Latest news and stories about personal story in Portugal for expats and residents.
Viktoriya Silva shares her experience of moving from Ukraine and her deep affection for Portugal, as reported by Região de Leiria.
“Without hope, nothing makes sense,” writes José Mateus in “O Sorriso” (The Smile), following his son's brutal accident that changed everyone's life in the family. “I encountered the best and the worst of human beings in hospitals.”
“Now I am me.” A man? “A trans man,” he replies assertively. Gabriel, 29. The gender transition process began ten years ago. The name given at birth will not be revealed in this report, as it does not bring back good memories. “It wasn't me,” he explains to RTP Antena 1. This is a portrait of the challenges of gender transition - before, during, and after - which we are publishing on International Transgender Day of Visibility.
The streets of Cova da Moura contained the entire world of Cláudio Gonçalves, until he was removed from his family. He was about six years old and stood out for his wandering childhood, which was reported by neighbours to Social Services. Today a successful model, he is the guest of Georgina Angélica and Paula Cardoso, rejecting any idolisation or romanticisation.
A model with an international career, who has campaigns for fashion giants like Dolce&Gabbana, Gucci, Prada, and Louis Vuitton on his resume, Cláudio Gonçalves does not forget where he came from. Listen here to another conversation in the company of Georgina Angélica and Paula Cardoso.
In a conversation on ‘O Tal Podcast’, Telma Tvon recounts how rap was her passport to self-discovery, in a journey through rhymes that began in her childhood in Luanda and took flight during her adolescence, spent in the suburbs of Lisbon amidst the turbulence of adaptation. “You arrive and, suddenly, you have to get to know a whole other universe. People who are not always receptive because you are different, because you are that Black, strange person who came to their country.”
The presenter recounted how his wife's reaction changed his life forever.
Sam Izadloo, an Iranian living in Portugal, recounts his story since leaving Iran around ten years ago and discusses the current tensions in Iranian society.
Lessons about life, family and resilience. Listen here to the podcast interview in which few of Aunt Cátia's secrets were left unrevealed.
