wanted to put ‘Saint’ before it because it was a way for me to honour being queer and say out loud that I feel blessed to be queer,” he explained.

‘Adam’ marks a brave break in the music of this artist who left Gibraltar at the age of 18 to study music and has made his way onto the queer stages of London and Madrid.

“My work is heavily influenced by the culture I come from, the drag scene, and a legacy of queer people,” he said.

“In general, we are used to seeing queer artists as drag queens, as people who hide behind a mask.

“I was curious as to what the artist would be like after being aware of that shell and breaking it.

“I never left home, I simply carry it with me.” Her success on Tiktok during the pandemic gave her one of the biggest platforms for success.

“Social media has played a big part in sharing who I am and connecting with other people,” she said.

Debit

“I have been able to reach new audiences and make lifelong friends through it. After iamChloeMartinez released her first single ‘7654’ in January from her debut album ‘To me from me’ she now wants to go into music full time.

“It requires a kind of acknowledgment of vulnerability, as it does in any relationship, but you have to give in and accept that as a possibility.”

He named cultural figures Christopher Cortes and Julian Felice as his mentors growing up on the Rock.

“Personally I am very honored to be a Gibraltarian and to be in the midst of all these different cultures.

“As I am half Spanish, I feel half Andalusian and half Gibraltarian, so I understand something about what it is to exist in the middle.

“I think it is very valuable for me as a queer artist, a kind of recognition of uncertainty and of the nuances that I am very honored to have.”

AFTER a recent outbreak of salmonella sent a few people to hospital in Gibraltar, health chiefs have put forward some tips to stop people getting ill.

Public Health Gibraltar and the Environmental Agency came up with the advice to prevent food poisoning which they called ‘an unpleasant but self-limiting illness’.

Although for many it will just result in tummy aches and vomiting,