Ready, try to stay steady, go! High heel race in Mexico City celebrates Pride in style

(23 Jun 2024)
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Mexico City, Mexico - 22 June 2024
1. Various of race starting
2. Close of person’s feet as they run in high heels
3. Various of people running in high heels
4. Woman with dog arriving at finish line
5. People arriving at finish line
6. Banner reading (Spanish) "High Heel Race, Third Edition, Mexico City, 2024"
7. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Omar Ochoa, high heel race organizer:
"The idea of the high heel race is to remember all that it has taken us to get to where the (LGBTQ+) community is today. I think there is still a lot to walk and to run for, but this is about reminding ourselves of all the steps we have taken to get to where we are today."
8. Winner stepping onto the podium
9. Close of winner’s heels on podium
10. Winner receiving gold medal
11. Close of gold medal
12. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Abraham Servín, architect, high heel race winner:
"It was very exciting. I had never done this before. A girl in the office invited me and I was very determined to win, I really wanted to win. I meditated all morning because I wanted to make it happen. I think this kind of event is very important to make the (LGBTQ+) movement visible and that's why I wanted to do it."
13. Man changing shoes next to men in heels
14. Tilt of man wearing thigh-high boots
15. Man putting on high heels
16. Race participants posing for photos
17. Close of competition number on participant’s clothes
18. Tilt from woman in heels to dog
19. Race winners posing with medals
STORYLINE:
Dozens of people sporting high heels raced down a street in Mexico City on Saturday to raise awareness of LGBTQ+ rights.
The third edition of the 200-metre (219-yard) race took place a week ahead of Mexico City Pride, one of the world's largest LGBTQ+ celebrations.
"I think there is still a lot to walk and to run for, but this is about reminding ourselves of all the steps we have taken to get to where we (the LGBTQ+ community) are today," said Omar Ochoa, one of the race organizers.
Participants were required to wear heels not shorter than 10 centimeters (4 inches).
According to the organizers, each participant paid an $11 entry fee, which will be donated to a nonprofit supporting HIV and AIDS services in Mexico.
The winner was a 30-year-old architect who claimed he had never walked in heels before.
Mexico City Pride attracts hundreds of thousands of people each year in a country gripped by violence against LGBTQ+ individuals.
So far, in 2024, 17 members of the community have been killed in the Latin American country, according to the National Observatory of Hate Crimes Against LGBT People run by Mexican NGO Fundación Arcoíris.
AP video by Martín Silva Rey
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